Kiawah Island Property Report A
K I A W A H
I S L A N D
R E A L
January - June 2026 Results
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E S T A T E
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P U B L I C A T I O N
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843.396.1522
total properties closed
total Island-wide available inventory*
178
(end of Q2 each year)
=
102
2025
=
143
A
(+17% from first half 2025)
2024
=
130
single-family home median price
2023
=
126
2022
=
102
(+24% from first half 2025)
2021
=
121
2020
=
370
2 0 19
=
491
2018
=
524
2017
=
571
2 0 16
=
584
2015
=
553
2 0 14
=
561
F I R ST
HALF
2026
AT
(+5% from first half 2025)
202 6
G L AN CE
Island-Wide Sales Results for First Half 2026
total dollar volume
$511M
$3.98M
homesite median price
$822.5K
(-26% from first half 2025)
villa & cottage median price
$899K
(-10% from first half 2025)
O B S E R V AT I O N S : • In the first half of 2026, Kiawah Island recorded 178 closings totaling $511 million. The only time first-half sales exceeded $500 million was in 2024, when initial sales at The Cape significantly contributed to that milestone. Compared to the first half of 2025, transactions increased 5% while total dollar volume climbed 17%. • Inventory continued to tighten throughout the quarter. At the end of Q2, just 102 properties were listed for sale, down from 143 a year ago and representing only 2.1% of the Island’s 4,867 properties. Inventory declined across every property type, with available homesites falling to just 11—the fewest ever recorded at midyear. • Sales of single-family homes priced between $5 million and $10 million increased 78% year-over-year (YOY) in Q2 and are up 43% year-to-date (YTD), helping push the median single-family home price to nearly $4 million. • While YTD villa & cottage transactions are slightly below last year’s pace, buyer demand for one-bedroom villas has accelerated. Through the first half of 2025, nine one-bedroom villas had sold; this year, that number has more than doubled to 20 sales.
HISTORICAL ISL AND-WIDE FIRST HALF CLOSING ACTIVITY 650
$650M
600
$614
$600M
550
$550M $500M
$350M $300M $250M $200M $150M $100M
$466
VOLUME IN MILLIONS
$450M $400M
$511 $466
450 $434
400
$380
350 300 250
$163
$171 $146
$189 $159
$148
$125
200 150
$161
100
$50M $0
500
50 2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
0
Data was accumulated from property waivers submitted to Kiawah Partners and supplemented by other reliable sources including Charleston County property tax records. Excludes Bulk Sales.