SC realtors closed 6,281 transactions in November 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 75 days (DTC — Days to Close). That is 10.3% longer than November 2024. The market remains active and the wait is getting longer. More money earned means more money sitting unpaid for longer.
November 2023 statewide DTC was 70 days. November 2024 came in at 68 days. November 2025 landed at 75 days. Three consecutive years, three consecutive increases. The trend is structural, not seasonal.
November marks the start of SC's winter slowdown — volume typically drops and DTC begins to lengthen. November 2025 closings fell 3.9%. DTC came in at 75 days — 10.3% longer than November 2024. The seasonal slowdown is compounding the structural trend.
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 — November 2025 | vs Statewide avg | YoY change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spartanburg | 44 days | 31 days faster | -10.2% |
| Greater Columbia | 50 days | 25 days faster | -2.0% |
| Charleston Trident | 52 days | 23 days faster | +8.3% |
| Greater Greenville | 52 days | 23 days faster | -1.9% |
| Piedmont Regional | 56 days | 19 days faster | +21.7% |
| Pee Dee | 68 days | 6 days faster | +3.0% |
| Western Upstate | 71 days | near avg | -2.7% |
| Sumter/Clarendon County | 78 days | near avg | -3.7% |
| Greenwood | 83 days | 8 days slower | -24.5% |
| Cherokee County | 88 days | 13 days slower | +31.3% |
| Central Carolina | 99 days | 24 days slower | -2.0% |
| Greater Augusta | 105 days | 30 days slower | -8.7% |
| Aiken | 106 days | 31 days slower | -7.8% |
| Beaufort | 117 days | 42 days slower | +2.6% |
| Coastal Carolinas | 124 days | 49 days slower | +5.1% |
| Hilton Head Area | 138 days | 63 days slower | +142.1% |
The November 2025 Days to Close figure is part of a multi-year pattern across South Carolina. November 2023 the statewide average was 70 days. By November 2024 it had risen to 68 days. November 2025 came in at 75 days. That is 5 more days of unpaid commission per transaction than two years ago — with no sign of reversal.
Multiply the number of November 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 November 2025 that number reached 471,075 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 November 2025 was $338,500 (+0.2% from last year). At a 3% commission rate that is approximately $10,155 per transaction. That check is sitting unpaid for an average of 75 days (DTC) from contract signing. As both prices and DTC continue to move, the dollar amount sitting unpaid per agent changes every month.