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Halifax Housing Market Report
This Halifax housing market report tracks benchmark prices, rents, vacancy and property tax across Halifax–Dartmouth, using NSAR Halifax–Dartmouth MLS HPI, September 2026 and CMHC rental data.
MLS benchmark · NSAR Halifax–Dartmouth MLS HPI, September 2026 · Halifax–Dartmouth · Updated through September 2026
Halifax average price by property type
What each kind of home costs in Halifax–Dartmouth, and how far apart a house and an apartment have moved.
Detached
$610,000
House, not attached to a neighbour
All property types
$541,700
MLS benchmark
Condo
$420,000
The usual entry point
NSAR Halifax–Dartmouth MLS HPI, September 2026, for Halifax–Dartmouth. A detached home costs 1.5× what a condo does here. Detached, all types and condo are the same measure from the same release (mls benchmark), so they can be compared with each other, though not directly against another city’s differently-measured figure. Halifax’s board does not publish a townhouse figure we hold, so this report leaves that segment out rather than estimating it.
Average cost by property type in Halifax
What each kind of home costs, from the same release.
All three from NSAR Halifax–Dartmouth MLS HPI, September 2026, on the same basis (mls benchmark), so they can be compared with each other. Halifax's board does not publish a townhouse or row-house figure we hold, so this report shows the three segments it does publish rather than estimating a fourth.
What it costs to buy
The benchmark, where it has moved in twelve months, and the land transfer cheque that clears on closing day.
MLS benchmark
$541,700
NSAR Halifax–Dartmouth MLS HPI, September 2026
12 month change
−4.1%
Composite, same source
Land transfer on closing
$8,126
At the benchmark, 20% down, no rebate
Condo benchmark
$420,000
The usual entry point
HRM charges a 1.5% deed transfer tax with no first-time exemption of any kind. On the benchmark that is a cheque of roughly $8,126 for a first-time buyer who would pay nothing at all in Calgary and would get a rebate in Toronto. Compare neighbourhoods in Halifax to narrow the citywide figures to areas that fit your search.
Price and twelve month change: NSAR Halifax–Dartmouth MLS HPI, September 2026. The closing figure is HRM 1.5% deed transfer tax, no first-time exemption, calculated on the MLS benchmark at 20% down with no first-time rebate applied. Run your own price through the land transfer tax calculator or the closing costs calculator.
Continue in the Buyer HubFirst-time buyer guides, neighbourhoods and closing calculatorsWhat the market pays a seller
Where the detached and condo segments have split, and what comes out of the sale price before you see it.
Detached
$610,000
NSAR Halifax–Dartmouth MLS HPI, September 2026
Condo
$420,000
Same board, same month
Detached to condo
1.5×
How many condos to one house
12 month change
−4.1%
What your comparables are worth now
With the composite down 4.1% and listings climbing, a comparable from last autumn is now a high one. The detached-to-condo spread here is the narrowest in the set, so segment choice matters less to pricing than it does in Vancouver or Toronto. Before setting an asking price, use our guide to interviewing a Halifax real estate agent to ask for comparable sales and a clear pricing plan.
Sales counts, days on market and months of inventory are not published for Halifax in a form we hold, so this report does not show them. NSAR Halifax–Dartmouth MLS HPI reports prices at the board level; only TRREB publishes community-level activity, which is why Toronto is the one report here that carries those figures. We would rather omit a number than estimate it.
Detached and condo figures are from the same release as the composite, so the spread between them is like-for-like. What comes out of the sale price is a provincial question. See the commission calculator and the sale proceeds calculator.
Continue in the Seller HubCommission by province and what you actually netWhat the rent covers
Sitting rents, CMHC vacancy, gross yield on the benchmark, and the property tax drag underneath it.
Rent, 2 bedroom
$1,826
Per month, asking
Vacancy
2.7%
Halifax CMA, purpose-built
Gross yield
4.0%
Annual rent over price, before costs
Property tax
$6,392
1.18% on the benchmark, per year
Halifax has the tightest vacancy of the eight at 2.7%, and turnover rents run roughly 26% above what sitting tenants pay. A pro forma built on the CMHC average understates what a vacant unit actually re-lets for here.
Vacancy describes Halifax CMA, purpose-built and comes from CMHC Rental Market Report, October 2025. That area is wider than Halifax itself, so treat it as the backdrop rather than the rate on one building. Gross yield is annual two-bedroom rent over the MLS benchmark, before vacancy, tax, insurance and maintenance. It is not a cap rate. Property tax is Halifax’s residential rate of 1.18% applied to that same price.
Continue in the Investor HubCap rate and cash flow calculators by cityHow Halifax compares
The same measures across all eight markets. Switch the measure to move the ranking.
Where Halifax ranks
Benchmark, median or average price. Halifax is 7th of the eight markets on this measure.
