The median sale price of a home sold in the first half of 2019 in Seabrook Island rose by $112,500 while total sales decreased by 12%, according to BlockShopper.com.
From January through June of 2019, there were 66 homes sold, with a median sale price of $472,500 – a 31.3% increase over the $360,000 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 75 homes sold in Seabrook Island in the first half of 2018.
The median sales tax in Seabrook Island for the most recent year with available data, 2015, was $3,204, approximately 0.7% of the median home sale price for the first half of 2019.
The following table compares Seabrook Island to other Charleston County cities with similar median sales prices in the first half of 2019:
| City | Jan. – June 2019 Home Sales | Jan. – June 2018 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | Jan. – June 2019 Median Sales Price | Jan. – June 2018 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sullivan’s Island | 21 | 24 | -12.5% | $2,000,000 | $1,932,500 | 3.5% |
| Isle of Palms | 94 | 111 | -15.3% | $850,000 | $770,000 | 10.4% |
| Kiawah Island | 56 | 66 | -15.2% | $752,500 | $847,500 | -11.2% |
| Meggett | 5 | 5 | 0% | $750,000 | $557,500 | 34.5% |
| Folly Beach | 27 | 35 | -22.9% | $579,000 | $620,000 | -6.6% |
| Seabrook Island | 66 | 75 | -12% | $472,500 | $360,000 | 31.3% |
| Mount Pleasant | 579 | 692 | -16.3% | $440,000 | $426,721 | 3.1% |
| Edgewater Park | 4 | 6 | -33.3% | $427,500 | $731,108.50 | -41.5% |
| Edisto Island | 11 | 9 | 22.2% | $423,000 | $460,000 | -8% |
| Chesterfield | 2 | 2 | 0% | $420,000 | $275,000 | 52.7% |
| Ashley Forest | 6 | 5 | 20% | $413,500 | $380,000 | 8.8% |
