| Residential real estate volume down 10% in April; prices up Residential real estate sales volume in the Lowcountry were down approximately 10% year over year last month, according to preliminary data released by the Charleston Trident Association of Realtors. Last month, 1,441 homes were sold, at a median price of $290,000; year to date, 5,593 homes have been sold, at a median price of $289,900. Spire Holdings buys majority stake in Swamp Rabbits The ECHL Board of Governors voted unanimously May 14 to accept the purchase of the Greenville Swamp Rabbits by Spire Hockey South, a subsidiary of Spire Hockey owned by Jeff Dickerson, T.J. Puchyr, Tom Long and Chip Ganassi. | 