From January through March of 2019, there were 183 homes sold, with a median sale price of $158,750 - a 13.8% increase over the $139,450 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 190 homes sold in North Charleston in the first quarter of 2018.
The median sales tax in North Charleston for the most recent year with available data, 2015, was $729, approximately 0.5% of the median home sale price for the first quarter of 2019.
The following table compares North Charleston to other Charleston County cities with similar median sales prices in the first quarter of 2019:
City | Jan. - Mar. 2019 Home Sales | Jan. - Mar. 2018 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | Jan. - Mar. 2019 Median Sales Price | Jan. - Mar. 2018 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
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Lincolnville | 2 | 0 | - | $231,000 | $0 | - |
Adams Run | 4 | 6 | -33.3% | $230,650 | $128,232 | 79.9% |
Pierpont | 3 | 1 | 200% | $230,000 | $95,000 | 142.1% |
North Pine Point | 2 | 0 | - | $210,000 | $0 | - |
Summerville | 13 | 14 | -7.1% | $186,336 | $192,500 | -3.2% |
Ponderosa | 5 | 3 | 66.7% | $167,000 | $219,000 | -23.7% |
North Charleston | 183 | 190 | -3.7% | $158,750 | $139,450 | 13.8% |
Awendaw | 1 | 4 | -75% | $155,000 | $200,800 | -22.8% |
Fenwick Hills | 1 | 0 | - | $150,000 | $0 | - |
Ladson | 16 | 4 | 300% | $142,200 | $120,250 | 18.3% |
Wildwood | 1 | 1 | 0% | $117,000 | $95,000 | 23.2% |