Each board's own headline price figure. Montreal is a median and Winnipeg an average, so those two answer a slightly different question than the six benchmarks.
| Market | Price | 12 mo | Detached | Condo | Rent, 2br | Vacancy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VictoriaGreater Victoria | $1,170,200MLS benchmark | −2.0% | $1,280,100 | $547,800 | $2,120 | 3.3% |
| VancouverMetro Vancouver | $1,075,900MLS benchmark | −5.5% | $1,799,400 | $686,200 | $3,150 | 3.7% |
| TorontoGreater Toronto Area | $917,600MLS benchmark | −4.7% | $1,360,000 | $631,000 | $2,700 | 3.0% |
| MontrealMontreal CMA | $635,000Median price | +0.5% | $635,000 | $430,000 | $2,050 | 2.9% |
| OttawaOttawa Census Division | $623,500MLS benchmark | −0.3% | $705,100 | $380,800 | $2,300 | 3.0% |
| CalgaryCity of Calgary | $566,700MLS benchmark | −0.8% | $739,400 | $291,400 | $1,900 | 5.0% |
| HalifaxHalifax–Dartmouth | $541,700MLS benchmark | −4.1% | $610,000 | $420,000 | $1,826 | 2.7% |
| WinnipegWinnipeg Census Metropolitan Area | $408,020Board average | +2.3% | $454,264 | $290,522 | $1,550 | 2.8% |
Price and twelve month change come from each city’s own board, on the month named in that city’s report. They are not all the same month, and Montreal and Winnipeg publish medians and averages rather than a benchmark. Rents are market asking rents; vacancy is CMHC purpose-built for the CMA named on each report page, which is wider than the city proper.
Halifax against another market
Pick a second market to put beside this one. Both charts below answer a different question about the same pair.
Both charts below move together when you change this.
Detached, composite and condo
What each segment costs in Halifax against Toronto.
- Halifax
- Toronto
Same board release in each city, so the segments are like-for-like within a market. Across markets the measurement differs: NSAR Halifax–Dartmouth MLS HPI, September 2026 against TRREB, September 2026.
Tax on closing, as the price climbs
Land transfer, property transfer, welcome or deed tax at 20% down, with no first-time rebate.
- Halifax
- Toronto
Calculated from each province’s published brackets, the same functions behind our calculators. Halifax: HRM 1.5% deed transfer tax, no first-time exemption. Toronto: Ontario LTT + Toronto municipal LTT. Alberta charges no land transfer tax at all, so its line is registration fees only and stays near the axis.
Go deeper in this market
Neighbourhood prices, agent coverage, and the calculators preloaded with this city's figures.
This Halifax housing market report is updated when the boards publish, and each refresh is logged in the changelog. Figures carry the month they were released, not the day you read them.
Halifax housing market changelog
What changed on this report at its last refresh, and how Halifax moved month by month through 2026.
Last refreshed October 29, 2026 · data through September 2026
- Headline moved from July to September: the HPI composite is $541,700, down 4.1% (was $557,300, flat).
- Rewrote the summary and seller note. Halifax is no longer flat: the composite fell 3.9% in September alone and months of supply rose to 4.0.
- Corrected the deed transfer tax figure: 1.5% of the benchmark is about $8,100, not a five figure cheque.
- Added January to September history. The detached and condo figures are not refreshed; the sources we hold do not state them for September.
| Month | MLS HPI composite | Median sale price | Halifax–Dartmouth sales | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | $541,700−4.1% | $548,000−1.7% | 397−1.5% | The composite fell 3.9% in a single month. Months of supply reached 4.0, the highest in the 13 months the source tracks. |
| August 2026 | $563,800 | $550,000−2.7% | 403−6.9% | — |
| July 2026 | $557,3000.0% | $550,000−0.9% | 465−7.4% | — |
| June 2026 | — | $568,865−1.9% | 535−3.3% | — |
| May 2026 | $572,700+0.6% | $584,500−0.1% | 522−7.0% | The median sale price peaked here for the year. |
| April 2026 | — | — | 404 | — |
| March 2026 | — | $569,450−1.8% | 330−12.0% | — |
| February 2026 | — | — | 218−5.0% | — |
| January 2026 | — | — | 284−6.9% | — |
Each month links to its archived report. Percentages under each figure are the change from the same month a year earlier. A dash means the board did not state that figure in a form we could read, and we do not fill it in. The HPI composite is published for a handful of months in the sources we hold. The median sale price and sales come from monthly statistics built on the same NSAR MLS data. The August composite is derived: September's $541,700 plus the reported $22,100 monthly fall. Source: NSAR MLS HPI via CREA; sales and medians from Century 21 monthly statistics.
Sources
Every figure on this page, and where it came from.
Prices come from Halifax's own board on the month named above. Vacancy is CMHC's, and the tax figures are calculated from the published rates and brackets rather than quoted from a listing. Where a board publishes its release on the open web but we do not hold the link, the release is cited by name.
- Prices and twelve month changeNSAR Halifax–Dartmouth MLS HPI, September 2026
- VacancyCMHC Rental Market Report, October 2025
- RentsMarket asking rents, held in our city comparison dataset
- Property tax rateHalifax residential rate, held in our property tax dataset
- Tax on closingHRM 1.5% deed transfer tax, no first-time exemption
Other housing market reports
The rest of the markets we track, most expensive first.
Victoria Market Report
VREB, September 2026 Core HPI / July Greater Victoria SF
Vancouver Market Report
Greater Vancouver Realtors, September 2026
Toronto Market Report
TRREB, September 2026
Montreal Market Report
APCIQ, September 2026
Ottawa Market Report
OREB, September 2026
Calgary Market Report
CREB, September 2026
Winnipeg Market Report
Winnipeg Regional Real Estate Board, July 2026
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