Chester · Western
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PVSC + MLS · Area aggregate
Among the faster-rising areas in Nova Scotia.
Chester's price per square foot rose 21% over two years — versus +13% across Nova Scotia, on 293 recent and 350 prior sales. This is an area-wide read, not a per-home estimate or a forecast.
Sells in a median 27 days · 229 sold
Sells for a median 95% of original asking — 22% at or above ask · 232 sold
1% cut their price before selling · 232 sold
Market conditions among homes that sold over the last 24 months.
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Single-family homes here typically sold around $420,000 over the last 24 months — +21% on a mix-controlled price-per-square-foot basis over two years (Nova Scotia as a whole: +13%). Assessed values moved +56% over three years.
Condos here sold around $448,500 over the same period (11 sales), counted separately from houses.
As of the 2021 Census, about 10,764 people live here, with a median household income near $63,835. 84% of homes are owner-occupied and 88% are single-detached.
Roughly 371 homes were added in the last five years — about 6.8% of the stock, and new builds trade at a +16.2% per-square-foot premium to existing homes of the same size.
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Recorded sales
Registry of deeds · ungated| SEP 25 2026 | Central Street, Chester | $717,000 |
| SEP 23 2026 | 108 Middle River Road, Marriotts Cove | $362,000 |
| SEP 18 2026 | 98 Millennium Drive, Chester | $555,000 |
| SEP 10 2026 | 39 Treasure Drive, Western Shore | $365,000 |
| SEP 04 2026 | Highway 3, Chester Basin | $325,000 |
| SEP 03 2026 | 202 Mill Lake Rd No 1, Simms Settlement | $722,000 |
| SEP 01 2026 | 250 Hunts Lake Road, Aaldersville | $350,000 |
| SEP 01 2026 | 65 Mill Cove Shore Road, Mill Cove | $650,000 |
| AUG 31 2026 | 36 Latimer Lane, Chester Basin | $500,000 |
| AUG 31 2026 | 145 Haddon Hill Road, Chester | $463,500 |
| AUG 28 2026 | 149 Duke Street, Chester | $450,000 |
| AUG 28 2026 | 471 Beech Lane, Forties | $620,500 |
Source: PVSC sales records — single-parcel transfers of $50,000 or more. Multi-parcel conveyances and nominal family transfers are excluded because they aren't market sales.
The figures · three reads
PVSC ROLL · REGISTRYAssessed $/ft² by era built
Pre-19602018+
Sale $/ft² by home type
DetachedSplit-level
Where recent sales landed
Under $300k$750k+
Price-per-square-foot trajectory PVSC · Sales
Most recent sales landed between $200,000 and $953,000 (10th–90th percentile).
How Chester compares to Nova Scotia PVSC + Census · vs NS
The blue dot marks Chester against the Nova Scotia tick; the province's own figure is given beside each rail. No position number is printed (DL-69 as applied, docs/16 §D.79).
Who lives here 2021 Census · apportioned
Census figures are apportioned from 2021 dissemination areas to this boundary by parcel share — an honest approximation, not a direct count.
The three reads in full.
Every era, every home type, every price band. PVSC as of 2026-10-11.
About 371 new homes were built in Chester over the last five years — roughly 6.8% of its homes. New homes trade near $344/ft² against $296/ft² for existing — a +16.2% premium per square foot, after holding size constant. Counts detached, semi, townhouse and small multi-unit homes only — apartment and commercial development are tracked separately, so this is not a count of all new housing units.
Assessed value per ft², by era built
Recent sale price per ft², by home type
Where recent sales landed
| New Ross | $448,950 | +60% | 714 |
| Chester | $589,408 | +11% | 695 |
| Mill Cove | $570,000 | +3% | 591 |
| Chester Basin | $414,000 | +15% | 567 |
| Marriotts Cove | $420,000 | +21% | 375 |
| Forties | $290,000 | -10% | 337 |
| New Russell | $406,500 | +30% | 335 |
| Blandford | $408,250 | +17% | 330 |
| East Chester | $465,000 | +53% | 319 |
| Martins Point | $385,000 | +24% | 311 |
| Windsor Road | $246,000 | +15% | 274 |
| Western Shore | $300,000 | +23% | 273 |
| Fox Point | $540,000 | +46% | 252 |
| Hubbards (Chester) | — | +64% | 219 |
| Simms Settlement | — | -7% | 201 |
| Chester Grant | $380,000 | +127% | 198 |
| Gold River | — | +59% | 155 |
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An area profile for Chester — how the area has moved, never a per-home estimate or a forecast. Market figures cover the last 24 months of arm's-length single-family sales (Property Valuation Services Corporation); the trend is on median price per square foot, which controls for which homes happened to sell. Where recent sales are too thin to be reliable, the typical-price figure is suppressed and the assessed-value movement is shown instead. New-build premiums hold home size constant. Demographics are from the 2021 Census of Canada, apportioned from dissemination areas to this boundary by parcel share.
Sources — PVSC (sales & assessment, Open Data & Information Government Licence – PVSC & Participating Municipalities) · Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (Statistics Canada Open Licence) · governance boundaries © Open Data Nova Scotia (Open Government Licence – Nova Scotia) · market data as of October 2026.