From July through September of 2021, there were two homes sold, with a median sale price of $330,000 - a 27.4% increase over the $259,000 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were five homes sold in Long Branch Estates in the third quarter of 2020.
The median sales tax in Long Branch Estates for the most recent year with available data, 2019, was $1,144, approximately 0.3% of the median home sale price for the third quarter of 2021.
The following table compares Long Branch Estates to other Charleston County cities with similar median sale prices in the third quarter of 2021:
| City | July - Sept. 2021 Home Sales | July - Sept. 2020 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | July - Sept. 2021 Median Sales Price | July - Sept. 2020 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Springs | 5 | 2 | 150% | $389,000 | $309,000 | 25.9% |
| Charleston | 655 | 931 | -29.6% | $387,930 | $323,000 | 20.1% |
| Capri Isles | 2 | 3 | -33.3% | $370,000 | $340,000 | 8.8% |
| Drayton | 6 | 7 | -14.3% | $369,500 | $344,000 | 7.4% |
| Melrose | 2 | 5 | -60% | $335,250 | $244,000 | 37.4% |
| Long Branch Estates | 2 | 5 | -60% | $330,000 | $259,000 | 27.4% |
| Church Creek | 2 | 2 | 0% | $319,250 | $259,500 | 23% |
| Plantation Estates | 6 | 3 | 100% | $312,500 | $240,000 | 30.2% |
| McClellanville | 5 | 8 | -37.5% | $300,000 | $324,000 | -7.4% |
| Chesterfield | 3 | 2 | 50% | $300,000 | $445,500 | -32.7% |
| Summerville | 18 | 30 | -40% | $275,000 | $218,000 | 26.1% |
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