South Shore Real Estate Insights
Market updates, neighbourhood guides, and the parts of buying and selling on the South Shore that nobody warns you about. Written from Mahone Bay, by the person you would actually be working with.
What South Shore Homes Actually Sell For: Six Towns, Twelve Months of Sales
The median Chester listing asks $657,450. The median Chester sale over the last twelve months was $452,450. I pulled all 1,270 South Shore sales from the past year and every home currently listed, town by town, to show where those two numbers separate and why.
Nova Scotia Changed the Non-Resident Deed Transfer Tax Rules
Nova Scotia changed how the 10% non-resident deed transfer tax works on 7 August. The rate did not move. The timelines did, and all of it went the buyer’s way. Here is what changed, and the one part nobody can answer yet.
Year One in a South Shore House: The Bills That Show Up After Closing
Insurance turns down more South Shore houses than home inspections do, and that is only the first surprise. Here is what a coastal home actually costs you in the twelve months after you get the keys.
Buying the South Shore From Away: What It Really Costs, and Where the Foreign Buyer Ban Stops
Out-of-province and foreign buyers ask me the same two things: what will it cost, and am I even allowed to buy here? Here is the honest breakdown, including the one decision that can swing your tax bill by $50,000.
Hubbards, Chester, Mahone Bay or Lunenburg: Which South Shore Town Is Actually Right for You?
People shop the South Shore like it is one place. It is four genuinely different towns. Here is an honest, town-by-town look at Hubbards, Chester, Mahone Bay, and Lunenburg, and how to tell which one fits you.