{"id":3164,"date":"2026-10-25T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-25T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marisacainhomes.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/25\/south-carolina-property-tax-rates-explained\/"},"modified":"2026-10-25T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T17:00:00","slug":"south-carolina-property-tax-rates-explained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marisacainhomes.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/25\/south-carolina-property-tax-rates-explained\/","title":{"rendered":"South Carolina Property Tax Rates Explained"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-zmyer\">\n<div class=\"video-frame-zmyer\">\n        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.roomvu.com\/agent\/embed\/marisa-cain\/homeowners-lowest-property-remotion-videos-f717\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><br \/>\n        <\/iframe>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"video-description-zmyer\">\n<p>In 2024, South Carolina posted an effective property tax rate under 0.5% on owner-occupied homes, placing it among the nation&#039;s lowest states.<br \/>\nBuyers often needed guidance on South Carolina&#039;s two-tier system: primary residences were taxed lower than second homes and rental properties across counties.<br \/>\nIn downtown Charleston, a $1M home carried estimated annual taxes of ~$4.6K as a primary residence versus ~$16.2K as a second home.<br \/>\nLocal experts said low property taxes helped attract out-of-state buyers, supporting sales activity and higher home values across South Carolina in recent years.<br \/>\nOne local view was that lower property taxes shifted more funding pressure to sales taxes, with Charleston County&#039;s sales tax around 9%.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2024, South Carolina posted an effective property tax rate under 0.5% on owner-occupied homes, placing it among the nation&#039;s lowest states. Buyers often needed guidance on South Carolina&#039;s two-tier system: primary residences were taxed lower than second homes and rental properties across counties. In downtown Charleston, a $1M home carried estimated annual taxes of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":249,"featured_media":3165,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marisacainhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marisacainhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marisacainhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marisacainhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/249"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marisacainhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3164"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.marisacainhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3164\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marisacainhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marisacainhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marisacainhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marisacainhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}