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South Carolina

45 counties with an index · 16 metro and micro areas · 270 ZIP codes · 111 permit-issuing places · 5,570,274 residents (2025 est.)

FHFA quarterly index through 2026 Q2Annual index 1975–2025Permits through August 2026
FHFA all-transactions house price index for South Carolina, quarterly from 1975 to 2026 Q2, with the national index rebased to the same start and NBER recessions shadedRecession 1973–75Recession 1980Recession 1981–82Recession 1990–91Recession 2001Recession 2007–09Recession 202005001,00019801990200020102020United States2026: 725
South Carolina (100 = first year)United States, rebased to the same startNBER recession

FHFA notes: The FHFA HPI is a broad measure of the movement of single-family house prices. The FHFA HPI is a weighted, repeat-sales index, meaning that it measures average price changes in repeat sales or refinancings on the same properties. The line is FHFA's standard quarterly all-transactions index; the comparison table uses FHFA's annual state index from the same family. The index does not give a dollar value for any home.

South Carolina's FHFA house price index starts in 1975. Through 2025 it has risen +736.5%; over the ten years to 2025 the rise was +104.3% (+7.4% a year), well above the national +85.0%.

The quarterly index through 2026 Q2 is +3.8% on a year earlier and +1.2% on the quarter; nationally +3.0% and +1.1%.

The index peaked in 2008, fell −13.7% to 2012 and regained the peak in 2017; the national index fell −21.3% over 2007–2012.

46,439 housing units were authorised in South Carolina in the 12 months to August 2026, 8.3 per 1,000 residents against 4.1 nationally; that is +1.3% on the previous 12 months. 45 counties, 16 metro and micro areas, 270 ZIP codes and 111 permit-issuing places in the state have their own pages.

+3.8%year to 2026 Q2, quarterly indexUS +3.0%
+3.5%1 year, 2024–2025US +2.8%
+60.4%5 yearsUS +47.0%
+104.3%10 years+7.4% a year annualised
+164.3%since 2000US +158.3%
46,439units permitted, 12 months8.3 per 1,000 residents · US 4.1

Same span, state and nation

Change in the FHFA indexSouth CarolinaUnited States
1 year (2024–2025)+3.5%+2.8%
5 years (2020–2025)+60.4%+47.0%
10 years (2015–2025)+104.3%+85.0%
20 years (2005–2025)+114.6%+79.1%
Since 2000+164.3%+158.3%
Since 1975+736.5%+960.7%
10-year annualised+7.4%+6.3%
20-year annualised+3.9%+3.0%

Decade by decade

DecadeChangeUnited States
1980s (1980–1990)+50.8%+68.2%
1990s (1990–2000)+40.8%+33.9%
2000s (2000–2010)+27.2%+29.7%
2010s (2010–2020)+29.6%+35.5%
2020s so far (2020–2025)+60.4%+47.0%

FHFA reports each index with a value of 100 in its base period, the first year the area has enough transactions (1975 here). A decade's change is the index at the end of the decade divided by the index at the start, so it does not depend on the base year; the United States column covers the same years. Decades before 1975 are not shown.

Peak-to-low declines

PeakLowDeclinePeak regained
20082012−13.7%2017

Purchase-only index

FHFA also publishes a purchase-only index, built from sales prices alone (no refinance appraisals). It starts in 1991 and is drawn here on its own base.

FHFA purchase-only house price index for South Carolina, quarterly, with the national purchase-only index rebased to the same startRecession 1990–91Recession 2001Recession 2007–09Recession 202001002003004005001995200020052010201520202025United States, purchase-only2026: 453
South Carolina, purchase-only (100 = first year)United States, purchase-only, rebased to the same startNBER recession

Counties

Ranked by ten-year change in FHFA's annual county index to 2025. Permits are housing units authorised in the 12 months to August 2026.

