South Carolina started 2025 with a total of 15,659 single-family homes on the market, with a median home price of $375,000 and an average price per square foot of $242.62. By the end of the year, inventory had increased to 18,569 homes on the market (+19%), with a median home price of $385,000 (+3%), and an average price per square foot of $244 (+1%).
At the start of 2025, the median days on market (DOM) was 70 days – by the end of the year, median DOM had increased to 84 days.
South Carolina started the year with 37.59% of homes taking a price cut. (For reference, 35% is the national average for price reductions in a "normal" year.) By the end of the year, about 42.48% of homes for sale had taken a price cut.
Finally, Altos’ proprietary Market Action Index (MAI) shows that South Carolina started 2025 as a buyer's market, with an MAI score of 29; by the end of the year, the MAI had increased to 32 – a seller's market.Market Update for June 9, 2026
