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Herring Cove

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Rising, broadly in step with Nova Scotia.

Herring Cove's price per square foot rose 13% over two years — versus +13% across Nova Scotia, on 45 recent and 60 prior sales. This is an area-wide read, not a per-home estimate or a forecast.

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

Active marketAs of August 2026 · 2021 census
$600,000typical house · 24mo89th pctile · NS
+13%price trend · 2yr46th pctile · NS
849homes
2,076residents

Sells in a median 15 days — faster than 77% of Nova Scotia areas · 33 sold

Sells for a median 97% of original asking — 32% at or above ask · 34 sold

0% cut their price before selling · 34 sold

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

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PVSC + MLS · Area aggregate

Median sale$600,00024 mo
Registry sales4524 mo
24-mo change+13%
Median days on market15 days33 sold
Median assessment$485,1002026
OverviewPVSC + 2021 Census

Single-family homes here typically sold around $600,000 over the last 24 months — +13% on a mix-controlled price-per-square-foot basis over two years (Nova Scotia as a whole: +13%). Assessed values moved +46% over three years.

As of the 2021 Census, about 2,076 people live here, with a median household income near $92,750. 91% of homes are owner-occupied and 88% are single-detached.

Roughly 56 homes were added in the last five years — about 7% of the stock, and new builds trade at a +6.3% per-square-foot premium to existing homes of the same size.

Price-per-square-foot trajectoryPVSC · Sales
Median sale price per square foot in Herring Cove went from $294 in 2022 to $356 in 2026.20222023202420252026$356/ft²$294
Median sale price per square foot in Herring Cove went from $294 in 2022 to $356 in 2026.

Most recent sales landed between $390,200 and $820,900 (10th–90th percentile).

How Herring Cove compares to Nova ScotiaPVSC + Census · vs NS
Typical house · 24mo$600,00089th percentile
Price trend · 2yr+13%46th percentile
Assessed values · 3yr+46%vs NS +52%
Median year built1986vs NS 1979
Median household income$92,750vs NS $67,500
Owner-occupied91%vs NS 67%
Single-detached88%vs NS 64%
Median age47.1vs NS 47

The blue dot marks Herring Cove; 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 56 new homes were built in Herring Cove over the last five years — roughly 7% of its homes. New homes trade near $340/ft² against $320/ft² for existing — a +6.3% 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$311/ft² · 33 homes
1960–79$326/ft² · 290 homes
1980–99$291/ft² · 293 homes
2000–17$337/ft² · 96 homes
2018+$328/ft² · 92 homes

Recent sale price per ft², by home type

Detached$333/ft² · 674 homes
Split-level$281/ft² · 175 homes

Where recent sales landed

31%39%22%
Under $300k · 7.6%$300–500k · 31.4%$500–750k · 39%$750k+ · 21.9%
Recorded salesRegistry · 21 years · ungated
2026-07-0761 Lancaster, Herring Cove$588,000
2026-06-2336 John Oneill, Herring Cove$719,000
2026-06-0978 Lancaster, Herring Cove$645,000
2026-06-0447 Hebridean, Herring Cove$435,000
2026-05-2753 Shore, Herring Cove$750,000
2026-05-20786 Herring Cove, Herring Cove$550,000
2026-05-01114 Essex, Herring Cove$689,900
2026-04-16145 Ketch Harbour, Herring Cove$467,500
2026-04-1515 Iris, Herring Cove$420,000
2026-04-0719 Angler, Herring Cove$637,000
2026-03-0331 Barry, Herring Cove$600,000
2026-02-231 Shore, Herring Cove$420,000

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
Population2,076
Median age47.1
Avg household size2.5
Median household income$92,750
Owner-occupied91%
Rented9%
Single-detached88% (NS 63.7%)
Built since 20166.3% (NS 5.2%)

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

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An area profile for Herring Cove— 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.