Province-Wide Snapshot
Median Price — Entire NS
$440,000
YoY -2.0% | MoM -4.3%
Total Sales — Entire NS
974
YoY -7.7% | MoM -11.1%
Homes for Sale — Entire NS
4,395
YoY +15.8% | MoM +5.1%
Months of Supply — Entire NS
5.5
YoY +25.0% | MoM +5.8%
12-Month Median Price Trend — Broad Regions
Priority Cities — HRM
Halifax Peninsula
$707,500
YoY +15.1% | MoM -0.3%
⚠ small sample (16 active)
Bedford
$700,000
YoY +5.3% | MoM +7.7%
⚠ new listings down 29.6% YoY — tightening supply
Timberlea
$599,900
YoY +11.1% | MoM +1.9%
Sackville
$734,700
YoY +10.0% | MoM +8.0%
Priority Communities — Annapolis Valley
Wolfville
$729,500
YoY +24.7% | MoM +16.7%
⚠ low volume (3 sales)
Kentville
$410,000
YoY +24.2% | MoM -6.9%
⚠ sales 2→11 YoY — small base
Greenwood
$442,500
YoY +28.3% | MoM -0.9%
⚠ listings surged after 2 quiet years — see note below
Windsor
$396,355
YoY -35.3%
⚠ small sample (5 sales; 0 in June)
Greenwood watch: for nearly 2 years new listings there ran 1–6/month.
April 2026 alone saw 21 new listings — by far the busiest month in the recent dataset —
which lines up with the March 2026 federal announcement of $648M in new investment at
14 Wing Greenwood. Worth monitoring whether this holds into fall.
Homes for Sale & Days on Market — All Regions
| Region | Homes for Sale | YoY | Median DOM | YoY |
|---|
| Halifax-Dartmouth | 1,504 | +25.3% | 18 days | +50.0% |
| Annapolis Valley | 771 | +16.3% | 27 days | -6.9% |
| Northern | 734 | +17.6% | 26 days | -10.3% |
| South Shore | 604 | +2.9% | 45 days | +114.3% |
| Highland | 322 | +4.5% | 41 days | +2.5% |
| Cape Breton | 320 | +15.1% | 11 days | -8.3% |
| Yarmouth | 140 | +3.7% | 47 days | +17.5% |
DOM: green = faster than last year (good for sellers), red = slower. South Shore's DOM more than doubled YoY — the most pronounced cooling signal in the province this month, more so than price alone shows.
Market Temperature — All Regions (Months of Supply)
| Region | Months Supply | YoY | Temperature |
|---|
| Entire NS | 5.5 | +25.0% | Balanced |
| Halifax-Dartmouth | 3.9 | +34.5% | Seller's |
| Annapolis Valley | 6.6 | +24.5% | Buyer's |
| South Shore | 8.2 | +10.8% | Buyer's |
| Northern | 6.8 | +23.6% | Buyer's |
| Highland | 11.1 | +23.3% | Buyer's |
| Cape Breton | 5.2 | +20.9% | Balanced |
| Yarmouth | 7.6 | 0.0% | Buyer's |
Economic Snapshot
BoC Overnight Rate
2.25%
Held 6th straight meeting · next decision Sep 2, 2026
National CPI (Jun)
3.2%
Energy-driven; core near 2%
NS CPI (Jun)
4.7%
highest of any province
NS Unemployment (Jun)
6.5%
-0.6 pts MoM
Worth watching: CREA's own read on the BoC hold is that hike
odds are rising, not falling, given Middle East-driven energy pressure —
Governor Macklem has said the Bank "will not let higher oil prices become persistent
inflation." Separately, CMHC's summer forecast named Atlantic Canada the
weakest-conditions region in the country for the rest of 2026 — a read that
sits in tension with the real strength we're seeing in Bedford, Sackville, Kentville,
and Greenwood this month. Both are credible national sources; neither is the full
local picture on its own.
90-Day Outlook (12-month trend regression)
| Region | Range | Notes |
|---|
| Entire NS | +3% to +10% | Two down months in a row — treat upper end skeptically |
| Halifax-Dartmouth | +1% to +5% | Steadiest of the broad regions |
| Annapolis Valley | +3% to +14% | Wide range — real underlying volatility |
| Bedford | -8% to +11% | Direction agrees with recent months; watch tightening listings |
| Halifax Peninsula | Not usable | Range too wide on ~16 listings — watch inventory instead |
