From January through March of 2017, there were 217 homes sold, with a median sale price of $126,900 - a 16.4% increase over the $109,000 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 276 homes sold in North Charleston in the first quarter of 2016.
The median sales tax in North Charleston for the most recent year with available data, 2015, was $729, approximately 0.6% of the median home sale price for the first quarter of 2017.
The following table compares North Charleston to other Charleston County cities with similar median sales prices in the first quarter of 2017:
| City | Jan. - Mar. 2017 Home Sales | Jan. - Mar. 2016 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | Jan. - Mar. 2017 Median Sales Price | Jan. - Mar. 2016 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castlewood | 1 | 2 | -50% | $180,000 | $109,000 | 65.1% |
| Summerville | 16 | 21 | -23.8% | $172,500 | $179,500 | -3.9% |
| Melrose | 3 | 1 | 200% | $165,000 | $202,800 | -18.6% |
| Long Branch Estates | 3 | 1 | 200% | $165,000 | $290,000 | -43.1% |
| Ravenel | 4 | 6 | -33.3% | $160,000 | $102,816.50 | 55.6% |
| Plantation Estates | 4 | 0 | - | $142,720 | $0 | - |
| North Charleston | 217 | 276 | -21.4% | $126,900 | $109,000 | 16.4% |
| Pierpont | 7 | 1 | 600% | $125,000 | $183,000 | -31.7% |
| Ponderosa | 7 | 2 | 250% | $116,000 | $149,000 | -22.1% |
| Ladson | 11 | 19 | -42.1% | $93,000 | $110,000 | -15.5% |
| Adams Run | 7 | 17 | -58.8% | $86,000 | $85,000 | 1.2% |
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