Halifax real estate prices are stabilizing after several years of rapid growth. Based on verified MLS® and market activity data from January 2023 through February 2026, the Halifax housing market has shifted from an urgency-driven environment to a strategy-driven market. If you’re searching for Halifax real estate market stats, Halifax home price...

  January 2026 didn’t hint at a market shift — it confirmed it. Halifax opened the year with 978 single-family homes available for sale, one of the highest inventory levels seen in recent years. And here’s the part sellers don’t love hearing: two-thirds of that inventory failed to sell during all of 2025. Those homes didn’t magically become...

NEWS & POLICY · FEBRUARY 3, 2026 Nova Scotia's New First-Time Homebuyer Program: What It Actually Means for Halifax Buyers Sandra Pike, REALTOR®5 min readHalifax Regional Municipality META Nova Scotia's new first-time homebuyer program cuts the down payment to just 2% of purchase price—less than half the standard 5%. Delivered...

HRM's New Suburban Plan: What It Really Means for Halifax Property Owners & Investors Sandra Pike, REALTOR® | February 3, 2026 | 8 min read Halifax Regional Municipality made a significant planning announcement in early January 2026—one that will quietly but fundamentally reshape where and how growth happens across Metro Halifax for the...

STATS FROM THE NOVA SCOTIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (NSAR) MARKET INTELLIGENCE • FEBRUARY 3, 2026 Mortgage Rates & the 2026 Renewal Wave: What Halifax Homeowners Need to Know Now The Bank of Canada has held steady. Rates have stabilized. But over a million Canadian mortgages are renewing this year—and for many Halifax homeowners, the real...

What “Affordable Housing” Really Means in Halifax (And Why the Definition Matters More Than Ever) If you follow Halifax real estate headlines for more than five minutes, you’ll notice one phrase doing a lot of heavy lifting:   “Affordable housing.”   It gets used in policy announcements, campaign speeches, grant programs, and angry...

If you’re wondering whether Halifax’s condominium market has shifted, January 2026 gives a very clear answer: buyers are in control. According to statistics from the Nova Scotia Association of REALTORS®, 32 condominiums sold across nine Halifax districts in January. On the surface, that may sound steady—but once you dig into pricing, days on...

I stood in a Halifax condo last weekend watching a mother from Newfoundland process information that would fundamentally change her family's financial planning. Her son—a recent college graduate starting his first professional job in Halifax—needed help with his down payment. Like countless Canadian parents before her, she wanted to help. The math...

  The Bank of Canada announced today that it is holding its target overnight rate at 2.25%, with the Bank Rate at 2.5% and the deposit rate at 2.20%. In plain English: no rate cut, no hike — just a pause and a whole lot of caution. For Halifax buyers and sellers, this decision reinforces what we’re already seeing on the ground: a market that’s...