From April through June of 2019, there were 423 homes sold, with a median sale price of $320,000 - a 11% increase over the $288,400 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 508 homes sold in Charleston in the second quarter of 2018.
The median sales tax in Charleston for the most recent year with available data, 2015, was $1,430, approximately 0.4% of the median home sale price for the second quarter of 2019.
The following table compares Charleston 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Pleasant | 324 | 346 | -6.4% | $461,450 | $450,000 | 2.5% |
| 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% |
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