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Buying a home is an investment—and an increasingly expensive one. The median value of a home in the United States today is $281,370, an 11.6% increase over the last year. Meanwhile, the median monthly housing cost for a home with a mortgage is $1,558 and $490 without a mortgage.

Stacker compiled a list of zip codes with the most expensive homes in Charleston-North Charleston, SC metro area using data from Zillow. Zip codes are ranked by the Zillow Home Values Index for all homes as of August 2021.

Home buyers have a lot to consider when house-hunting or looking to invest in rental properties, from the state of the housing market itself to taxes and potential resale value. The housing market grew robust and pricey in the decade following the 2008 recession, and more recently saw a boom during the coronavirus pandemic. Another consideration is the house itself, including what kind of upkeep it requires and those associated costs. Depreciation affects all homes at an average rate of 3.636% each year, which can be a help come tax season if you use your home for business or rentals but may cost you later in capital gains taxes when you sell. Meanwhile, land value tends to increase over time depending on several factors including where the house is located and what amenities and homes are nearby. More desirable neighborhoods allow sellers to charge more; the mantra “location, location, location” has never been more relevant.

How does your zip code rank? See the zip codes with most expensive houses in Charleston-North Charleston, SC metro below:

#10. 29455 (Charleston)– Typical home value: $521,401– 1 year price change: +22.4%– 5 year price change: +33.3%

#9. 29466 (Mount Pleasant)– Typical home value: $572,068– 1 year price change: +22.0%– 5 year price change: +30.9%

#8. 29403 (Charleston)– Typical home value: $574,217– 1 year price change: +13.3%– 5 year price change: +37.3%

#7. 29464 (Mount Pleasant)– Typical home value: $615,432– 1 year price change: +21.0%– 5 year price change: +36.8%

#6. 29492 (Charleston)– Typical home value: $636,158– 1 year price change: +19.0%– 5 year price change: +34.7%

#5. 02643 (Isle of Palms)– Typical home value: $795,534– 1 year price change: +10.4%– 5 year price change: +30.0%

#4. 29439 (Folly Beach)– Typical home value: $981,676– 1 year price change: +25.4%– 5 year price change: +47.5%

#3. 29401 (Charleston)– Typical home value: $1,069,576– 1 year price change: +14.1%– 5 year price change: +22.3%

#2. 29451 (Isle of Palms)– Typical home value: $1,131,828– 1 year price change: +26.5%– 5 year price change: +42.5%

#1. 29482 (Sullivans Island)– Typical home value: $2,536,811– 1 year price change: +21.0%– 5 year price change: +53.8%

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Elbit Systems of America LLC, a subsidiary for Elbit Systems Ltd., plans to establish operations in Charleston County, creating an anticipated 300 jobs, the S.C. Department of Commerce said in a news release.

The Texas-based company provides high-performance products and system solutions that focus on the defense, homeland security, commercial aviation and medical instrumentation sectors.

Elbit Systems of America President and CEO Raanan Horowitz said the new facility builds on “decades of investment and growth in the U.S. defense market.”

“Establishing this facility is part of a strategy to increase Elbit’s engineering and manufacturing capabilities in the U.S. and contribute to strengthening America’s defense industrial base,” Horowitz said in a statement. “We selected South Carolina due to its strong support for economic development, the availability of skilled workforce, and the existence of a robust supply chain.”

The new facility will be located at 9028 Palmetto Commerce Parkway and will increase the company’s manufacturing capacity, in addition to supporting future growth of new products, according to the news release. The facility is expected to be completed by fall 2022.

“South Carolina continues to show itself as extremely competitive for companies looking to set up new operations," said Secretary of Commerce Harry M. Lightsey III. "Elbit Systems of America LLC’s decision to locate its new facility in South Carolina is another sign that our state’s business-friendly climate, skilled workforce and exceptional market access are working to attract investments that create new jobs within our borders.”

While headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, Elbit has offices in Virginia, New Hampshire, Florida and Alabama.

