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Selling Your Home in Myrtle Beach, 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.
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Selling Your Home in Myrtle Beach Starts With Its Zone
Selling your home in Myrtle Beach, the first question an investor buyer asks is whether it can be rented by the week, and the answer is in the zoning. The city says districts beginning with R do not allow rentals under 90 days, except the RMV zone, and only a handful of grandfathered houses are exceptions. If your property sits in a zone that allows short-term rentals, that widens your buyer pool. If it does not, we market to buyers who will live in it or rent it by the year. Local to Coastal Realty confirms the zone before we set a price.
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 $400,000 sale, that is $1,480. I put it on your net sheet with your payoff and other closing costs before we list.
What Buyers Ask Here
A buyer who will live in the property can claim the 4 percent legal residence rate: on Horry County's 2026 levies inside the city, about 145.5 mills, against about 254.6 mills on 6 percent for a second home or rental. Have your tax bill, flood zone, any elevation certificate, and flood and wind and hail premiums ready. If you rent it out, have your rental history and your city business license ready; the city requires one for every rental.
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, as the South Carolina Supreme Court held in Doe v. McMaster. 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 Myrtle Beach 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.
- City of Myrtle Beach, Know Your Zone: short-term rentals
- South Carolina Code, Title 12, Chapter 24, deed recording fee
- Horry County Auditor, 2026 tax levies
- 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
Frequently Asked Questions
Does zoning affect who will buy my Myrtle Beach home?
Yes. Only certain zones allow rentals under 90 days, so a property in one of them can draw buyers who plan weekly rentals. I confirm the zone before we price.
What is the deed recording fee when I sell?
$1.85 for every $500 of value, which the seller is liable for. On a $400,000 sale, that is $1,480.
When does the buyer get my disclosure statement?
Before you and the buyer sign the contract.
Myrtle Beach
What selling your home looks like in Myrtle Beach
The Grand Strand's Boardwalk, SkyWheel, and Broadway at the Beach, with golf and shopping close by.
Myrtle Beach holds a 1.2-mile Oceanfront Boardwalk, the 187-foot SkyWheel, and shopping at Broadway at the Beach and The Market Common.
The Grand Strand comprises 14 communities along 60 miles of coastline, and Myrtle Beach calls itself the Golf Capital of the World.
The method
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