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Moving Here
 Housing costs vary from one area to another in the province. In general, new house prices and rental rates increase with the size of the community, with the central sections of the Halifax-Dartmouth area having the highest costs.
- Average price of a residential dwelling in Nova Scotia was $146,096 in 2004. (CMHC)
- That compares to a national average of $227,210.
- In the metropolitan Halifax area, the average residential dwelling cost $175,132 in 2004.
- The average rent for a two-bedroom apartment in Nova Scotia was $694 a month in 2005.
- That compares to a national average of $719.
- In metropolitan Halifax, the average rental cost for a two-bedroom apartment was $762.
Location | Detached Bungalow | Executive Two-Storey | Standard Two-Storey | Condominium/ Apartment | Townhouse | Senior Executive | Bedford | $232,000 | $270,000 | $190,000 | $171,000 | $200,000 | $372,000 | Dartmouth – Cole Harbour | $170,000 | $216,000 | $181,000 | $114,000 | $94,000 | $270,000 | Dartmouth – Montebello | $160,000 | $230,000 | $182,000 | $107,500 | $145,000 | $300,000 | Porter’s Lake | | $245,000 | $175,000 | - | - | $315,900 | Eastern Passage | $142,000 | $209,000 | $112,000 | - | $153,500 | - | Clayton Park/Rockingham | $210,000 | $299,000 | $185,000 | $167,000 | $166,900 | $375,000 | North End Halifax | $160,000 | - | $177,000 | $110,000 | $200,000 | - | West End Halifax | $186,000 | $243,000 | $197,000 | - | $165,000 | $336,000 | South End Halifax | | $400,000 | $330,000 | $257,000 | - | $600,000 | Sackville | $166,000 | $238,000 | $166,000 | - | $127,000 | - |
For more information, visit www.nsar.ns.ca, www.cmhc.ca, and http://www.gov.ns.ca/snsmr/lifeevents/e/moving
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