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Selling Your Home in Georgetown, SC
Real pricing, real marketing, and a straight answer at every step, so your home sells for what it's actually worth.
A Quick Note
This page is general information, not legal, tax, or insurance advice. Fees, forms, and rules change, so please confirm what applies to you with your closing attorney and your tax professional. I am a real estate professional, and my part is pricing, marketing, and getting your house sold.
Selling Your Home in Georgetown, History Included
Selling your home in Georgetown can mean selling a piece of a city with more than 60 antebellum homes, and buyers for an older house want to know what they are getting and what they are allowed to change. Local to Coastal Realty gathers those answers before we list, so the house sells on its strengths instead of on questions nobody could answer.
Your Costs
South Carolina's deed recording fee is $1.85 for every $500 of value, $1.30 to the state and $0.55 to the county, and the seller is liable for it. On a $350,000 sale, that is $1,295. I put it on your net sheet with your payoff and other closing costs before we list.
What Georgetown Buyers Ask
The historic district. Inside the Historic Buildings District, the city requires a Certificate of Appropriateness from its Architectural Review Board before it issues a building permit for exterior renovations, new construction, signage, or demolition. If you made exterior changes, have the certificates and permits ready; a buyer's attorney may ask.
Their tax. A buyer who will live in the house can claim the 4 percent legal residence rate: at the county auditor's tax year 2025 rates, about 227.2 mills inside the city against 347.2 on 6 percent for a second home or rental.
The rivers. Buyers ask about the flood zone, any elevation certificate, and flood and wind and hail premiums.
Disclosure, the Launch, and Taxes on the Gain
South Carolina's Residential Property Condition Disclosure Statement has to be delivered before you and the buyer sign the contract, and the closing runs under attorney supervision. Every home gets the full launch before it hits the MLS: professional drone photography, a video walkthrough, a dedicated single-property website, and a targeted paid social campaign. The IRS lets you exclude up to $250,000 of gain on your main home, or $500,000 on a joint return, if you owned and lived in it for two of the five years before the sale; a second home or rental follows different rules. Start with what your Georgetown home is worth, then call me and let's get this sold.
Sources
The rules and figures above come from these sources, checked in October 2026. Your attorney and tax professional have the final word.
- South Carolina Code, Title 12, Chapter 24, deed recording fee
- City of Georgetown, Architectural Review Board
- Georgetown County Auditor, millage rates, tax year 2025
- South Carolina Code, Title 12, Chapter 43, Section 12-43-220, assessment ratios
- South Carolina Code, Title 27, Chapter 50, Residential Property Condition Disclosure Act
- Doe v. McMaster, South Carolina Supreme Court (2003)
- IRS Topic 701, sale of your home
- Discover South Carolina, Discover Georgetown
Frequently Asked Questions
What does it cost to sell in Georgetown, SC?
Among your closing costs, South Carolina's deed recording fee of $1.85 per $500 of value, which the seller is liable for. On $350,000, that is $1,295.
Will buyers ask about historic district approvals?
For a house in the Historic Buildings District, often. Exterior work there needs a Certificate of Appropriateness from the Architectural Review Board before the city issues a permit.
When does the buyer get my disclosure statement?
Before you and the buyer sign the contract.
Georgetown
What selling your home looks like in Georgetown
South Carolina's third-oldest city, where four rivers meet, with a waterfront Harborwalk and more than 60 antebellum homes.
Georgetown is South Carolina's third-oldest city, behind Charleston and Beaufort, and sits where the Black, Pee Dee, Waccamaw, and Sampit rivers meet. The city has more than 60 antebellum homes.
The Harborwalk runs four blocks along the harbor, between the Kaminski House on one end and the Rice Museum on the other.
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