Town pages · Halifax, Massachusetts

Halifax, Massachusetts, by the numbers

Every town has a story its public records already tell. This is Halifax's: 2,233 single-family homes, read the way an investor would read them.

01The housing stock: what Halifax is made of

2,233
single-family homes, of 3,341 parcels in town
16.2%
predate 1940, versus 24.5% statewide
35.8%
stand two stories or more
Halifax single-family homes by era builtPre-19003.7%1900-3912.5%1940-5912.2%1960-7931.8%1980-9923.7%2000+16.1%

Halifax was built in layers: no single era dominates its single-family stock, so its streets mix the state's whole housing history, and so do its renovation questions.

The median home here is 1,642 square feet with 6 rooms, smaller than the state's 1,709. The most common styles: 594 Colonials, 551 Ranchs, 370 Capes.

Public records · Halifax, MA · FY2025
In the app

Which chapter of Halifax's story is your house? In the app, your exact parcel carries its year, style and size, and how it compares to the street around it.

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02What homes are worth here

$489,500
median assessed value, FY2025 tax cycle; not a market price
$455,000
median recorded single-family sale, 2021-2022 window (85 sales)
$187/sf
median assessed building value per square foot of living area
Halifax recorded residential sales per year20155020166320177420188620199820201112021105202299

Different numbers describe a home here on purpose. The assessment is the town's tax-cycle figure. The recorded sale is what buyers actually paid, shown for a window where the record is complete; the most recent years are still filling in as deeds record. Town numbers frame the market. They cannot price your house.

Public records · Halifax, MA · FY2025
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The app adds the number that matters for your address: a modeled estimate shown as a dated range, sitting beside your assessment and your home's last recorded sale.

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03The land under it all

0.924 ac
the median single-family lot, roomier than the state's 0.389
32.8%
of lots are an acre or larger
11
zoning districts govern what each lot can become

Zoning draws an invisible buildable envelope on every parcel: setbacks, coverage and height rules that decide what an addition, a second story or an accessory unit can be. Parts of many towns also sit inside wetland buffers and flood zones, where soil-disturbing projects get extra review before permits move.

Public records · Halifax, MA · FY2025
In the app

Halifax is mapped parcel by parcel in ZoneWiew: type your address and see your lot's buildable envelope in 2D and 3D, with wetland and flood no-build lines drawn in red.

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04What projects mean in a town like this

In a town built in layers, the project playbook depends on your street's era. These guides carry real statewide housing data behind every project:

The town is the context. Your address is the answer.

Wiew carries this picture down to the parcel: your lot's envelope, your home's value as a dated range, what it could become and earn. Halifax is live in the app.

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Figures are computed from the public record's FY2025 assessment cycle and recorded deeds. Assessed values are tax-cycle figures, not market prices; recent-year sale volumes are still filling in as deeds record. Educational information, not an appraisal or legal advice.