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Home appreciation in Charleston, SC

Over the five years ending 2025, home prices in Charleston, SC grew an average of 11.6% a year.

Price growth at a glance

1-year

+4.6%

2025 over 2024. South Carolina: +4.9%.

5-year, per year

+11.6%

Average annual growth, 2020 to 2025. South Carolina: +10.7%.

10-year, per year

+9.0%

+137.0% in total since 2015. South Carolina: +8.0%.

How does your home compare?

Charleston, SC home prices rose 137.0% over the ten years to 2025, while its ZIP codes ranged from +94.4% to +156.7%. Look up your home to see where it ranks among the homes around it.

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How Charleston, SC compares with South Carolina

South Carolina averaged +10.7% a year, so Charleston, SC grew faster than the state overall. For five-year price growth, Charleston, SC ranks 19th out of 409 metros nationwide and 2nd out of 8 in South Carolina.

Index, 2005 = 100

Charleston-North Charleston, SC and South Carolina, quarterly house price index rebased to 100 in 2005.
YearCharleston-North Charleston, SCSouth Carolina
2005 Q1100100
2005 Q2104102
2005 Q3108104
2005 Q4113107
2006 Q1116108
2006 Q2120110
2006 Q3122112
2006 Q4124114
2007 Q1125115
2007 Q2125116
2007 Q3124116
2007 Q4125117
2008 Q1126118
2008 Q2124117
2008 Q3120115
2008 Q4119116
2009 Q1120117
2009 Q2116116
2009 Q3112112
2009 Q4109111
2010 Q1107109
2010 Q2105108
2010 Q3107109
2010 Q4106108
2011 Q1102106
2011 Q299103
2011 Q3100104
2011 Q4101105
2012 Q1100103
2012 Q2100103
2012 Q3100103
2012 Q4101103
2013 Q1101103
2013 Q2103104
2013 Q3105104
2013 Q4105104
2014 Q1107104
2014 Q2108106
2014 Q3111107
2014 Q4113108
2015 Q1115110
2015 Q2119111
2015 Q3122112
2015 Q4124113
2016 Q1124114
2016 Q2130116
2016 Q3132119
2016 Q4134119
2017 Q1137120
2017 Q2140122
2017 Q3143125
2017 Q4144125
2018 Q1147128
2018 Q2149130
2018 Q3149131
2018 Q4150132
2019 Q1153134
2019 Q2156137
2019 Q3158138
2019 Q4159140
2020 Q1161142
2020 Q2163143
2020 Q3166145
2020 Q4169148
2021 Q1173152
2021 Q2184160
2021 Q3195169
2021 Q4204177
2022 Q1215185
2022 Q2230197
2022 Q3239204
2022 Q4236206
2023 Q1241207
2023 Q2249213
2023 Q3258219
2023 Q4262221
2024 Q1264223
2024 Q2273229
2024 Q3273231
2024 Q4279233
2025 Q1285237
2025 Q2285239
2025 Q3284242
2025 Q4284243
2026 Q1294245
2026 Q2298248

Chart through 2026 Q2. Annual growth figures through 2025.

Growth was stronger over the last five years than over the full decade: +9.0% a year over ten years, +137.0% in total.

Over this history, home prices peaked in 2007, fell 19.7% to its 2012 low, and regained the 2007 level in 2016.

The strongest year was 2022 at +21.4%, and the weakest was 2010 at -7.1%.

In 2025 alone the index moved +4.6%, against +4.9% for the state.

ZIP codes in Charleston, SC

Over the ten years to 2025, the 22 ZIP codes FHFA measures in this metro ranged from +94.4% in 29449 to +156.7% in 29405, while the metro as a whole rose 137.0%.

