Best places to buy a rental property in South Carolina

Ranked by the engine's tracked 5-year appreciation across 35 covered markets in South Carolina, snapshot 2026-10-29. Appreciation history is context, not a forecast.

Market	Home value	3y	5y	10y	Active listings
Charleston	$1,473,415	24.8%	72.8%	146.0%	-
Saint Helena Island	$718,097	20.5%	62.9%	93.2%	-
Hilton Head Island	$900,872	11.5%	47.9%	95.7%	-
Beaufort	$357,301	9.2%	42.3%	100.7%	-
Columbia	$180,124	12.8%	37.7%	133.5%	-
Elgin	$703,505	13.3%	32.5%	50.7%	-
Spartanburg	$410,848	15.1%	32.0%	93.3%	-
Mc Cormick	$416,627	9.6%	31.3%	73.5%	-
Wadmalaw Island	$830,177	5.5%	31.0%	-	-
Hartsville	$183,405	15.5%	28.9%	66.9%	-

Full list: every tracked market in South Carolina with 5-year appreciation data below.

Fort Mill - 28.5%
Myrtle Beach - 23.3%
North Augusta - 19.0%
Greenville - 15.4%
Conway - 10.7%

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All figures are engine estimates from the LumosTerra tracked-data snapshot as of 2026-10-29. They are starting points, not recommendations - verify rents, comps and local rules before acting on any of them.

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