From January through March of 2018, there were 15 homes sold, with a median sale price of $660,000 - a 25.9% increase over the $524,250 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 22 homes sold in Folly Beach in the first 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 first quarter of 2018.
The following table compares Folly Beach to other Charleston County cities with similar median sales prices in the first quarter of 2018:
| City | Jan. - Mar. 2018 Home Sales | Jan. - Mar. 2017 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | Jan. - Mar. 2018 Median Sales Price | Jan. - Mar. 2017 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sullivan's Island | 11 | 12 | -8.3% | $2,000,000 | $1,737,500 | 15.1% |
| Isle of Palms | 56 | 70 | -20% | $918,750 | $677,500 | 35.6% |
| Kiawah Island | 33 | 35 | -5.7% | $875,000 | $694,000 | 26.1% |
| Secessionville Acres | 1 | 2 | -50% | $680,807 | $193,000 | 252.7% |
| Folly Beach | 15 | 22 | -31.8% | $660,000 | $524,250 | 25.9% |
| Edisto Island | 2 | 4 | -50% | $447,500 | $265,681 | 68.4% |
| Ashley Forest | 2 | 5 | -60% | $410,000 | $435,000 | -5.7% |
| Mount Pleasant | 346 | 397 | -12.8% | $405,500 | $385,000 | 5.3% |
| Forest Lakes | 1 | 1 | 0% | $395,000 | $230,000 | 71.7% |
| Laurel Park | 1 | 1 | 0% | $370,000 | $330,000 | 12.1% |
| Riverland Terrace | 4 | 4 | 0% | $308,500 | $265,750 | 16.1% |
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