Realtor.com’s 2025 State Report Card is out and SC is the best! Their score is a weighted average of percentile ranks across two affordability metrics and two new construction metrics. South Carolina is the only state to get an A! Median price is $354,000 and our median income is $65,000.
I would expect homes in our state to start getting more expensive soon as we are statistically the fastest growing state but only had 3.2% of the home construction permits. Compare that to NC at 6.4% FL at 12% or TX at 15%. Amazingly people moving here don't like our new construction homes. There's only 4 states in America where new construction costs less than a previously lived in home. Joining SC are CA, FL & ID. SC has the biggest discount at 8.2%. So perhaps the builders need to not only get more permits but also focus a little bit more on building the neighborhoods to feel more established in order to maximize profits.
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