September is here and we can finally look forward to some cooler nights. The Boone Hall Fright Nights begin on Sept 21st and The MOJA Arts Festival begins on the 26th. The Charleston Farmers Market is in action every Saturday from 8am-2pm in Marion Square. The Mt Pleasant Farmers market is still going strong on Tuesday afternoon at Moultrie Middle School. Enjoy a movie on the Freshfields Village Green every Wednesday night and Music on the Green every Friday from 6-9pm. Don’t miss movies and music at the Mt Pleasant Waterfront Park each Friday as well. Here is your full September calendar of events! 3: Pay Dayz, Mt P Town Centre 3-4: Paw Patrol Live, N Chas PAC 6: Pam Tillis, Riviera Theater 6: Black Jacket Symphony Presents Elton John’s Madman Across the Water, Chas Music Hall 7: Charleston Battery, Patriots Point Soccer Stadium 7: Trevor Hall, Chas Music Hall 7: Giggly Squad, Gaillard 7: John Pardi, CreditOne Stadium 8: Second Sunday, King Street 8: Bowling for Soup, Chas Music Hall 8: Dog Day Afternoon at Whirlin’ Waters Adventure Waterpark, Wannamaker County Park 8: Faye Webster, The Refinery 8: Peter Frampton, N Chas PAC 8: Sunset Beach Social, Folly Beach Pier 9: Joe Fernandes, Dreamers Moncks Corner 12: Sunset on the Stono, Dill Sanctuary 12-13: Mac Mcanally, Chas Music Hall 13: Dierks Bentley, CreditOne Stadium 13: Sebastian Maniscalco, N Chas Coliseum 14: Latin Jazz, Chas Music Hall 14: The 502’s, Riviera Theater 15: Grandparents Day, Magnolia Plantation 15: Bluestone Ramblers, Kiawah Island Municipal 18: Black Pumas, Firefly Distillery 19: Jelly Roll, N Chas Coliseum 19: Wine on the Piazza, Edmondston-Alston House 20-21: CSO Masterworks presents Mozart and Tchaikovsky, Gaillard 20: Ms Pat, Chas Music Hall 21: 3rd Park Circle Oktoberfest, Holy City Brewing 21: Anne Wilson, N Chas PAC 21: Cars and Coffee, Freshfields Kiawah 21: Charleston Battery, Patriots Point Soccer Stadium 21: Cody Johnson, CreditOne Stadium 21: Pickle Palooza, Mt P 22: Here Come the Mummies, Chas Music Hall 24: Amy Grant, Chas Music Hall 27: Andy Grammer, Chas Music Hall 27-29: Boone Hall Pumpkin Patch, Boone Hall Plantation 27: Hank Bilal and Willie Bradley Jazz, Dock Street Theatre 27-29: Tina Turner Musical, N Chas PAC 27-29: Charleston Food and Wine Festival 28: Gospel at the Gaillard 28: Lalah Hathaway, Chas Music Hall 29: Kids Run and Family Festival, Stoney Field Charleston real estate sales are about the same as last year. Higher mortgage rates are still having a big impact on the housing market. They are now currently around 6.5% , but the Fed is getting ready to make some cuts. Through July 2024, we are up almost 2% in transactions from last year and our median sales price is still strong with a 3.6% increase. The Charleston area median sales price is now at $430k. Meanwhile, the Charleston economy is booming. The Berkeley County Emergency Services Training Center received more than $1.5 million in state funding for expansion and facility upgrades at its site in Moncks Corner. Charleston City Council has taken the first step to create a TIF district at the Union Pier site that officials say could generate over $20 million each year. Breeze Airways has announced New Haven as the airline’s 2nd destination in Connecticut to be serviced from Charleston. The Lowcountry Oyster Co., a sustainable oyster farm, broke ground on a $6.4 million expansion project in Colleton County. Eveon Containers’ expansion will include a new headquarters in Charleston County. The company’s investment is expected to create more than 25 new jobs in the next five years. Charleston-based Adams Property Group has signed four new retail leases at the Gaslight Shopping Center in North Charleston. This includes the James Beard nominated restaurant Kiki’s Chicken and Waffles. Chick N Max plans call for bringing seven restaurants to the area. Auberge Resorts Collection recently opened The Dunlin, a new coastal resort in Kiawah River. Two Charleston restaurants, Xo Brasserie and Costa, have been named by Yelp as “Best New Restaurants in the South”. Polestar, a Swedish electric SUV manufacturer, has begun production at its SC facility in Ridgeville. Polestar employs 2000 people at its South Carolina operation, which spans 1600 acres.
Charleston Housing Market Updates and Trends
