Charleston-North Charleston house prices
House prices in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC metro area rose 6.4% over the year to 2026 Q2, and are +48.5% over five years. It ranks #4 of the 100 metro areas FHFA tracks.
How Charleston-North Charleston compares
Charleston-North Charleston is outpacing the typical American market, where the median state moved +2.7% over the same year. Within its own state it is running 4.1 percentage points ahead of South Carolina overall, which is the more useful comparison, since a metro and its state share the same mortgage market and much of the same economy.
Prices are at or near their record level for this market. At the current 30-year mortgage rate of 6.71%, a $300,000 loan costs about $1,938 a month in principal and interest.
Fifteen years of the index
Q2 of each year, index base 100 in 1991. Source: Federal Housing Finance Agency, House Price Index, purchase-only, quarterly, not seasonally adjusted.
Nearby metro areas
| Metro area | One year | Five years | Index |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | -0.1% | +39.7% | 481.93 |
| Columbia, SC | +2.0% | +44.6% | 375.37 |
| Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC | +1.6% | +43.2% | 477.31 |
Charleston-North Charleston house prices: common questions
Are house prices going up in Charleston-North Charleston?
Yes. Prices rose 6.4% over the year to 2026 Q2. Across the 100 metros tracked, Charleston-North Charleston ranks #4 for one-year growth. That is 4.1 percentage points faster than South Carolina as a whole.
How much have Charleston-North Charleston prices risen long term?
+48.5% over five years, +127.9% over ten, and +607% since the index began in 1991.
Has Charleston-North Charleston recovered its previous peak?
Yes, the index is at or near its record high, set in 2026 Q2.
What exactly is being measured?
The FHFA purchase-only house price index, built from repeat sales of the same properties financed by mortgages Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac bought. It tracks price movement rather than price level, and it excludes cash purchases and homes bought with jumbo or government-backed loans, so very high and very low ends of a market are underrepresented.