_[The research for this quarterly market report is provided by Brad Rundbaken, of Rundy Consulting, a real estate appraiser and investor with a stock brokerage background. He analyzes the Charleston real estate market using the Charleston-Trident MLS and inserts a lot of extra analysis on the national housing market. [He’s also got a blog](http://trendocracy.blogspot.com/). [Here are the areas he covers and his methodology](http://www.charlestonmarketreport.com/#marketintro)_ -Jonathan Miller
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_The overall Charleston real estate market showed a slight price decline from the prior quarter as well as rising inventory and a decline in the number of sales._
* Prices are unchanged as compared to this time last year.
* Marketing time expanded by 12 days to 54 days from 42 days in the prior year quarter.
* The number of listings expanded 72.2% over the past year while the number of sales fell 18.2%.
Review the report for more details on the tri-county market area as well as 16 other market areas. He crams in the insight.