Highland Region Housing Market

Monthly report on home prices and sales

By the HousingPortal.ca team · Data: Nova Scotia Association of REALTORS® (NSAR), September 2026 · Updated

Live reportSeptember 2026

In September 2026, the average home in Highland Region sold for $297,671, down 17.3% from September 2025 and down 19.1% from August 2026. That is 35.8% below the Nova Scotia average price of $463,312. 43 homes sold, down 12.2% from September 2025.

Average Price
$297,671
MoM-19.1%
YoY-17.3%
Transactions
43
MoM4.9%
YoY-12.2%

Average Sold Price*

*All residential properties

Transactions*

*All residential properties

See the figures in a table
MonthAverage Pricevs. previous monthSalesvs. previous month
September 2026$297,671-19.1%43+4.9%
August 2026$367,859+13%41+7.9%
July 2026$325,576-2%38-7.3%
June 2026$332,278+1.1%41+7.9%
May 2026$328,761-11.3%38+81%
April 2026$370,614+22.8%21-22.2%
March 2026$301,910-10.7%27-15.6%
February 2026$338,013+18.4%32+60%
January 2026$285,545-30.6%20+11.1%
December 2025$411,639+37.4%18-28%
November 2025$299,634-4.1%25-41.9%
October 2025$312,574-13.2%43-12.2%
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Market Conditions

September 2026

Year-to-Date Sales299
YoY-13.8%
Homes sold since January 1
Year-to-Date Average$329,275
YoY4.9%
Average price of the homes sold since January 1

Highland Region Housing Market: Quick Answers

What is the average home price in Highland Region?

In September 2026, the average home in Highland Region sold for $297,671.

Are home prices going up or down in Highland Region?

Down. The average price in September 2026 was 17.3% lower than in September 2025. Against the previous month, it fell 19.1%.

How many homes sold in Highland Region in September 2026?

43 homes sold in Highland Region in September 2026, down 12.2% from September 2025 and up 4.9% from August 2026.

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Glossary

Nova Scotia

The whole province, as reported by the Nova Scotia Association of REALTORS®. Its seven regions (Halifax-Dartmouth, Annapolis Valley, Cape Breton, Highland Region, Northern Nova Scotia, South Shore, Yarmouth) each have a page and add up to the province.

Average price

Total dollars paid divided by the number of sales, as printed by NSAR for the province and each region.

Benchmark price

The MLS® Home Price Index value of a typical home, tracked over time. Unlike the average, it does not move just because more expensive (or cheaper) homes happened to sell this month. NSAR publishes it for the province only: composite, single-family, townhouse/row and apartment.

Months of inventory

How long the homes currently for sale would last at the current pace of sales. NSAR's long-run average for the province is about 4.6 months.

Year to date

Sales and average price over all the months since January 1, as NSAR prints them.

Yearly change

NSAR's printed change from the same month a year earlier. NSAR revises earlier months as late sales are recorded and computes the change on the revised figures, so it can differ slightly from a change taken between the two months shown on the charts.

Regions

Halifax-Dartmouth is close to half of the province's sales. The smaller regions (Yarmouth, Highland Region) sell a few dozen homes a month, so their average price can swing sharply from one month to the next.

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