County1 year10 yearsSince 2000Units, 12 monthsPer 1,000Index through
Charleston County+2.3%+128.6%+290.7%3,1197.22025
Beaufort County+4.1%+121.6%+195.6%9634.72025
Chester County+3.1%+121.3%+140.8%2557.72025
Oconee County+6.5%+120.5%+176.5%7378.82025
Saluda County−3.5%+119.0%+217.7%552.82025
York County+2.5%+118.2%+177.8%3,41511.12025
Greenville County+3.8%+117.9%+190.9%5,0368.62025
Colleton County+4.6%+115.7%+194.7%541.42025
Berkeley County+2.0%+114.9%+206.1%2,77910.12025
Bamberg County+25.3%+114.4%—191.52025
Dorchester County+1.8%+114.4%+189.6%1,6559.32025
Spartanburg County+3.5%+113.2%+149.3%4,35711.42025
Lancaster County+1.6%+111.1%+166.1%9408.22025
Pickens County+2.0%+110.1%+162.1%9987.22025
Anderson County+3.6%+109.0%+153.4%1,5977.32025
Horry County+4.0%+107.0%+169.6%6,25314.62025
Jasper County+11.5%+106.2%—1,48638.62025
Georgetown County+3.1%+105.7%+166.5%4236.42025
Edgefield County+13.8%+104.0%+183.9%2147.22025
Union County−1.7%+101.9%+124.2%2649.92025
Aiken County+7.5%+101.7%+165.4%1,5608.62025
Cherokee County+9.0%+99.8%+147.5%2784.82025
Laurens County+4.7%+97.1%+148.0%91312.72025
Newberry County+5.5%+95.1%+156.5%1754.42025
Lexington County+3.7%+93.8%+135.0%1,9166.02025
Abbeville County+2.8%+93.4%+152.6%2048.22025
Clarendon County+8.3%+88.8%+142.7%1113.62025
Chesterfield County+19.4%+87.2%+146.8%1062.42025
Barnwell County+13.4%+87.1%+134.6%281.42025
Orangeburg County+2.7%+87.1%+119.1%1081.32025
Fairfield County+9.8%+85.8%+132.7%653.22025
Kershaw County+2.9%+84.8%+124.6%3464.72025
McCormick County—+84.4%+106.5%10610.42025
Richland County+3.1%+84.3%+125.6%4,0199.22025
Marion County+4.3%+82.8%+108.2%712.52025
Greenwood County+1.1%+79.5%+122.4%2904.12025
Sumter County+4.5%+77.0%+127.3%3413.22025
Marlboro County+6.6%+74.0%+123.3%40.22025
Florence County+8.5%+71.7%+111.3%7495.42025
Calhoun County+5.3%+67.3%—402.82025
Hampton County−2.5%+63.0%+110.8%311.72025
Dillon County−4.7%+61.9%+78.9%401.52025
Williamsburg County+0.1%+61.0%—341.12025
Darlington County+3.5%+58.5%+104.2%2654.22025
Lee County+12.2%+58.3%+87.1%171.12025

Metro and micropolitan areas

Areas with any county in South Carolina; multi-state areas appear under each of their states.

AreaType1 year10 yearsYear to 2026 Q2Units, 12 months
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SCMetro+2.5%+122.2%+1.5%19,649
Charleston-North Charleston, SCMetro+2.0%+121.5%+4.7%7,553
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SCMetro+5.1%+121.5%+2.7%2,449
Seneca, SCMicro+6.5%+120.5%—737
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SCMetro+3.6%+113.5%+3.3%8,544
Spartanburg, SCMetro+3.3%+112.7%+2.3%4,621
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SCMetro+4.0%+107.0%+0.8%6,253
Murrells Inlet, SCMicro+3.1%+105.7%—423
Gaffney, SCMicro+9.0%+99.8%—278
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SCMetro+6.0%+97.5%+5.0%3,618
Newberry, SCMicro+5.5%+95.1%—175
Columbia, SCMetro+3.3%+88.2%+3.6%6,441
Orangeburg, SCMicro+2.7%+87.1%—108
Greenwood, SCMicro+2.3%+83.9%—494
Sumter, SCMetro+4.5%+77.0%+11.1%341
Florence, SCMetro+6.7%+67.2%+7.0%1,014

