SC realtors closed 7,701 transactions in April 2025. More deals closed. More commissions earned. But from the moment a contract was signed to the day agents got paid, they waited an average of 69 days (DTC — Days to Close). That is 9.5% longer than April 2024. The market remains active and the wait is getting longer. More money earned means more money sitting unpaid for longer.
April 2023 statewide DTC was 64 days. April 2024 came in at 63 days. April 2025 landed at 69 days. Three consecutive years, three consecutive increases. The trend is structural, not seasonal.
Spring is historically SC's strongest closing season. April 2025 closings dipped 3.9% but DTC came in at 69 days — 9.5% longer than April 2024. Even as volume eased, SC realtors waited longer for every commission check.
Contract-to-close times vary dramatically across South Carolina. The same state, the same month — but a Hilton Head agent waits more than 2.5 times longer than a Charleston agent to receive the same commission check.
| Region | DTC — April 2025 | vs Statewide avg | YoY change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spartanburg | 37 days | 32 days faster | -5.1% |
| Charleston Trident | 48 days | 21 days faster | +23.1% |
| Greater Greenville | 48 days | 21 days faster | +2.1% |
| Greater Columbia | 51 days | 18 days faster | +10.9% |
| Piedmont Regional | 52 days | 17 days faster | +36.8% |
| Sumter/Clarendon County | 58 days | 11 days faster | -4.9% |
| Cherokee County | 59 days | 10 days faster | -25.3% |
| Western Upstate | 64 days | 5 days faster | 0.0% |
| Hilton Head Area | 64 days | 5 days faster | +33.3% |
| Pee Dee | 85 days | 16 days slower | +54.5% |
| Central Carolina | 85 days | 16 days slower | -2.3% |
| Aiken | 101 days | 32 days slower | -5.6% |
| Greater Augusta | 103 days | 34 days slower | 0.0% |
| Greenwood | 113 days | 44 days slower | +6.6% |
| Beaufort | 113 days | 44 days slower | +10.8% |
| Coastal Carolinas | 125 days | 56 days slower | +9.6% |
The April 2025 Days to Close figure is part of a multi-year pattern across South Carolina. April 2023 the statewide average was 64 days. By April 2024 it had risen to 63 days. April 2025 came in at 69 days. That is 5 more days of unpaid commission per transaction than two years ago — with no sign of reversal.
Multiply the number of April 2025 closings by the average DTC and you get a picture of how much earned but unpaid commission is sitting in the SC pipeline at any given moment. In April 2025 that number reached 531,369 agent-days of unpaid commission statewide. The busier the market and the longer contracts take to close, the bigger that number grows.
The SC median home price in April 2025 was $340,000 (+0.0% from last year). At a 3% commission rate that is approximately $10,200 per transaction. That check is sitting unpaid for an average of 69 days (DTC) from contract signing. As both prices and DTC continue to move, the dollar amount sitting unpaid per agent changes every month.