Editorial and market notes on Charleston above $2,000,000.
Written to be useful before you call, and sourced so you can check the work. Each article ends with the table of where every number came from.
What $2,000,000 Buys in Charleston: The Band Where the Market Actually Trades
764 Charleston homes closed between $2,000,000 and $5,000,000 in 2025. Most of that band sits under $3,000,000. Here is what the money buys in each market, and what it does not.
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Moving to Charleston from Chicago: Trading the Lake for the Harbor
Chicago sends a steady stream of households to Charleston every year. The ones who do it well treat the move like a deal: facts first, then the house.
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Moving to Charleston from Connecticut: From the Sound to the Ocean
Greenwich, Darien and Westport send more households to Charleston than their size suggests. The shoreline house has an obvious successor here. The rules do not.
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Moving to Charleston from California: The Long Move, Done on Facts
California is one of the four states Southern Escapes was built for. Here is the move as DHG runs it: three time zones, one short list, no surprises.
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A Charleston Second Home from Charlotte or Atlanta: The Drive-To Buyer's Guide
Charlotte and Atlanta send the largest raw flows of people to Charleston. For the household that is not moving, only arriving on Friday, the rules are different.
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Off-Market in Charleston: How the Quiet Sales Actually Happen
18 Murray Boulevard sold for $15,200,000 without a listing, in a week. Here is the mechanism, the trade-off and the way DHG runs it.
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The Most Expensive Homes Ever Sold in Charleston, by Submarket
A single sourced list of the ceiling in each market, with the listings currently trying to raise it.
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Moving to Charleston from New York: What the Money Buys and What Changes
New York is Charleston's largest source of new residents. Here is the honest version of the move, from a native who sells to the people making it.
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Kiawah or Seabrook: How the Two Club Islands Actually Differ
Same gate road, same village at the entrance, two different deals. The membership rules decide more than the beach does.
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Daniel Island or the Mount Pleasant Waterfront: Which Dock Is Yours
One is a planned island town that moves in 26 days. The other is a nineteenth-century village on a harbor bluff. Both have the dock.
Read articleSelling a Furnished Home in Charleston: Why the Furniture Is Its Own Contract Above $10,000,000
Four of Charleston's record sales closed with the contents on a separate instrument. Here is why, and what to do about yours.
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How to Price a Charleston House That Has No Comparable
Two houses on the same block can differ by a third. The method that handles that, and the discipline that follows it.
Read articleHow to Sell a South of Broad Home for $3,000,000 or More
The buyer is from somewhere else, the house has no true comparable, and the furniture may be its own contract. A field guide to the top of the peninsula.
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What $3,000,000 Buys in Charleston: Peninsula, Beaches or Waterfront
The same budget buys a walled garden on Tradd Street, a second-row house on Sullivan's, a Kiawah home with a club membership, or a deep-water dock on Daniel Island. Here is how relocating buyers choose.
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Sullivan's Island, Isle of Palms or Kiawah: How Ultra-Luxury Buyers Choose
Three islands, three sets of rules, three different ceilings. The choice is less about the beach than about what you are allowed to do with the house.
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Charleston Luxury Market Report, October 2026: What the $3,000,000-Plus Market Is Doing
The top of the Charleston market is larger, faster at the very top and slower in the middle than a year ago. The numbers, with their sources, and what a seller should do with them.
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How to Choose a Luxury Real Estate Agent in Charleston: Twelve Questions to Ask
Volume rankings measure how many houses an agent sold. They do not measure whether an agent can sell yours. Ask these instead.
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Flood Zones, Freeboard and the Elevation Certificate: What a Charleston Luxury Buyer Needs to Know
On the peninsula and the islands, the most important number in the file is not the price. It is the elevation of the finished floor.
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