From January through June of 2017, there were three homes sold, with a median sale price of $275,000 - a 13.7% decrease over the $318,750 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were eight homes sold in Laurel Park in the first half of 2016.
The median sales tax in Laurel Park for the most recent year with available data, 2015, was $1,340, approximately 0.5% of the median home sale price for the first half of 2017.
The following table compares Laurel Park to other Charleston County cities with similar median sales prices in the first half of 2017:
| City | Jan. - June 2017 Home Sales | Jan. - June 2016 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | Jan. - June 2017 Median Sales Price | Jan. - June 2016 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McClellanville | 12 | 16 | -25% | $303,000 | $192,500 | 57.4% |
| Riverland Terrace | 9 | 15 | -40% | $292,000 | $306,000 | -4.6% |
| Chesterfield | 2 | 1 | 100% | $287,500 | $329,000 | -12.6% |
| Charleston | 1,347 | 1,628 | -17.3% | $283,000 | $255,000 | 11% |
| James Island | 128 | 158 | -19% | $278,000 | $252,500 | 10.1% |
| Laurel Park | 3 | 8 | -62.5% | $275,000 | $318,750 | -13.7% |
| Capri Isles | 2 | 5 | -60% | $267,500 | $292,000 | -8.4% |
| Hollywood | 23 | 33 | -30.3% | $259,900 | $249,000 | 4.4% |
| Landsdowne | 5 | 3 | 66.7% | $245,000 | $230,000 | 6.5% |
| Long Branch Estates | 6 | 4 | 50% | $234,000 | $228,000 | 2.6% |
| Forest Lakes | 1 | 2 | -50% | $230,000 | $239,700 | -4% |
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