Building permits

Housing units authorised in South Carolina by month, latest 60 months02,0004,0006,000Sep 2021: 4,102 units (3,491 single-family, 611 in multi-unit buildings)Sep 2021Oct 2021: 4,275 units (3,501 single-family, 774 in multi-unit buildings)Nov 2021: 4,018 units (2,977 single-family, 1,041 in multi-unit buildings)Dec 2021: 3,459 units (3,075 single-family, 384 in multi-unit buildings)Jan 2022: 4,124 units (3,185 single-family, 939 in multi-unit buildings)Feb 2022: 3,801 units (3,337 single-family, 464 in multi-unit buildings)Mar 2022: 4,829 units (3,905 single-family, 924 in multi-unit buildings)Apr 2022: 4,453 units (3,626 single-family, 827 in multi-unit buildings)May 2022: 4,192 units (3,547 single-family, 645 in multi-unit buildings)Jun 2022: 4,170 units (3,663 single-family, 507 in multi-unit buildings)Jul 2022: 3,874 units (3,264 single-family, 610 in multi-unit buildings)Aug 2022: 3,797 units (3,244 single-family, 553 in multi-unit buildings)Sep 2022: 3,204 units (2,670 single-family, 534 in multi-unit buildings)Sep 2022Oct 2022: 3,637 units (2,788 single-family, 849 in multi-unit buildings)Nov 2022: 2,816 units (2,358 single-family, 458 in multi-unit buildings)Dec 2022: 2,937 units (2,259 single-family, 678 in multi-unit buildings)Jan 2023: 3,018 units (2,400 single-family, 618 in multi-unit buildings)Feb 2023: 3,039 units (2,609 single-family, 430 in multi-unit buildings)Mar 2023: 3,820 units (3,375 single-family, 445 in multi-unit buildings)Apr 2023: 3,472 units (2,935 single-family, 537 in multi-unit buildings)May 2023: 4,258 units (3,520 single-family, 738 in multi-unit buildings)Jun 2023: 3,778 units (3,505 single-family, 273 in multi-unit buildings)Jul 2023: 3,424 units (3,017 single-family, 407 in multi-unit buildings)Aug 2023: 4,084 units (3,428 single-family, 656 in multi-unit buildings)Sep 2023: 3,378 units (3,022 single-family, 356 in multi-unit buildings)Sep 2023Oct 2023: 3,605 units (3,121 single-family, 484 in multi-unit buildings)Nov 2023: 2,960 units (2,664 single-family, 296 in multi-unit buildings)Dec 2023: 2,802 units (2,587 single-family, 215 in multi-unit buildings)Jan 2024: 3,926 units (3,569 single-family, 357 in multi-unit buildings)Feb 2024: 4,143 units (3,639 single-family, 504 in multi-unit buildings)Mar 2024: 3,814 units (3,546 single-family, 268 in multi-unit buildings)Apr 2024: 4,189 units (3,902 single-family, 287 in multi-unit buildings)May 2024: 4,521 units (3,849 single-family, 672 in multi-unit buildings)Jun 2024: 4,189 units (3,339 single-family, 850 in multi-unit buildings)Jul 2024: 4,605 units (3,695 single-family, 910 in multi-unit buildings)Aug 2024: 3,767 units (3,269 single-family, 498 in multi-unit buildings)Sep 2024: 3,586 units (2,975 single-family, 611 in multi-unit buildings)Sep 2024Oct 2024: 3,700 units (3,119 single-family, 581 in multi-unit buildings)Nov 2024: 3,069 units (2,600 single-family, 469 in multi-unit buildings)Dec 2024: 3,339 units (2,730 single-family, 609 in multi-unit buildings)Jan 2025: 3,903 units (3,244 single-family, 659 in multi-unit buildings)Feb 2025: 3,835 units (3,333 single-family, 502 in multi-unit buildings)Mar 2025: 4,280 units (3,364 single-family, 916 in multi-unit buildings)Apr 2025: 3,977 units (3,739 single-family, 238 in multi-unit buildings)May 2025: 4,440 units (3,979 single-family, 461 in multi-unit buildings)Jun 2025: 4,264 units (3,444 single-family, 820 in multi-unit buildings)Jul 2025: 3,770 units (3,512 single-family, 258 in multi-unit buildings)Aug 2025: 3,661 units (3,035 single-family, 626 in multi-unit buildings)Sep 2025: 3,566 units (3,017 single-family, 549 in multi-unit buildings)Sep 2025Oct 2025: 3,659 units (3,130 single-family, 529 in multi-unit buildings)Nov 2025: 3,157 units (2,718 single-family, 439 in multi-unit buildings)Dec 2025: 2,998 units (2,829 single-family, 169 in multi-unit buildings)Jan 2026: 3,419 units (3,051 single-family, 368 in multi-unit buildings)Feb 2026: 3,953 units (3,426 single-family, 527 in multi-unit buildings)Mar 2026: 4,611 units (3,655 single-family, 956 in multi-unit buildings)Apr 2026: 4,452 units (3,690 single-family, 762 in multi-unit buildings)May 2026: 3,798 units (3,318 single-family, 480 in multi-unit buildings)Jun 2026: 4,666 units (3,673 single-family, 993 in multi-unit buildings)Jul 2026: 4,436 units (3,940 single-family, 496 in multi-unit buildings)Aug 2026: 3,724 units (3,295 single-family, 429 in multi-unit buildings)

