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Forties

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Cooling — prices have eased over the past two years.

Forties's price per square foot fell 18% over two years — versus +13% across Nova Scotia, on 10 recent and 14 prior sales. This is an area-wide read, not a per-home estimate or a forecast.

A community within Chester, on Nova Scotia's official governance map.

Some recent salesAs of August 2026 · 2021 census
$266,640typical house · 24mo25th pctile · NS
-18%price trend · 2yr1st pctile · NS
337homes
584residents

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PVSC + MLS · Area aggregate

Median sale$266,64024 mo
Registry sales1024 mo
24-mo change-18%
Median assessment$227,5002026
OverviewPVSC + 2021 Census

Single-family homes here typically sold around $266,640 over the last 24 months — -18% on a mix-controlled price-per-square-foot basis over two years (Nova Scotia as a whole: +13%). Assessed values moved +44% over three years.

As of the 2021 Census, about 584 people live here, with a median household income near $64,500. 84% of homes are owner-occupied and 88% are single-detached.

Roughly 10 homes were added in the last five years — about 3.7% of the stock.

Price-per-square-foot trajectoryPVSC · Sales
Median sale price per square foot in Forties went from $260 in 2022 to $172 in 2026.20222023202420252026$172/ft²$260
Median sale price per square foot in Forties went from $260 in 2022 to $172 in 2026.

Most recent sales landed between $118,500 and $431,500 (10th–90th percentile).

How Forties compares to Nova ScotiaPVSC + Census · vs NS
Typical house · 24mo$266,64025th percentile
Price trend · 2yr-18%1st percentile
Assessed values · 3yr+44%vs NS +52%
Median year built1984vs NS 1979
Median household income$64,500vs NS $67,500
Owner-occupied84%vs NS 67%
Single-detached88%vs NS 64%
Median age55.6vs NS 47

The blue dot marks Forties; where a province-wide percentile exists it is shown, otherwise the Nova Scotia figure is given for reference.

Built form & new constructionPVSC · as of 2026-08-30

About 10 new homes were built in Forties over the last five years — roughly 3.7% of its homes. 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

Pre-1960$162/ft² · 48 homes
1960–79$183/ft² · 53 homes
1980–99$288/ft² · 127 homes
2000–17$346/ft² · 27 homes
2018+$363/ft² · 15 homes

Recent sale price per ft², by home type

Detached$254/ft² · 330 homes

Where recent sales landed

63%33%
Under $300k · 62.5%$300–500k · 33.3%$500–750k · 4.2%
Recorded salesRegistry · 21 years · ungated
2026-05-296 Spruce, Forties$320,000
2026-05-05771 Forties, Forties$290,000
2026-04-22563 Beech, Forties$243,281
2026-01-121776 Forties, Forties$132,500
2025-08-2251 Beaver Bank, Forties$210,000
2025-07-1010 South Point, Forties$400,000
2025-05-15479 Forties, Forties$120,000
2025-03-201922 Forties, Forties$354,000
2025-01-21551 Beech, Forties$105,000
2024-10-31603 Lake Ramsay, Lake Ramsay$715,000
2024-08-1966 Red Rock, Forties$489,000
2024-06-20563 Beech, Forties$484,000

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.

Who lives here2021 Census · apportioned
Population584
Median age55.6
Avg household size2.1
Median household income$64,500
Owner-occupied84%
Rented16%
Single-detached88% (NS 63.7%)
Built since 20163.3% (NS 5.2%)

Census figures are apportioned from 2021 dissemination areas to this boundary by parcel share — an honest approximation, not a direct count.

More in Chester
New Ross$448,950+60%714
Chester$602,204+13%695
Mill Cove$570,000+1%591
Chester Basin$407,000+15%567
Marriotts Cove$430,000-2%375
New Russell$339,000+37%335
Blandford$406,500+20%330
East Chester$424,900+55%319
Martins Point$392,450+14%311
Windsor Road$307,000+24%274
Western Shore$275,000+13%273
Fox Point$540,000+41%252

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An area profile for Forties— 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) · Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (Open Government Licence – Canada) · governance boundaries © Open Data Nova Scotia & HRM (OGL) · market data as of August 2026.