From January through June of 2019, there were 70 homes sold, with a median sale price of $312,500 - a 8.3% increase over the $288,600 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 94 homes sold in James Island in the first half of 2018.
The median sales tax in James Island for the most recent year with available data, 2015, was $1,253, approximately 0.4% of the median home sale price for the first half of 2019.
The following table compares James Island to other Charleston County cities with similar median sales prices in the first half of 2019:
| City | Jan. - June 2019 Home Sales | Jan. - June 2018 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | Jan. - June 2019 Median Sales Price | Jan. - June 2018 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riverland Terrace | 9 | 6 | 50% | $390,000 | $325,000 | 20% |
| Laurel Park | 2 | 3 | -33.3% | $389,000 | $370,000 | 5.1% |
| McClellanville | 8 | 9 | -11.1% | $383,260 | $259,950 | 47.4% |
| Capri Isles | 4 | 1 | 300% | $343,750 | $350,000 | -1.8% |
| Plantation Estates | 2 | 3 | -33.3% | $342,500 | $232,000 | 47.6% |
| James Island | 70 | 94 | -25.5% | $312,500 | $288,600 | 8.3% |
| Charleston | 786 | 1,020 | -22.9% | $311,750 | $291,000 | 7.1% |
| Forest Lakes | 3 | 2 | 50% | $302,500 | $347,450 | -12.9% |
| Hollywood | 13 | 23 | -43.5% | $301,665 | $262,500 | 14.9% |
| Secessionville Acres | 1 | 1 | 0% | $300,000 | $680,807 | -55.9% |
| Ravenel | 6 | 10 | -40% | $275,000 | $159,500 | 72.4% |
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