A new study from Point2Homes suggests young renters in Halifax will have to save money for over a decade to purchase a starter home at the current average price. The generational study uses data from Statistics Canada’s 2021 Census on Canada’s 20 largest cities, as well as real estate data from the Canadian Real Estate […]
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UPDATED: Alex Colville’s Nova Scotian cottage sold
Update May 2: After nine days on the market, the Colville cottage sold for $265,000. The unknown buyer paid $15,100 above asking according to the property listing. For obvious reasons we changed the original headline and subhead of this story from “Famed painter Alex Colville’s Nova Scotian cottage is for sale: Buy a piece of […]
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Are real estate love letters enabling racism in the housing market?
Jillian Robinson was feeling quite confident about the letter she’d written to attach to her bid for a home in Halifax’s red-hot housing market. She chronicled her family of three’s life—an adorable toddler coming up fast on two years old; an American ex-NBA player dad working to turn around the local high school’s basketball record […]
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We bought a church
Visiting Musquodoboit Harbour, Jennifer Wilcox and Josh Boyter drove by the decommissioned West Jeddore United Baptist Church. “Wouldn’t that be nice if it was converted?” they said to each other. “What we didn’t know was that it already was,” says Wilcox On a later visit, they noticed a for-sale sign. And that weekend, “we impulse-bought […]
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Let’s get real: tips from real estate agent, Tanya Colbo
What’s your best piece of advice for people looking to buy their first home? The biggest piece of advice would be to talk to an agent. You can even talk to several and just see which one you feel you connect with best. It’s really great to start there so that they can guide you […]
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Welcome to the New Dartmouth
The gleaming, stainless-steel kitchen at Dartmouth cafe Two If By Sea is a blur of activity, with a half-dozen young, black-clad employees milling about behind a panelled counter. Tattooed arms dole out espressos, dive into glass jars to retrieve gooey cookies and dig through baskets for croissants the size of footballs. Customers wait patiently in […]
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Halifax’s “tax reform” favours wealthy with higher value homes
A report released by city officials overseeing the so-called “tax reform” proposal could not have been better designed to inflame urban vs. suburban strife. The one-page document, which was handed out at a Tuesday workshop for councillors, shows the effects of “tax reform” by electoral district averages. For example, using 2007 numbers, under “tax reform” […]
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Best Real Estate Agent
Rosie the Realtor has owned this category for some time, instantly recognizable for her image branding as she is for her work as one of the busiest real estate agents in Halifax. “I love what I do and it shows,” she explains on her website, rosiep.ca. “Let me share this feeling with you by giving […]