SeeLevel

Tracking since May 29, 2026.

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• Jun 10, 2026
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  # The Nova Scotia market, on the level. Perception meets a reference line.
  
  SeeLevel is a Chrome side-panel extension that turns the ViewPoint.ca listings you browse into price, volume, days-on-market, list-to-sold and price-per-sqft trends - a clear, calm read on the Nova Scotia market. Personal, non-commercial use only.
  
  It is a passive observer: every byte it processes is one your browser was already going to fetch. No new requests. No scraping. No telemetry. Close the side panel and the data is gone.
  
  ## What you'll see - The side panel
  
  Five metric sections stacked in one scrolling view - Price, Volume, Days on Market, Price/sqft, List → Sold %. Each section has headline stats (average, median, std dev), an Active vs Sold split, and a uPlot time-series chart with hover tooltips. Window picker at the top: Weekly, Monthly, Yearly. Scope tabs across the header: **Viewport** (what's on screen right now), **Session** (everything you've browsed this trip), **Zone** (only listings inside a polygon you drew on the map).
  
  ## Why SeeLevel exists - and why it can
  
  [Bill McMullin](http://www.mcmullin.ca/about) and TrueCheck partner Mike Cairns launched [ViewPoint.ca](https://www.viewpoint.ca/) in **January 2010**. When they tried to publish what buyers and sellers actually want - property *sale* prices - the Province of Nova Scotia refused under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, citing homeowner privacy. At the same time, they had already sold that data to an Ontario corporation. With Garth Turner amplifying the absurdity in public, McMullin pushed the legislature, and in **May 2012** the House passed **[Bill 73](https://nslegislature.ca/legc/bills/61st_4th/1st_read/b073.htm)**, making property sale and transfer information a public record. Nova Scotia became - and remains - the only province in Canada where both the real-estate board (NSAR) and the provincial government publish listing and property data. That fight is the only reason a tool like SeeLevel can exist at all.
  
  So: to **Bill McMullin**, to **Mike Cairns**, to **Garth Turner**, to every MLA who voted for Bill 73, and to the entire **ViewPoint Realty team** who  have kept the front door open and the data legible ever since - thank you. SeeLevel is a love letter from a curious neighbour, not a substitute for what you've built.

  THE NOVA SCOTIA MARKET, ON THE LEVEL. PERCEPTION MEETS A REFERENCE LINE.
  
  *SeeLevel* is a Chrome side-panel extension that turns the listings you browse on ViewPoint.ca into price, volume, days-on-market, list-to-sold and price-per-sqft trends - a clear, calm read on the Nova Scotia market. Personal, non-professional, and non-commercial use only.
  
  On ViewPoint.ca it is a pure passive observer: every byte it processes is one your browser was already going to fetch, so the network footprint with SeeLevel installed matches the footprint without it.
  
  No scraping. No telemetry. No accounts. Nothing is saved - close the side panel and the data is gone.
  
  WHAT YOU'LL SEE - THE SIDE PANEL
  
  Five metric sections stacked in one scrolling view - Price, Volume, Days on Market, Price/sqft, List → Sold %. Each has headline stats (average, median, std dev), an Active vs Sold split, and a uPlot time-series chart with hover tooltips. Beneath Volume, a price distribution histogram shows how many listings fall in each price band. Window picker at the top: Weekly, Monthly, Yearly. Scope tabs across the header: Viewport (what's on screen right now), Session (everything you've browsed this trip), Zone (only listings inside an area you choose).
  
  ZONES
  
  Filter every metric to one area. Pick a Nova Scotia region - any of the 49 towns, districts, counties, and regional municipalities - from the dropdown, or draw your own polygon on the map. A coverage bar shows how much of the zone you've actually loaded, so the numbers are never quietly stretched past the data.

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