The North Charleston facility will be the company’s first in South Carolina. Charleston Regional Development Alliance Board Chairman Mike Fuller said the decision was driven in large part by the success of the Port of Charleston as one of the most productive and efficient in the U.S.

“Charleston’s globally-connected infrastructure, robust defense sector, established automotive supply chain and reputation as a talent magnet influenced the company’s decision to locate here to better serve its customers," Fuller said. "Elbit Systems of America LLC will be a tremendous asset to our thriving defense, automotive and advanced manufacturing clusters.”

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – Holiday travel is picking up across the Lowcountry with just days until Thanksgiving. Charleston International Airport officials say they anticipate the heaviest travel to happen on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Airport officials say they expect to far surpass the amount of travelers passing through Charleston International this Thanksgiving compared to last year. They say this year’s Thanksgiving week traveler count could be record setting, beating out totals set in 2019.

Thanksgiving travelers say they’re happy to be back in the skies, headed to spend time with family and friends after holidays cancelled by COVID-19.

“Really, really wonderful,” says Thomas Wilson, a traveler passing through the airport. “I’m really excited to see my family.”

Airport travelers aren’t the only ones noticing the higher number of passengers lining the terminal and security lines.

“It is going to be very busy here at Charleston International,” says Elliott Summey, Executive Director and CEO for the Charleston International Airport.

Staying COVID-19 free while traveling is a point of concern for many but some say they’re finally feeling some normalcy.

“Yeah I feel safe,” says Melissa Saint, a passenger flying home for the holidays. “I think if everyone takes care of themselves this makes it a lot faster for us to recover as a nation.”

Airport officials predict Thanksgiving traveler turnout to be up in a big way this week and are urging passengers to plan ahead accordingly.

“Try to get here a couple hours before if you can,” says Summey. “Go ahead and check those bags, get through TSA and then come relax at our beautiful airport.”

Officials at Charleston International say whether you’re hitting the check-in counter or heading to TSA, you should expect some delays.

“The TSA lines are going to be a little longer – just be patient with our folks, they’re getting folks through as fast as they can,” says Summey. “We want everybody to be happy but we also want everyone to be safe.”

Millions plan to travel by air, but AAA predicts more than 90% of travelers, roughly a total of 48 million Americans will take to the roads to reach their destination. Law enforcement says they’ll be watching for speeding, reckless and impaired driving.

“Driving is the most dangerous thing you do on a daily basis and there’s going to be a lot of people traveling,” says Trooper Nick Pye with the South Carolina Highway Patrol.

Drivers hitting the roads will likely feel an impact at the pump with the average price of gas sitting at $3.41 per gallon.

“You will see an extra amount of troopers on the roadway as well as other law enforcement officers,” says Trooper Pye.

Law enforcement and airport officials working to keep everyone safe this Thanksgiving. Travelers say they are just happy to be able to spend time around a fuller table.

“Remember your kids, remember your boarding pass, remember your luggage,” says Summey. “If you forget your mask, we’ve got you covered.”

“No just happy thanksgiving to everyone,” says Wilson.

Airport officials say they anticipate the busiest days for passengers returning to Charleston to take place on Sunday and Monday.

The Medical University of South Carolina sued six of its own doctors Monday, alleging the physicians hatched a plan to quit their jobs, go work for a rival hospital and then use proprietary information to help develop a competing cancer treatment facility.

In a lawsuit filed in Charleston County’s court of common pleas, lawyers for MUSC asked a judge to issue a temporary injunction to stop what it describes as the “wholesale departure of physicians, nurses, technicians, staff and fellows” to Trident Medical Center.

The suit further claims the departing physicians not only sought to help North Charleston-based Trident establish a new specialized cancer practice, but also attempted to “cripple” MUSC’s head and neck department so that it could not compete with the new treatment center.