Housing units authorised in South Carolina by month, latest 60 monthssingle-family2+ unit buildings

Housing units authorised in South Carolina by year, 1995–2025020,00040,00060,0001995: 23,959 units (19,274 single-family, 4,685 in multi-unit buildings)19951996: 29,403 units (22,511 single-family, 6,892 in multi-unit buildings)1997: 30,072 units (22,218 single-family, 7,854 in multi-unit buildings)1998: 33,576 units (24,467 single-family, 9,109 in multi-unit buildings)1999: 36,161 units (27,160 single-family, 9,001 in multi-unit buildings)2000: 32,812 units (24,863 single-family, 7,949 in multi-unit buildings)20002001: 30,133 units (24,783 single-family, 5,350 in multi-unit buildings)2002: 34,104 units (28,609 single-family, 5,495 in multi-unit buildings)2003: 38,191 units (31,553 single-family, 6,638 in multi-unit buildings)2004: 43,230 units (36,081 single-family, 7,149 in multi-unit buildings)2005: 54,157 units (43,341 single-family, 10,816 in multi-unit buildings)20052006: 50,776 units (41,675 single-family, 9,101 in multi-unit buildings)2007: 40,631 units (32,817 single-family, 7,814 in multi-unit buildings)2008: 25,918 units (19,778 single-family, 6,140 in multi-unit buildings)2009: 15,529 units (13,444 single-family, 2,085 in multi-unit buildings)2010: 14,021 units (12,691 single-family, 1,330 in multi-unit buildings)20102011: 15,542 units (12,852 single-family, 2,690 in multi-unit buildings)2012: 18,708 units (15,288 single-family, 3,420 in multi-unit buildings)2013: 24,725 units (20,247 single-family, 4,478 in multi-unit buildings)2014: 27,537 units (21,464 single-family, 6,073 in multi-unit buildings)2015: 31,030 units (24,322 single-family, 6,708 in multi-unit buildings)20152016: 32,165 units (26,349 single-family, 5,816 in multi-unit buildings)2017: 35,521 units (28,851 single-family, 6,670 in multi-unit buildings)2018: 35,487 units (30,579 single-family, 4,908 in multi-unit buildings)2019: 36,034 units (31,052 single-family, 4,982 in multi-unit buildings)2020: 42,340 units (36,226 single-family, 6,114 in multi-unit buildings)20202021: 50,680 units (43,264 single-family, 7,416 in multi-unit buildings)2022: 46,038 units (37,906 single-family, 8,132 in multi-unit buildings)2023: 42,474 units (37,163 single-family, 5,311 in multi-unit buildings)2024: 47,072 units (40,558 single-family, 6,514 in multi-unit buildings)2025: 45,862 units (39,897 single-family, 5,965 in multi-unit buildings)2025

