From April through June of 2019, there were 34 homes sold, with a median sale price of $315,000 - a 0.6% decrease over the $317,000 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 38 homes sold in James Island in the second quarter of 2018.
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 the second quarter of 2019.
The following table compares James Island to other Charleston County cities with similar median sales prices in the second quarter of 2019:
| City | Apr. - June 2019 Home Sales | Apr. - June 2018 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | Apr. - June 2019 Median Sales Price | Apr. - June 2018 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edgewater Park | 1 | 5 | -80% | $425,000 | $950,000 | -55.3% |
| Chesterfield | 2 | 1 | 100% | $420,000 | $360,000 | 16.7% |
| Edisto Island | 4 | 7 | -42.9% | $405,000 | $460,000 | -12% |
| Capri Isles | 1 | 1 | 0% | $400,000 | $350,000 | 14.3% |
| Charleston | 423 | 508 | -16.7% | $320,000 | $288,400 | 11% |
| James Island | 34 | 38 | -10.5% | $315,000 | $317,000 | -0.6% |
| Forest Lakes | 1 | 1 | 0% | $302,500 | $299,900 | 0.9% |
| Landsdowne | 2 | 6 | -66.7% | $290,200 | $259,136 | 12% |
| Plantation Estates | 1 | 3 | -66.7% | $290,000 | $232,000 | 25% |
| North Pine Point | 1 | 3 | -66.7% | $273,000 | $377,000 | -27.6% |
| Long Branch Estates | 1 | 1 | 0% | $235,000 | $236,000 | -0.4% |
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