Market Update:

September 2026

HALIFAX REAL ESTATE BLOG

12th Edition | Market Update

Sunday November 8, 2026

Shawn Zupan

REALTOR®

902 880 2162

szupan@pressrealty.ca

Press Realty Inc

233 Bedford Highway

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia real estate market in September 2026 | Two years of Zupan Monthly

By the second anniversary of Zupan Monthly, the change I’d noticed was how much more room buyers had to compare homes. For sellers, it made pricing and preparation especially important. If a buyer could tour several homes in the same price range, each home had to make a case for itself.

September 2026 by the numbers

Nova Scotia recorded 1,415 new listings in September, up 1.4% year over year. The average sale price was $480,903, down 0.1%, and homes took an average of 53 days to sell, down 3.6% from September 2025. The figures covered single-family homes and condos and came from NSAR as reported in the October newsletter.

What to do before your next move

Buyers can start by working out what’s available in their price range and learning how an offer comes together. Sellers can start by looking at recent comparable sales and deciding what to tackle before photos.

Sources

Zupan Monthly - 24th edition, Ocotber 2026 "Twenty-four and counting"

Data from NSAR