Fastest-rising ZIP codes

10-year change

  1. 29405+156.7%
  2. 29406+150.3%
  3. 29418+139.1%
  4. 29456+138.8%
  5. 29412+136.5%

Slowest-rising ZIP codes

10-year change

  1. 29449+94.4%
  2. 29431+97.3%
  3. 29461+97.8%
  4. 29487+102.1%
  5. 29472+106.1%
ZIP codes in Charleston-North Charleston, SC ranked by 10-year home-price change through 2025 Column headers are buttons: click to sort, click again to reverse, and a third time to restore the original order.
29405-1.0%+11.5%+9.9%+156.7%
29406-2.6%+10.8%+9.6%+150.3%
29418-2.1%+10.7%+9.1%+139.1%
29456+2.1%+9.9%+9.1%+138.8%
29412+3.5%+12.1%+9.0%+136.5%
29464+5.2%+12.0%+8.9%+134.5%
29403+7.7%+11.2%+8.7%+129.9%
29407+3.1%+11.0%+8.5%+126.7%
29410+5.8%+10.3%+8.5%+126.3%
29414+2.5%+11.2%+8.5%+125.7%
29485+7.0%+10.4%+8.4%+124.8%
29445+4.1%+9.5%+8.4%+124.5%
29455-1.5%+11.0%+8.2%+120.4%
29420-2.9%+9.4%+7.8%+111.8%
29477+0.3%+9.6%+7.7%+110.8%
29483+3.1%+9.8%+7.7%+110.2%
29466+8.4%+11.1%+7.6%+107.8%
29472+1.9%+8.9%+7.5%+106.1%
29487+4.2%+12.1%+7.3%+102.1%
29461+1.3%+8.7%+7.1%+97.8%
29431+0.5%+8.8%+7.0%+97.3%
29449-16.7%+10.0%+6.9%+94.4%

What a home report shows

Enter an address and you get a score out of 10 for how the home ranks on appreciation potential against comparable homes in its market, with the nearby sales behind it. Here is one saved report.

Example report · saved October 14, 2026

165 N Canal St, Apt 1205, Chicago, IL 60606

Appreciation score

4.1 / 10

Around the median

Where it ranks

Ranks above about 41% of comparable homes in Chicago, IL for appreciation potential.

Price against nearby sales

Priced below most nearby sales, at $300 per square foot across 6 comparable sales.

Read the full example report

Year by year

Annual house price index for Charleston-North Charleston, SC and South Carolina, 2005 = 100 Column headers are buttons: click to sort, click again to reverse, and a third time to restore the original order.
2005100.0—100.0
2006113.2+13.2%107.6
2007117.2+3.5%112.4
2008114.6-2.2%113.1
2009107.3-6.4%110.4
201099.8-7.1%105.4
201194.4-5.4%101.1
201294.1-0.3%100.0
201397.1+3.2%100.4
2014103.3+6.4%102.7
2015112.8+9.2%107.9
2016122.0+8.2%113.3
2017132.3+8.4%119.4
2018140.0+5.8%126.3
2019146.9+5.0%132.9
2020154.7+5.3%140.1
2021177.8+14.9%159.6
2022215.9+21.4%192.1
2023237.4+9.9%208.3
2024255.6+7.6%221.9
2025267.3+4.6%232.8

The 8 measured metros in South Carolina

Measured metros in South Carolina ranked by 5-year home-price appreciation through 2025 Column headers are buttons: click to sort, click again to reverse, and a third time to restore the original order.
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1Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC+5.9%+12.4%+8.8%
2Charleston-North Charleston, SC+4.6%+11.6%+9.0%
3Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC+4.6%+10.9%+7.9%
4Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC+5.2%+10.8%+8.5%
5Spartanburg, SC+3.8%+10.7%+8.2%
6Columbia, SC+4.6%+10.1%+7.1%
7Sumter, SC+6.9%+8.9%+6.3%
8Florence, SC+6.5%+8.4%+5.5%

Source & method: Metro figures: FHFA quarterly all-transactions index for metropolitan statistical areas and metropolitan divisions, annualized as the mean of the four quarterly (NSA) values. State figures: FHFA quarterly all-transactions index, annualized as the mean of the four quarterly (NSA) values. The chart uses quarterly readings, with each series set to 100 in the first quarter of 2005. ZIP figures: FHFA annual five-digit ZIP index (developmental), ZIPs with sufficient transaction history. Missing years are reported as missing by FHFA and are not estimated. Each ZIP is placed in the metro that holds the county with most of its housing units. “5-yr /yr” and “10-yr /yr” are compound annual growth over the window ending 2025; all figures are nominal. Data published by the FHFA House Price Index; this edition compiled 2026-10-17. Educational data, not investment advice.

See the South Carolina row in the state rankings, the county rankings, and, for why one metro number hides so much, why two homes in the same ZIP code appreciate differently.

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Measured FHFA data · chart through 2026 Q2