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Halifax

One of 49 municipalities · 109,347 parcels · Updated weekly

Rising, but more slowly than most of Nova Scotia.

Halifax's price per square foot rose 8% over two years — versus +13% across Nova Scotia, on 6,770 recent and 7,029 prior sales. This is an area-wide read, not a per-home estimate or a forecast.

Active marketAs of August 2026 · 2021 census
$597,000typical house · 24mo100th pctile · NS
+8%price trend · 2yr21st pctile · NS
109,347homes
440,057residents

Sells in a median 14 days — faster than 98% of Nova Scotia areas · 5,355 sold

Sells for a median 98% of original asking — 36% at or above ask · 5,392 sold

0% cut their price before selling · 5,402 sold

Market conditions among homes that sold over the last 24 months.

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PVSC + MLS · Area aggregate

Median sale$597,00024 mo
Registry sales6,77024 mo
24-mo change+8%
Median days on market14 days5,355 sold
Median assessment$508,4002026
OverviewPVSC + 2021 Census

Single-family homes here typically sold around $597,000 over the last 24 months — +8% on a mix-controlled price-per-square-foot basis over two years (Nova Scotia as a whole: +13%). Assessed values moved +37% over three years.

Condos here sold around $428,500 over the same period (1124 sales), counted separately from houses.

As of the 2021 Census, about 440,057 people live here, with a median household income near $85,409. 57% of homes are owner-occupied and 48% are single-detached.

Roughly 4508 homes were added in the last five years — about 4.3% of the stock, and new builds trade at a +3.3% per-square-foot premium to existing homes of the same size.

Price-per-square-foot trajectoryPVSC · Sales
Median sale price per square foot in Halifax went from $273 in 2022 to $331 in 2026.20222023202420252026$331/ft²$273
Median sale price per square foot in Halifax went from $273 in 2022 to $331 in 2026.

Most recent sales landed between $360,500 and $928,496 (10th–90th percentile).

How Halifax compares to Nova ScotiaPVSC + Census · vs NS
Typical house · 24mo$597,000100th percentile
Price trend · 2yr+8%21st percentile
Assessed values · 3yr+37%vs NS +52%
Median year built1987vs NS 1979
Median household income$85,409vs NS $67,500
Owner-occupied57%vs NS 67%
Single-detached48%vs NS 64%
Median age40.9vs NS 47

The blue dot marks Halifax; 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 4508 new homes were built in Halifax over the last five years — roughly 4.3% of its homes. New homes trade near $314/ft² against $304/ft² for existing — a +3.3% 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

Pre-1960$386/ft² · 15592 homes
1960–79$280/ft² · 24322 homes
1980–99$277/ft² · 33396 homes
2000–17$298/ft² · 23411 homes
2018+$320/ft² · 7588 homes

Recent sale price per ft², by home type

Detached$309/ft² · 72411 homes
Split-level$297/ft² · 21886 homes
Manufactured$279/ft² · 4000 homes
Townhouse$314/ft² · 375 homes
Semi-detached$296/ft² · 257 homes

Where recent sales landed

31%40%20%
Under $300k · 9.5%$300–500k · 30.8%$500–750k · 39.7%$750k+ · 20%
Recorded salesRegistry · 21 years · ungated
2026-07-3067 Kings Wharf, Dartmouth$500,000
2026-07-3019 Cranfield, Bedford$1,075,000
2026-07-305706 Southwood, Halifax$1,675,000
2026-07-3055 Lethbridge, Dartmouth$775,000
2026-07-3018 Birch, Halifax$589,900
2026-07-3048 Birchview, Halifax$1,800,000
2026-07-3080 Lancaster, Dartmouth$739,999
2026-07-30178 Rutledge, Bedford$246,000
2026-07-30130 Memory, Lower Sackville$1,020,000
2026-07-30219 Beaver Bank, Beaver Bank$577,000
2026-07-30146 Redmonds, Seabright$770,000
2026-07-3057 Theresa Mcneil, Halifax$889,000

