• News Corporation’s Realtor.com ranked Charleston-North Charleston, South Carolina, the top metro for new construction in 2026.
• Median new-build listing price in Charleston was $443,273, 12.2% below the $504,832 median for existing homes.
• The ranking found eight of the top 10 metros in the South, led by smaller, high-growth markets in the Carolinas.
• Greenville-Anderson-Greer, South Carolina, ranked second; Boise City, Idaho, placed third as the only Western metro in the top 10.
• Realtor.com scored 100 large metros using listing share, price premium, climate-risk differences, page-view demand, and days on market.

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