Housing units authorised in South Carolina by year, 1995–2025single-family2+ unit buildings

Single-family share of the latest 12 months: 86% (63% nationally). Since 1995: 1,063,888 units.

Year by year

Each year's index change and permits, with every county's figures for that year.

YearSouth Carolina indexUS indexUnits permittedSingle-family
2025+3.5%+2.8%45,86239,897
2024+5.6%+4.9%47,07240,558
2023+9.8%+5.7%42,47437,163
2022+19.5%+15.5%46,03837,906
2021+11.8%+11.6%50,68043,264
2020+3.5%+3.0%42,34036,226
2019+5.2%+4.2%36,03431,052
2018+5.9%+5.7%35,48730,579
2017+5.6%+5.4%35,52128,851
2016+4.7%+5.3%32,16526,349
2015+4.6%+4.4%31,03024,322
2014+2.9%+6.2%27,53721,464
2013+0.5%+3.4%24,72520,247
2012−2.0%−1.8%18,70815,288
2011−4.0%−4.4%15,54212,852
2010−5.5%−5.1%14,02112,691
2009−3.0%−7.5%15,52913,444
2008+0.6%−4.5%25,91819,778
2007+4.0%+0.6%40,63132,817
2006+7.6%+6.6%50,77641,675
2005+7.5%+12.4%54,15743,341
2004+4.1%+9.2%43,23036,081
2003+2.0%+4.5%38,19131,553
2002+2.7%+5.4%34,10428,609
2001+5.1%+6.7%30,13324,783
2000+5.5%+8.3%32,81224,863
1999+4.7%+4.3%36,16127,160
1998+4.4%+3.7%33,57624,467
1997+4.4%+3.8%30,07222,218
1996+3.9%+3.2%29,40322,511
1995+3.8%+3.7%23,95919,274

Cities issuing the most permits

Housing units authorised in the 12 months to August 2026; every place is listed on its county page.

Questions and answers

How much have home values in South Carolina risen over 10 years?

The FHFA index rose +104.3% between 2015 and 2025, +7.4% a year; over 20 years +114.6% and since 2000 +164.3%. Nationally: +85.0%, +79.1% and +158.3%.

Which South Carolina counties rose most over 10 years?

Charleston County (+128.6%), Beaufort County (+121.6%) and Chester County (+121.3%), by FHFA's annual county index to 2025.

What happened to South Carolina home prices in 2008?

The state index peaked in 2008, fell −13.7% to 2012 and regained its peak in 2017.

How many homes are being built in South Carolina?

46,439 units were authorised in the 12 months to August 2026: 39,742 single-family and 6,697 in multi-unit buildings, 8.3 per 1,000 residents.

Where does this data come from?

FHFA's quarterly all-transactions state index (through 2026 Q2) and annual state index (updated March 31, 2026); the Census Bureau's Building Permits Survey state and county files through August 2026; vintage 2025 population estimates.

Provenance

Index: Federal Housing Finance Agency, quarterly all-transactions and purchase-only state indexes through 2026 Q2 and annual state index (updated March 31, 2026). Permits: Census Bureau Building Permits Survey state, county and place files through August 2026. Population: Census Bureau vintage 2025 estimates. Public domain. Corrections · FHFA HPI datasets.