Post and Courier

Some of the houses Charleston County bought for nearly $2.5 million are being sold and rented

NORTH CHARLESTON — The real estate ad for a house listed at $250,000 begins with this: "Looking for affordable housing?" The modestly-sized but extensively renovated house on Brandt Street is one of ...
Post and Courier

Short-term rentals threaten to drive up Charleston's high housing prices and displace residents

In tourism-driven cities across the country, online booking platforms such as Airbnb and HomeAway have all but erased the line between vacation homes and residential rentals. Zoning rules that once ...
WCBD

City of Charleston cracking down on illegal short term rentals

CHARLESTON, SC (WCBD) – The City of Charleston is now cracking down in illegal short term rentals and enforcing new city-wide regulations. More than a thousand short term rentals have been removed ...
abcnews4

Charleston average rent increases, with Mount Pleasant leading the way

CHARLESTON, SC (WCIV) — Charleston's average rent reached nearly $1,500 in December, an increase of nearly 3 percent since last year, according to a report. RENTCafe, a nationwide apartment search ...
Charleston City Paper

It’s hip, it’s getting safer, and the rent is going up in Charleston’s Eastside

Back in the late ’90s, when City Councilman Robert Mitchell took his weekly walks through the Eastside neighborhood at night, his sister begged him to be careful. A slightly built, gentle-voiced man, ...