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.
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.
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.