“The conduct of all defendants impacts the public interest and is immoral, unethical and oppressive,” lawyers for MUSC argued in the suit, claiming that their conduct had “the specific intent of completely eradicating MUSC” as a competitor and would result in leaving the public with “fewer choices in the area of head and neck cancer treatment.”

The lawsuit was filed against HCA Healthcare, a for-profit, Tennessee-based health system that owns owns Trident, along with MUSC doctors Terry A Day, Betsy Kay Davis, Joshua D. Hornig, Eric J. Lentsch, David M. Neskey and Anand K. Sharma.

In an emailed statement provided to The State newspaper, Trident Medical disputed the accusations.

“Physicians make independent decisions about their affiliations and frequently move their practice locations,” Trident spokesman Rod Whiting said. “These physicians decided that Trident Medical Center is the best hospital for them and their patients, and a last-minute lawsuit should not keep cancer patients from getting the care they need.”

MUSC is seeking an injunction hearing on or before Dec. 1, which is also the resignation date for the six doctors who are leaving MUSC’s head and neck oncology division to go and work for Trident.

All of the doctors named in the suit are part of MUSC’s head and neck oncology division, which provides treatment for cancers located in the head and neck.

In the lawsuit, MUCS claims Trident routinely transfers many critically ill patients to MUSC, the region’s only Level I trauma center, because Trident lacks the ability to provide the necessary specialized care and resources those patients need.

MUSC further alleges that without the help of its doctors and the confidential and proprietary information they unlawfully obtained, Trident “would not be able to quickly establish the facilities, processes and procedures to perform these complicated head and neck procedures.”

Attorneys for MUSC estimate it would take eight to 10 years for Trident to independently develop a process for these treatments and surgeries.

Trident said that’s not true.

“We are well-positioned to care for head and neck patients and are excited these physicians have chosen to be part of the Trident Medical Center team,” Whiting said.

Along with a 38-page complaint and 47-page motion for a temporary injunction, MUSC also submitted 368 pages of exhibits to the court.

The documents include copies of emails sent on MUSC servers in which Trident Health officials and MUSC doctors discuss salaries, employment agreements and how to handle their departures from the medical university.

Raymond DuBois, the dean of MUSC’s College of Medicine and the director of the MUSC Hollings Cancer Center, said the school’s fellowship program in head and neck oncology is now “under attack” in an affidavit.

“In my entire career, I have never seen or heard of a group of physicians engage in a wholesale abandonment of their students, colleagues and patients similar to what the defendant physicians have orchestrated over the past several months,” DuBois said in his affidavit.

MUSC also said in its lawsuit that the doctors sent emails to Trident Health officials detailing specific tools and instruments, supplies, room setups, pharmaceuticals, and processes necessary for each type of procedure.

MUSC says this information, which is found in physician preference cards, are confidential and proprietary information that belongs to MUSC — not to any individual physician or employee.

The suit also claims Lentsch, one of the doctors, received an advance payment of $16,000 under the condition that if he left MUSC during the 2022 fiscal year, he would have to repay the money.

Despite singing a memo agreeing to those terms in July and announcing his notice on Nov. 30, which is part of the 2022 fiscal year, MUSC claims Lentsch deposited the $16,000 check and has no intention of paying them back.

In the six months leading up to their resignations, the six doctors in MUSC’s cancer program collectively took more than 1,000 hours of leave, and their productivity dropped by about 25% from the same period a year earlier, MUSC said in its lawsuit.

A hearing date has not yet been set.

This story was originally published November 24, 2021 2:43 PM.

COLUMBIA – There’s an adage – or a song from '80s hair metal band Cinderella for the musically inclined – that states: “You don’t know what you got till it’s gone.”

That sentiment can be applied to the annual rivalry game between South Carolina (6-5) and Clemson (8-3). For the first time in more than 100 years (1908), what has come to be known as the “Palmetto Bowl” was not played last season because of scheduling effects of COVID-19.

Gamecocks and Tigers fans weren’t able to partake in their annual friendly – or not so friendly – banter and ribbing. Not having the game was not only weird for the residents of the state of South Carolina but for the players on the teams as well.

