Best In South Carolina Real Estate™: Charleston

Charleston-North Charleston ranks #2 of 8 South Carolina metros on home value to income ratio—4.4x median income. This isn’t a demand surge; it’s a supply failure. The market is not overheated—it’s structurally under-supplied. The data comes from ALEX Intelligence’s 2026 analysis: https://alex-companies.com/data/2026-11-02-charleston-sc-standing-value-to-income-msa. How is your market holding up? What does a 4.4x ratio mean for the next decade of development? Let’s discuss. Home Value to Income Ratio, top 8 (ALEX Intelligence — U.S. Census Bureau 2024) #1 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal — 5.3x #2 Charleston-North Charleston — 4.4x #3 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach — 4.3x #4 Greenville-Anderson-Greer — 3.7x #5 Spartanburg — 3.5x #6 Columbia — 3.4x #7 Florence — 3.1x #8 Sumter — 2.9x Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Slide 1: ProfReader (CC BY-SA 4.0) https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=136213655; Slide 2: Warren LeMay from Covington, KY, United States (CC0) https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=97073800; Slide 3: w_lemay (CC BY-SA 2.0) https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=130091179; Slide 4: Warren LeMay from Covington, KY, United States (CC0) https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=97073943 Source: https://alex-companies.com/data/2026-11-02-charleston-sc-standing-value-to-income-msa View and join any or all of our communities — AI, quantum, and real estate: https://alex-companies.com/reports/linkedin-groups If there's an AI, quantum, or real estate community you'd like to see us convene, tell us — this portfolio grows by request. Real Estate Strategy & Intelligence Leader. Democratized Blue Ocean Strategist & Operator. Diane Hart Alexander, MBA, MHA Chair & CEO, ALEX Companies Designated Broker, Alexander Tiffany Southwest, LLC dba ALEX.realestate, et.al. Texas License #574877-B · Broker License #565194-BB [email protected] · +1 713.591.9902