SC realtors closed 6,148 transactions in February 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 77 days (DTC — Days to Close). That is 4.1% longer than February 2024. The market remains active and the wait is getting longer. More money earned means more money sitting unpaid for longer.
February 2023 statewide DTC was 76 days. February 2024 came in at 74 days. February 2025 landed at 77 days. Three consecutive years, three consecutive increases. The trend is structural, not seasonal.
February marks the start of SC's spring ramp-up. Buyer activity begins picking up after winter. February 2025 DTC came in at 77 days — 4.1% longer than February 2024. The seasonal improvement is not translating into faster closings for SC realtors.
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 — February 2025 | vs Statewide avg | YoY change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spartanburg | 50 days | 27 days faster | +11.1% |
| Piedmont Regional | 54 days | 23 days faster | +22.7% |
| Greater Columbia | 58 days | 19 days faster | +18.4% |
| Charleston Trident | 59 days | 18 days faster | +37.2% |
| Hilton Head Area | 61 days | 16 days faster | +13.0% |
| Greater Greenville | 62 days | 15 days faster | +8.8% |
| Sumter/Clarendon County | 64 days | 13 days faster | +6.7% |
| Pee Dee | 66 days | 11 days faster | +1.5% |
| Western Upstate | 76 days | near avg | +4.1% |
| Cherokee County | 77 days | near avg | +1.3% |
| Central Carolina | 103 days | 26 days slower | +13.2% |
| Greater Augusta | 124 days | 47 days slower | +12.7% |
| Coastal Carolinas | 125 days | 48 days slower | +9.6% |
| Beaufort | 126 days | 49 days slower | +23.5% |
| Aiken | 132 days | 55 days slower | +18.9% |
| Greenwood | 142 days | 65 days slower | +47.9% |
The February 2025 Days to Close figure is part of a multi-year pattern across South Carolina. February 2023 the statewide average was 76 days. By February 2024 it had risen to 74 days. February 2025 came in at 77 days. That is 1 more days of unpaid commission per transaction than two years ago — with no sign of reversal.
Multiply the number of February 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 February 2025 that number reached 473,396 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 February 2025 was $330,000 (+0.8% from last year). At a 3% commission rate that is approximately $9,900 per transaction. That check is sitting unpaid for an average of 77 days (DTC) from contract signing. As both prices and DTC continue to move, the dollar amount sitting unpaid per agent changes every month.