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“It was very weird,” said USC linebacker Brad Johnson, a senior from Pendleton. “Growing up in this state, this the biggest game in the state. Everybody’s involved and aware of it. It the first time ever the two teams weren’t playing that I can remember. Not playing in that game last year because we didn’t have it was definitely weird.”

When the ball is teed up Saturday night inside Williams-Brice Stadium (7:30 p.m., SEC Network), the 728-day absence of the Clemson-South Carolina rivalry on the football field will come to an end.

An odd result of from the game not being scheduled is there are more than 40 Gamecocks players that have been at USC for two season and in some instances longer, that have not played in or personally experienced a USC-Clemson matchup.

“I’m definitely excited this year because this is my first actually playing against them,” said Dakereon Joyner, a redshirt junior receiver from North Charleston. “My first year I redshirted, second year I had a concussion, last year we didn’t play them, so this is first chance playing versus them. It’s the instate rival, so I’m excited.”

For 365 days of the year, the bitter rivalry between the two fan bases rages, weaving in and out of almost all sports.

Shane Beamer has been around the Egg Bowl (Mississippi State-Ole Miss), Bedlam (Oklahoma-Oklahoma State), the Georgia-Georgia Tech rivalry and Virginia Tech-Virginia. The first-year Gamecocks coach said that the continuous intensity of the South Carolina-Clemson contest gives it an edge.

After a 700-plus day hiatus, the return of the Palmetto Bowl carries more significance.

“It’ll be a little bit more meaningful this year because it didn’t get played last year, which was disappointing,” Beamer said. “I hated it as a coach and as a fan that last year this time you didn’t have that rivalry weekend. You miss the rivalry weekend, so I’m glad it’s back.

“ ’Beat Clemson’ is what I’ve heard since I got the job. There’s a lot of excitement from that standpoint because it didn’t get played last season.”

The Tigers have won the past six games against the Gamecocks, winning by 22 points on average. The last time out, Clemson shellacked South Carolina, 38-3, at Williams-Brice Stadium in 2019. During the win streak, just one game was a one-score result, a 37-32 Clemson win in 2015.

Lately, the Tigers have owned the Palmetto Bowl, but the unusual year off, USC tight end Nick Muse said, gives the rivalry a bit of a reset.

“I think historically the streak was lost. I don’t think they can brag without actually beating us and the two years of being called ‘little brother’ when I don’t think we should be called little brother,” Muse said. “That’s something that needs to be changed this year and hopefully we go out and do it.

“It’s been lopsided for the past couple of years, and before, was lopsided our way. We didn’t get to play them last year and the games we played was in front of 15,000 – I could hear my mom yell for me. Hopefully everything goes smooth, we have a sellout, which I believe we will. Willy B will be packed and that’s an advantage for us. I think the atmosphere going to be crazy. It’s a game we’ve anticipated for two years. When you look at how good we are and how good Clemson is, it’s going to be a game that can shift momentum and shift the state.”

South Carolina had been trending downward while Clemson has reached the pinnacle of college football, and that had taken some luster out of the rivalry. With the Gamecocks entering this year’s annual meeting with Clemson coming off a bowl-clinching win over Auburn while the Tigers still carry their mystique, players said the Palmetto Bowl packs a momentous punch in 2021 and beyond.

“This week seems a little different, more intense. And that’s naturally, not forcibly. This is a big game for the state. This game is huge for us,” Joyner said. “We treat every game the same, but this week is a turning point for us to continue to progress forward for the future.

“This is a program-changing game for us to continue to make more statements going forward. What I mean by that is us taking the state over as our state. Just going forward, recruiting-wise, stuff like that. For us older guys, breaking that streak and getting the ball back rolling how it’s supposed to be.”

Cory Diaz covers the South Carolina Gamecocks for The Greenville News as part of the USA TODAYNetwork. Follow his work for all things Gamecocks on Twitter: @CoryDiaz_TGN