The median sale price of a home sold in September 2018 in James Island rose by $83,000 while total sales decreased by 21.4%, according to BlockShopper.com.
In September 2018, there were 11 homes sold, with a median sale price of $308,000 – a 36.9% increase over the $225,000 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 14 homes sold in James Island in September 2017.
The median sales tax in James Island for the most recent year with available data, 2015, was $1,253, approximately 0.4% of the median home sale price for September 2018.
The following table compares James Island to other Charleston County cities with similar median sales prices in September 2018:
| City | Sept. 2018 Home Sales | Sept. 2017 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | Sept. 2018 Median Sales Price | Sept. 2017 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chesterfield | 2 | 0 | – | $444,885 | $0 | – |
| Mount Pleasant | 95 | 144 | -34% | $427,000 | $400,000 | 6.8% |
| Drayton | 1 | 2 | -50% | $350,000 | $224,250 | 56.1% |
| Hollywood | 4 | 3 | 33.3% | $345,000 | $862,000 | -60% |
| Laurel Park | 1 | 1 | 0% | $344,600 | $280,000 | 23.1% |
| James Island | 11 | 14 | -21.4% | $308,000 | $225,000 | 36.9% |
| Ashley Forest | 1 | 1 | 0% | $296,000 | $430,000 | -31.2% |
| Charleston | 144 | 182 | -20.9% | $285,000 | $256,000 | 11.3% |
| Long Branch Estates | 1 | 0 | – | $265,000 | $0 | – |
| Awendaw | 1 | 2 | -50% | $250,000 | $575,000 | -56.5% |
| North Charleston | 53 | 99 | -46.5% | $166,257 | $125,000 | 33% |
