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Mill Cove · Chester

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Median sale$570,000Registry · house · 24 mo
Registry sales3124 mo · arm’s-length
24-mo change+3%Registry · mix-controlled $/ft²
For sale now37MLS® · active + pending
Median days on market30 daysMLS® · 35 sold
Median assessment$451,600PVSC roll 2026

PVSC + MLS · Area aggregate

Rising, but among the slowest in Nova Scotia.

Mill Cove's price per square foot rose 3% over two years — versus +13% across Nova Scotia, on 31 recent and 36 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.

Active marketAs of October 2026 · 2021 census
$570,000typical house · 24mo
+3%price trend · 2yr
591homes
1,025residents

Sells in a median 30 days · 35 sold

Sells for a median 94% of original asking — 14% at or above ask · 35 sold

3% cut their price before selling · 35 sold

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

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OverviewPVSC + 2021 Census

Single-family homes here typically sold around $570,000 over the last 24 months — +3% on a mix-controlled price-per-square-foot basis over two years (Nova Scotia as a whole: +13%). Assessed values moved +54% over three years.

As of the 2021 Census, about 1,025 people live here, with a median household income near $64,500. 83% of homes are owner-occupied and 88% are single-detached.

Roughly 52 homes were added in the last five years — about 9.7% of the stock.

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Recorded sales

Registry of deeds · ungated

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.

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The figures · three reads

PVSC ROLL · REGISTRY

Assessed $/ft² by era built

Pre-19602018+

Sale $/ft² by home type

Detached

Where recent sales landed

Under $300k$750k+

Price-per-square-foot trajectory PVSC · Sales

Median sale price per square foot in Mill Cove went from $358 in 2022 to $353 in 2026.20222023202420252026$353/ft²$358
Median sale price per square foot in Mill Cove went from $358 in 2022 to $353 in 2026.

Most recent sales landed between $290,000 and $1,205,000 (10th–90th percentile).

How Mill Cove compares to Nova Scotia PVSC + Census · vs NS

Typical house · 24mo$570,000vs NS $405,500
Price trend · 2yr+3%vs NS +13%
Assessed values · 3yr+54%vs NS +52%
Median year built1986vs NS 1979
Median household income$64,500vs NS $67,500
Owner-occupied83%vs NS 67%
Single-detached88%vs NS 64%
Median age55.6vs NS 47

The blue dot marks Mill Cove 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

Population1,025
Median age55.6
Avg household size2.1
Median household income$64,500
Owner-occupied83%
Rented17%
Single-detached88% (NS 63.7%)
Built since 20163.1% (NS 5.2%)

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 52 new homes were built in Mill Cove over the last five years — roughly 9.7% 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$298/ft² · 106 homes
1960–79$294/ft² · 106 homes
1980–99$320/ft² · 148 homes
2000–17$375/ft² · 107 homes
2018+$402/ft² · 67 homes

Recent sale price per ft², by home type

Detached$352/ft² · 570 homes

Where recent sales landed

21%31%24%24%
Under $300k · 20.9%$300–500k · 31.3%$500–750k · 23.9%$750k+ · 23.9%
More in Chester
New Ross$448,950+60%714
Chester$589,408+11%695
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

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How to read this profile

An area profile for Mill 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, 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.

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