The median sale price of a home sold in the first quarter of 2018 in Ashley Forest fell by $25,000 while total sales decreased by 60%, according to BlockShopper.com.
From January through March of 2018, there were two homes sold, with a median sale price of $410,000 – a 5.7% decrease over the $435,000 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were five homes sold in Ashley Forest in the first quarter of 2017.
The median sales tax in Ashley Forest for the most recent year with available data, 2015, was $1,529, approximately 0.4% of the median home sale price for the first quarter of 2018.
The following table compares Ashley Forest to other Charleston County cities with similar median sales prices in the first quarter of 2018:
| City | Jan. – Mar. 2018 Home Sales | Jan. – Mar. 2017 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | Jan. – Mar. 2018 Median Sales Price | Jan. – Mar. 2017 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isle of Palms | 56 | 70 | -20% | $918,750 | $677,500 | 35.6% |
| Kiawah Island | 33 | 35 | -5.7% | $875,000 | $694,000 | 26.1% |
| Secessionville Acres | 1 | 2 | -50% | $680,807 | $193,000 | 252.7% |
| Folly Beach | 15 | 22 | -31.8% | $660,000 | $524,250 | 25.9% |
| Edisto Island | 2 | 4 | -50% | $447,500 | $265,681 | 68.4% |
| Ashley Forest | 2 | 5 | -60% | $410,000 | $435,000 | -5.7% |
| Mount Pleasant | 346 | 397 | -12.8% | $405,500 | $385,000 | 5.3% |
| Forest Lakes | 1 | 1 | 0% | $395,000 | $230,000 | 71.7% |
| Laurel Park | 1 | 1 | 0% | $370,000 | $330,000 | 12.1% |
| Riverland Terrace | 4 | 4 | 0% | $308,500 | $265,750 | 16.1% |
| Charleston | 512 | 579 | -11.6% | $296,500 | $277,000 | 7% |
