Here is the thing about pricing a home in The Farm: your house has twins. This community went up to a set of repeating floor plans, so somewhere a few streets over sits a home with your square footage, your bedroom count and your layout. That cuts both ways, and understanding which way is most of the work.
Your floor plan has twins, and that is the whole game
In a custom community, pricing is hard because nothing matches. Here it is the opposite. The comps are real. You are not guessing what a house like yours is worth, because houses like yours have been selling in here all year, and the tables below show you exactly what they brought.
The flip side is that a buyer can line you up against your twin and compare you item by item. In a neighborhood of one-of-a-kind houses, a seller can argue that theirs is different. In The Farm that argument does not land. If your twin is listed cleaner or cheaper, buyers go see your twin.
The Farm at a glance — today
| Measure | Active listings | Sold |
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| Homes in the table | — | — |
| Average list price | — | — |
| Average sold price | — | — |
| Sold price to list price | — | — |
| Average price per square foot | — | — |
| Average living area | — | — |
| Average days on market | — | — |
| Price range | — | — |
| Price per square foot range | — | — |
| Days on market range | — | — |
Read live from the Active and Sold tables further down this page, so it changes when the market changes. The Sold column reports sold prices; the Active column reports asking prices.
Read the asking column against the sold column first
Most people read one column and stop. The two side by side tell you more than either one alone, and in a community of matching houses the comparison is unusually clean.
Start with price per square foot. The Active column is what sellers are asking. The Sold column is what buyers actually paid. When asking sits well above sold, sellers in here are out ahead of the market and some of those listings are going to come down before they close. When the two numbers are close, the market has agreed and there is very little room to push.
Then read days on market the same way. If the homes currently for sale have been sitting longer than the sold ones took to sell, that is inventory the buyers have already walked past. You do not want to join that group. Both of those readings are true whatever month you happen to be on this page.
When the floor plans match, condition and price do all the work
Take two homes on the same plan, same size, same street. One sells in three weeks and one sits for four months. The difference is almost never the house that was built. It is the house as it stands today.
What actually separates them:
- Age of the roof and the HVAC, and whether you can document it. A buyer comparing twins will take the one that does not need a system replaced.
- Kitchen and flooring. In a matched-plan neighborhood these are the only rooms that look different, so they carry more weight than they would anywhere else.
- How the yard and the front of the house present. Your twin's photos are in the same search results as yours.
- The asking price, which is the one lever you control completely and the one most sellers set last.
None of that shows up in an automated estimate. A computer sees the plan and the square footage and assumes your house and your twin are the same house. Buyers know better within about ninety seconds of walking in.
The Farm is not one market, and this page covers the houses
The Farm is a mixed community. There are detached single-family homes, there are townhomes, and there are condos at The Orchards at The Farm. Those are three different products with three different sets of buyers, and blending them produces a number that describes none of them.
So the tables on this page are the single-family homes only, across the main body of The Farm and Brookberry at the Farm. If you own a townhome or a condo in here, the figures above are not your comps and you should ask for the right ones rather than reading these. If you want the closings on their own, there is a separate page for recently sold homes in The Farm, which runs the same tables with the active listings above the closings.
What a buyer is buying besides your house
Buyers shop the neighborhood before they shop the address, and in The Farm the neighborhood does a lot of the selling. The community sits in Carolina Forest, roughly four to five miles inland from the oceanfront, with a community pool, a clubhouse built to look like a red barn, a fitness center and a playground. The farm theme runs right down to the street signs — Scarecrow Way, Hay Hill Lane, Carolina Farms Boulevard.
The school picture is a genuine draw here and worth saying plainly. Homes in The Farm are zoned to Ocean Bay Elementary, Ocean Bay Middle and Carolina Forest High School for the current year, and Ocean Bay Elementary sits less than half a mile from the middle of the community. Attendance zones can be redrawn, so confirm your address with Horry County Schools before you count on it.
For the wider picture, the Carolina Forest real estate guide and the full list of Carolina Forest homes for sale cover the neighborhoods you are competing against, and the The Farm community page goes deeper on the neighborhood itself.
How to get a number for your specific home
Here is what I do that an average cannot. I find your twins — the homes in here on your plan, at your size — and I pull what they actually closed at, not what they asked. Then I walk your house and adjust for the things that separate you from them: the roof, the systems, the kitchen, the yard, what you have put into it and what you have not. You get a number with the reasoning attached, so you can see why it is that number instead of the one a website handed you. No obligation, and no pressure either way.
