What we are seeing
Charleston Pulse.
Public permits, programmed roads, market medians, announced projects, and community-mapped Flock / ALPR cameras on one map. Patterns we track across the Lowcountry, not verified predictions. Toggle layers, scrub through time, and see where capital is clustering before you commit. Camera pins update from the same OpenStreetMap feed DeflockSC uses. For statewide data centers and corridor projects outside the metro, see SC Pulse.
Building permits refreshed July 21, 2026 · 5,474 filed permits on the map.
How to use it
See the pattern before you buy.
Charleston keeps changing: permits filed, roads programmed, medians shifting, megaprojects announced. Pulse layers public data so you can read where growth is heading. Not as a guarantee, but as a research starting point. Click empty map for a parcel summary; tap any dot for detail.
Verified layers: filed permits, live FEMA flood zones, school locations, and SCDOT 2025 AADT count stations. Observed: area medians, programmed road projects, employer anchors. Projected: outer-ring proposals. Counts and vintages load with the map. Verify anything material independently before acting.
Where money is going
Lowcountry growth signals we are watching.
Not investment advice. Live permit counts from public filings plus a plain-language read of where capital is clustering. Growth signals updated July 21, 2026: City TRC pipeline, Mosby Bees Ferry, Limelight Charleston, Nexton Pine Hollow, and the mid/late-2026 multifamily delivery wave.
Who is building
Builders pulling the most volume right now.
A plain read on who is filing new-home and townhome permits across Summerville, Goose Creek, Cainhoy, and the rest of the metro. Rankings move as permit offices refresh.
What's ahead
Mega projects and capital bets we are watching.
A forward read on where big money is aimed across the metro. Public records and reporting only. Not verified predictions.
Policy gates
What can speed up or stall the next wave.
Why we track this
License plate cameras sit on the same roads you drive home.
Pulse already shows permits, roads, and growth. Flock / ALPR cameras are another public layer on those roads: solar-powered readers that photograph plates as cars pass and send the data into a searchable network. Most plates belong to people suspected of nothing. South Carolina has no statewide oversight ordinance governing how long that data is kept or who outside the county can query it.
- Buying is also choosing a commute. Schools, flood zones, and new construction matter. So does knowing whether plate readers sit on the routes between home, work, and the grocery store.
- The map is community-sourced, not an official inventory. Pins come from OpenStreetMap tags with
surveillance:type=ALPR— the same feed DeflockSC uses. Missing cameras happen. Report what you find there. - This is research, not a political endorsement. I am not affiliated with DeflockSC. I track the layer so buyers and neighbors can see it next to permits and road projects, then decide what it means for them.