Halifax, MA
Tracking 3,368 properties across Halifax, Massachusetts — a community where the median home dates to 1978 and the oldest to 1720. Every parcel mapped with building characteristics, environmental exposure, hazard risk, and ownership history assembled from 140+ sources.
Halifax, MAInc. 1670
Halifax is a small, semi-rural town in the center of Plymouth County, with a landscape defined by ponds, cranberry bogs, and wooded residential parcels. The housing stock is predominantly single-family homes, with construction spanning from older village-center properties to newer suburban development. Monponsett Pond and other water features create waterfront properties and recreational amenities.
For property professionals, Halifax is a quiet, affordable market with a housing stock that is more spread out and rural than the South Shore communities to the east. The ponds and bogs create environmental features and some flood zone exposure.
Risk Profile
FEMA flood zones, fire protection grades, radon — parcel by parcel
FEMA Flood Zones
175 properties (5%) are in FEMA Special Flood Hazard Areas, where flood insurance is required for federally-backed mortgages.
Fire Protection Grades
Fire protection grades reflect proximity to fire stations and hydrant infrastructure. Grade affects insurance pricing in every New England state.
The Property Landscape
3,368 properties · Median year built 1978 · Avg 81,088 sf
Property Types
Construction by Era
Architectural Styles
Market Activity
Recorded transactions from Plymouth County Registry of Deeds
NE Provenance tracks recorded deeds, mortgages, and liens for 98% of Halifax properties. Ownership intelligence includes transaction history, entity detection, portfolio identification, and lien analysis — assembled from public registry records into a single property-level profile.
Living in Halifax
Plymouth County · Massachusetts
Halifax covers 17.4 square miles in Plymouth County, Massachusetts. The median assessed property value is $441K.
Single-family homes account for 2,516 of Halifax's 3,368 properties and 381 multi-family buildings. There are 68 commercial properties. About 67% of properties are owner-occupied.
Assessed values range widely — the middle 50% of properties fall between $308K and $553K, with the highest assessed property at $11.4M. For professionals working in this market, the value spread tells you a lot about what you'll encounter door to door.
Most properties rely on private septic systems, and 75% have public water service. Electric service is provided by NSTAR ELECTRIC COMPANY. 235 properties have identified commercial activity — restaurants, retail, professional offices, and services that give Halifax its character.
What Halifax Property Intelligence Means for Professionals
Insurance & Underwriting
Halifax's fire protection grade distribution (2 Grade A, 263 Grade B) directly affects premium calculation. Parcel-level hazard data provides the granularity that ZIP-level aggregation misses.
Insurance solutionsReal Estate & Appraisal
Halifax's 10 property types, spanning construction from 1720 to present, require local market knowledge for accurate comparable selection and valuation. NEP assembles building characteristics, environmental exposure, and condition signals into a single property profile.
Real estate solutionsLending & Title
Collateral assessment requires flood zone verification, environmental screening, and ownership chain validation. 5% of Halifax properties are in SFHAs where flood insurance is a federal lending requirement. NEP provides property-level compliance data from public records.
Lending solutionsInspection & Property Services
Understanding a property's construction era, environmental exposure, and building characteristics before arriving on site transforms inspection from discovery to verification.
Inspection solutionsExplore Halifax property intelligence.
3,368 Halifax properties — each with risk profiles, building data, permit history, and ownership analysis from 140+ sources. Open any property and see the full picture.
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