From October through December of 2018, there were 28 homes sold, with a median sale price of $741,500 - a 3.7% decrease over the $770,000 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 13 homes sold in Folly Beach in the fourth quarter of 2017.
The median sales tax in Folly Beach for the most recent year with available data, 2015, was $4,233, approximately 0.6% of the median home sale price for the fourth quarter of 2018.
The following table compares Folly Beach to other Charleston County cities with similar median sales prices in the fourth quarter of 2018:
City | Oct. - Dec. 2018 Home Sales | Oct. - Dec. 2017 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | Oct. - Dec. 2018 Median Sales Price | Oct. - Dec. 2017 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
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Sullivan's Island | 10 | 7 | 42.9% | $1,700,000 | $2,100,000 | -19% |
Kiawah Island | 40 | 41 | -2.4% | $942,500 | $740,000 | 27.4% |
Folly Beach | 28 | 13 | 115.4% | $741,500 | $770,000 | -3.7% |
Isle of Palms | 32 | 49 | -34.7% | $729,250 | $715,000 | 2% |
Edgewater Park | 3 | 3 | 0% | $645,000 | $445,000 | 44.9% |
Meggett | 4 | 3 | 33.3% | $632,000 | $527,564 | 19.8% |
Capri Isles | 2 | 2 | 0% | $595,000 | $416,750 | 42.8% |
Hollywood | 7 | 12 | -41.7% | $585,000 | $225,000 | 160% |
North Pine Point | 1 | 1 | 0% | $539,000 | $160,000 | 236.9% |
Secessionville Acres | 1 | 0 | - | $500,000 | $0 | - |
Ashley Forest | 4 | 0 | - | $475,000 | $0 | - |