Do you think single female buyers are lonely or empowered?
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Single female buyers? Not lonely – they’re empowered
- The psychological desire to do that is great.” And, despite cultural assumptions about women’s desire for marriage, single women without kids are more likely to be drawn to “singledom” lifestyles than men are, says Bella DePaulo, author of “Singled Out” and a professor at the University of California at Santa Barbara.
- Single women tend to buy their first homes at an older age than men – 34 years old compared with 31, according to NAR research.
- In 2016, single women accounted for 17 percent of homebuyers in the last year compared to just 7 percent of single men, according to the National Association of Realtors® (NAR).
- “Some research suggests that single women are especially unlikely to be lonely – again, contrary to our stereotypes,” DePaulo told Bloomberg.
Source: Florida Realtors
