Downtown Charleston housing market
Homes in downtown Charleston, meaning the whole Charleston peninsula, sold for a median $1,194,665 in Jul–Sep 2026 (Redfin, all home types). Over the past 12 months 658 homes sold, at a 12-month average of $1,194,638, up 11.3% from a year earlier.
What you're looking at: Redfin (sales, 3-month rolling, all home types), the local Realtors' MLS (single-family) · area boundaries as Redfin draws them · Jul–Sep 2026
This page is the summary for Downtown Charleston. For every chart, or to compare it with another neighborhood, open Downtown Charleston in Neighborhood charts →
How hot is Downtown Charleston's market?
Buying and selling in downtown Charleston
How much do homes cost in downtown Charleston?
Over the past 12 months the median sale price in downtown Charleston averaged $1,194,638 (Redfin, all home types), up 11.3% from the year before. In the latest three months, Jul–Sep 2026, the median was $1,194,665, based on 146 sales. That 12-month average is about 84% above the figure for the City of Charleston as a whole ($648,177).
How fast do homes sell in downtown Charleston?
Homes that sold in Jul–Sep 2026 took a median 67 days to go under contract. There were 244 homes for sale at the end of Sep 2026, about 5.1 months of supply at the current pace. Four to six months is usually considered balanced.
How many homes sell in downtown Charleston each year?
658 homes sold in downtown Charleston over the past 12 months (Redfin), up from 621 the year before.
Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin, a national real estate brokerage, 3-month rolling, all home types. These are typical figures for the whole area, not an estimate for any one home.
What the local MLS shows
| MLS area | Median sale price | 1-yr | 12-month average | Closed sales | Days on market | % of list price | Homes for sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downtown Charleston | $2,350,000 | +36.2% | $2,341,134 | 13 | 58 | 92.1% | 76 |
| Upper Charleston Peninsula | $1,090,000 | +37.1% | $968,454 | 12 | 9 | 95.7% | 44 |
Single-family homes only, one month, from the Charleston Trident Association of REALTORS® (CTAR) via ShowingTime FastStats. The MLS draws its areas a little differently than Redfin and leaves out condos and townhomes here, so these figures won't match the ones above. Why the sources differ →
Neighborhoods in downtown Charleston
| Neighborhood | Median sale (3-mo) | Sales in 12 months |
|---|---|---|
| South of Broad | $2,759,227 | 109 |
| Downtown Charleston | $1,571,560 | 94 |
| Harleston Village | $1,174,671 | 84 |
| Wagener Terrace | $1,174,671 | 63 |
| North Central | $998,720 | 60 |
| Westside | $905,746 | 49 |
| East Side | $759,787* | 40 |
| Cannonborough-Elliottborough | $1,021,159* | 38 |
| Peninsula West | $714,800* | 37 |
| Radcliffeborough | $1,549,566* | 35 |
| Hampton Park Terrace | $1,729,515* | 16 |
| Mazyck-Wraggborough | $1,879,473* | 14 |
| East Central | $374,895* | 12 |
Redfin, Jul–Sep 2026. Neighborhoods with at least 10 sales in the past year; the smaller ones are in Market data. * Fewer than 10 sales in the latest three months, so the median is rough.