Our companies have sold 145 homes in The Farm since 2006, according to CCMLS data. That matters here more than it would in a community of one-off houses, because the whole job in The Farm is knowing which closings are genuine matches for yours and which ones only look close on paper. I have seen these plans sell in every condition and every part of the market cycle, and I know which differences buyers in this neighborhood actually pay for.
And getting it wrong is recoverable, because of how I write the agreement. Every listing I take comes with an Easy Exit Listing Agreement: a one-day listing guarantee, no long-term contract, and the freedom to cancel any time you are not completely satisfied with the work being done. In a neighborhood where buyers cross you off while comparing you to the house down the street, being able to change course quickly is worth having in writing.
Start with the free home value report, which takes about a minute. Then call Greg Harrelson direct at (888) 874-2121, email greg@c21harrelson.com, or send a message through the office and we will put real eyes on your home.
Key Takeaways
- Matching floor plans make the comps in The Farm unusually reliable. You are not guessing at value here the way a custom-home seller has to.
- Those same matching plans mean a buyer can compare you directly against your twin. Price and condition are the tiebreakers, because the house itself is not one.
- Read the Active and Sold columns against each other before you read either alone. Asking prices well above sold prices means sellers are ahead of buyers; close together means the market has settled.
- Roof, HVAC, kitchen, flooring and curb presentation carry more weight in a matched-plan community than they do almost anywhere else, and none of them reach an automated estimate.
- Houses, townhomes and condos in The Farm are three separate markets. The tables on this page are the single-family homes.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where is The Farm?
The Farm is in the Carolina Forest area of Horry County, South Carolina, with Myrtle Beach mailing addresses. It sits roughly four to five miles inland from the oceanfront and covers a little under 600 acres, which makes it one of the larger single-family neighborhoods in Carolina Forest.
How much is my Farm home worth?
Start with the Active and Sold tables on this page, then narrow to the homes that share your floor plan and square footage, because those are your real comps. Adjust from there for condition, updates and your lot. The fastest way to get a number you can act on is the free home value report on this site, followed by a walk-through so the figure reflects your actual house rather than the average of the neighborhood.
Why is the estimate on other websites different from the numbers here?
Automated estimates compare square footage, bedrooms, bathrooms and closing dates. In a community built to repeating plans, that makes your home and every other home on your plan look identical, when the market treats a home with a new roof and an updated kitchen very differently from one without. The gap between those two homes is the gap between an estimate and a price.
What schools serve The Farm?
For the current school year, homes in The Farm are zoned to Ocean Bay Elementary School, Ocean Bay Middle School and Carolina Forest High School. Ocean Bay Elementary is less than half a mile from the middle of the community. Attendance zones can be redrawn, so confirm your specific address with Horry County Schools before making a decision based on them.
Are Brookberry and The Orchards part of The Farm?
Brookberry at the Farm is a single-family section of The Farm and its homes are included in the tables on this page. The Orchards at The Farm is condos and the townhome sections are attached homes, so neither is included here. Those are different products with different buyers, and mixing them into the same averages would misprice all three.
What amenities does The Farm have?
The Farm has a community swimming pool with a separate kiddie pool, a clubhouse built to look like a red barn, a fitness center, a playground, and wide sidewalks and bike paths running through the neighborhood.
How long does it take to sell a home in The Farm?
Compare the average days on market in the Active column against the Sold column in the snapshot table above. When the homes currently listed have been sitting longer than the sold homes took to sell, part of the standing inventory is priced ahead of buyers. In a community where several similar homes are usually for sale at once, pricing correctly in the first week does more to shorten the timeline than anything you can do later.
Does an updated kitchen actually add value in The Farm?
It carries more weight here than it would in a neighborhood of varied homes, because when the floor plans match, the finishes are one of the few things a buyer can compare. That does not mean a renovation returns every dollar. Before you spend money to sell, ask for an opinion on whether the work will come back in the price, because sometimes the answer is to price correctly instead.
About Greg Harrelson
Greg Harrelson is a seasoned Realtor® with more than 30 years of experience serving the Myrtle Beach and Grand Strand markets. As the founder of Century 21 The Harrelson Group, Greg has built his career helping buyers, sellers, and investors achieve success in every corner of the coastal Carolina real estate market. His expertise spans residential homes, investment properties, land development, and coastal condos. Known for his deep local knowledge, innovative marketing strategies, and commitment to personal service, Greg consistently helps clients reach their real estate goals while navigating the ever-changing market with confidence and precision.
