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Lake Echo

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Rising, broadly in step with Nova Scotia.

Lake Echo's price per square foot rose 15% over two years — versus +13% across Nova Scotia, on 47 recent and 50 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
$465,000typical house · 24mo72nd pctile · NS
+15%price trend · 2yr53rd pctile · NS
791homes
2,007residents

Sells in a median 6 days — faster than 97% of Nova Scotia areas · 47 sold

Sells for a median 97% of original asking — 31% at or above ask · 48 sold

0% cut their price before selling · 48 sold

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

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PVSC + MLS · Area aggregate

Median sale$465,00024 mo
Registry sales4724 mo
24-mo change+15%
Median days on market6 days47 sold
Median assessment$433,9002026
OverviewPVSC + 2021 Census

Single-family homes here typically sold around $465,000 over the last 24 months — +15% 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 2,007 people live here, with a median household income near $90,000. 91% of homes are owner-occupied and 92% are single-detached.

Roughly 13 homes were added in the last five years — about 1.7% of the stock.

Price-per-square-foot trajectoryPVSC · Sales
Median sale price per square foot in Lake Echo went from $237 in 2022 to $285 in 2026.20222023202420252026$285/ft²$237
Median sale price per square foot in Lake Echo went from $237 in 2022 to $285 in 2026.

Most recent sales landed between $318,140 and $612,650 (10th–90th percentile).

How Lake Echo compares to Nova ScotiaPVSC + Census · vs NS
Typical house · 24mo$465,00072nd percentile
Price trend · 2yr+15%53rd percentile
Assessed values · 3yr+44%vs NS +52%
Median year built1982vs NS 1979
Median household income$90,000vs NS $67,500
Owner-occupied91%vs NS 67%
Single-detached92%vs NS 64%
Median age47.2vs NS 47

The blue dot marks Lake Echo; 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 13 new homes were built in Lake Echo over the last five years — roughly 1.7% 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$310/ft² · 17 homes
1960–79$256/ft² · 213 homes
1980–99$272/ft² · 449 homes
2000–17$315/ft² · 80 homes
2018+$336/ft² · 18 homes

Recent sale price per ft², by home type

Detached$279/ft² · 493 homes
Split-level$256/ft² · 298 homes

Where recent sales landed

13%59%25%
Under $300k · 13.4%$300–500k · 58.8%$500–750k · 24.7%$750k+ · 3.1%
Recorded salesRegistry · 21 years · ungated
2026-07-09172 Ponderosa, Lake Echo$463,100
2026-07-033047 Highway 7, Lake Echo$480,000
2026-06-1860 Mineville, Lake Echo$618,350
2026-06-1698 Ponderosa, Lake Echo$480,000
2026-05-062704 Highway 7, Lake Echo$417,704
2026-04-272929 Highway 7, Lake Echo$360,000
2026-04-1515 Breezy, Lake Echo$339,900
2026-04-143511 Highway 7, Lake Echo$430,000
2026-04-08194 Ponderosa, Lake Echo$545,000
2026-03-251 Patricia, Lake Echo$467,500
2026-02-2619 Walker, Lake Echo$510,000
2026-02-2537 Echo Forest, Lake Echo$465,000

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
Population2,007
Median age47.2
Avg household size2.5
Median household income$90,000
Owner-occupied91%
Rented9%
Single-detached92% (NS 63.7%)
Built since 20165.3% (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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How to read this profile

An area profile for Lake Echo— 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.