SC realtors closed 8,691 transactions in June 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 65 days (DTC — Days to Close). That is 4.8% longer than June 2024. The market remains active and the wait is getting longer. More money earned means more money sitting unpaid for longer.
June 2023 statewide DTC was 61 days. June 2024 came in at 62 days. June 2025 landed at 65 days. Three consecutive years, three consecutive increases. The trend is structural, not seasonal.
June is SC's summer peak — high volume and historically competitive market conditions. June 2025 closings rose 4.2% year-over-year. But DTC ticked up to 65 days — 4.8% longer than June 2024. SC realtors are closing more deals and waiting longer for each 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 — June 2025 | vs Statewide avg | YoY change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spartanburg | 36 days | 29 days faster | +20.0% |
| Charleston Trident | 43 days | 22 days faster | +19.4% |
| Greater Columbia | 43 days | 22 days faster | +4.9% |
| Greater Greenville | 43 days | 22 days faster | +10.3% |
| Piedmont Regional | 46 days | 19 days faster | +39.4% |
| Sumter/Clarendon County | 60 days | 5 days faster | +27.7% |
| Western Upstate | 62 days | near avg | +6.9% |
| Pee Dee | 63 days | near avg | +21.2% |
| Hilton Head Area | 72 days | 7 days slower | +50.0% |
| Cherokee County | 73 days | 8 days slower | -14.1% |
| Central Carolina | 87 days | 22 days slower | +22.5% |
| Greater Augusta | 102 days | 37 days slower | +2.0% |
| Aiken | 107 days | 42 days slower | +7.0% |
| Greenwood | 117 days | 52 days slower | +30.0% |
| Beaufort | 122 days | 57 days slower | +16.2% |
| Coastal Carolinas | 127 days | 62 days slower | +12.4% |
The June 2025 Days to Close figure is part of a multi-year pattern across South Carolina. June 2023 the statewide average was 61 days. By June 2024 it had risen to 62 days. June 2025 came in at 65 days. That is 4 more days of unpaid commission per transaction than two years ago — with no sign of reversal.
Multiply the number of June 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 June 2025 that number reached 564,915 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 June 2025 was $345,000 (+0.9% from last year). At a 3% commission rate that is approximately $10,350 per transaction. That check is sitting unpaid for an average of 65 days (DTC) from contract signing. As both prices and DTC continue to move, the dollar amount sitting unpaid per agent changes every month.