From July through December of 2018, there were 75 homes sold, with a median sale price of $313,000 - a 8.3% increase over the $289,000 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 65 homes sold in James Island in the second half of 2017.
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 second half of 2018.
The following table compares James Island to other Charleston County cities with similar median sales prices in the second half of 2018:
City | July - Dec. 2018 Home Sales | July - Dec. 2017 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | July - Dec. 2018 Median Sales Price | July - Dec. 2017 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
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Whitehall Terrace | 4 | 2 | 100% | $381,500 | $272,050 | 40.2% |
Riverland Terrace | 8 | 7 | 14.3% | $363,500 | $355,000 | 2.4% |
Hollywood | 15 | 21 | -28.6% | $342,000 | $260,000 | 31.5% |
Ravenel | 7 | 8 | -12.5% | $332,000 | $97,500 | 240.5% |
Chesterfield | 5 | 1 | 400% | $324,770 | $255,000 | 27.4% |
James Island | 75 | 65 | 15.4% | $313,000 | $289,000 | 8.3% |
McClellanville | 10 | 9 | 11.1% | $302,000 | $307,000 | -1.6% |
Awendaw | 4 | 4 | 0% | $300,000 | $292,500 | 2.6% |
Edisto Island | 13 | 13 | 0% | $298,900 | $249,000 | 20% |
Secessionville Acres | 4 | 4 | 0% | $295,000 | $260,450 | 13.3% |
Long Branch Estates | 3 | 1 | 200% | $291,000 | $165,000 | 76.4% |