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
Population440,057
Median age40.9
Avg household size2.33
Median household income$85,409
Owner-occupied57%
Rented43%
Single-detached48% (NS 63.7%)
Built since 20167.3% (NS 5.2%)

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

Communities
Bedford$765,000+2%6,387
Lower Sackville$500,000+8%5,436
Cole Harbour$530,000+9%5,356
Middle Sackville$590,000+7%3,828
Hammonds Plains$703,200+7%3,647
Fairview$575,000+12%3,122
Beaver Bank$610,000+8%2,764
Spryfield$589,900+12%2,692
North End$632,000+15%2,623
Clayton Park$689,675+9%2,465
Eastern Passage$480,000+13%2,415
Port Wallace$665,450+11%2,394
Fall River$738,000+6%2,328
Portland Hills$615,000+10%2,179
West End$768,400+8%2,143
Woodlawn$530,000+7%2,125
Crichton Park$634,500+11%2,112
Woodside$502,500+10%2,065
Cowie Hill$617,500+0%1,873
Timberlea$580,000+4%1,849
Rockingham$627,000+1%1,684
South End$1,255,000+22%1,563
Westphal$496,778+11%1,527
Downtown Dartmouth$650,000+3%1,416
Lucasville$808,580+11%1,410
Sheet Harbour$218,000+41%1,407
Birch Cove$816,000+3%1,349
Fairmount$679,000+4%1,348
Westphal$534,900+9%1,339
Point Pleasant$1,500,000+8%1,266
Porters Lake$609,450+9%1,262
Upper Tantallon$717,500+8%1,195
Lawrencetown (Halifax)$552,500+9%1,183
Armdale$1,005,000+15%1,136
Upper Lakeville$269,900+13%1,103
Tufts Cove$440,000+26%1,033
Williamswood$566,380+16%965
Beechville$575,000-2%933
Downtown Halifax$538,750-17%914
Herring Cove$600,000+13%849
Middle Musquodoboit$287,000+40%830
East Preston+396%830
Stillwater Lake$652,770+13%820
Waverley$589,000+21%811
Lake Echo$465,000+15%791
Hubley$650,000+8%779
Windsor Junction$652,500+6%767
Brookside$579,868+7%709
Lakeside$689,900-1%639
Wellington$706,894+3%612
Queensland$680,592+3%604
Upper Sackville$554,000+16%593
Lake Loon$536,250+18%587
Head of St. Margarets Bay$698,160+7%572
Cow Bay$527,450+8%566
Moser River$250,000+28%560
Hacketts Cove$490,000-2%548
West Chezzetcook$492,500+6%522
Whites Lake$512,250+12%522
Terence Bay$422,200+13%488
Enfield (Halifax)$497,500+3%488
Dutch Settlement$519,950+35%484
Glen Haven$642,000-2%470
Musquodoboit Harbour$410,000+27%461
Hatchet Lake$460,000+21%447
Mineville$610,000+15%443
Prospect$518,500+5%436
Boutiliers Point$517,000+26%413
Burnside$568,950+33%409
Carrolls Corner$417,000+49%400
Tantallon$680,000+10%387
East Petpeswick$557,500+26%360
Head of Chezzetcook$513,043+11%360
Gaetz Brook$450,000+27%357
Head of Jeddore$420,000+37%356
Prospect Bay$563,700+5%352
West Porters Lake$629,500+6%352
East Chezzetcook$384,800+26%349
Ostrea Lake$486,000+27%343
Shad Bay$475,000+6%327
East Lawrencetown$625,000-8%321
Seabright$442,450+41%319
Seaforth$338,100-19%290
Hubbards (Halifax)$437,450+37%286
Portuguese Cove$720,000+13%277
North Preston+237%260
Sambro$426,000+4%260
Oakfield$750,000+15%249
Fletchers Lake$525,000-1%243
Grand Lake$551,100+19%228
Ketch Harbour$542,500+12%226
Meaghers Grant$295,000+6%202
Lewis Lake$702,000+20%186
Harrietsfield-5%171

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An area profile for Halifax— 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.