When the National Association of Realtors (NAR) first started its Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers in 1981, it found that single women were the second largest demographic in the U.S. housing market, ...

Saving for a healthy deposit and qualifying for a home loan is challenging enough in the present housing market environment for buyers with dual incomes. But, single women are making it work somehow ...

Single women comprise a growing share of first-time homebuyers. That's despite a persistent gender wage gap, high home prices, and elevated mortgage rates. Experts say they are more willing to make ...

Research from LendingTree finds that single women are almost 30% more likely to be denied a mortgage Single women own more homes than their male counterparts, yet they are almost 30% more likely to be ...

Despite expectations, social norms, and lessons women have been taught, oftentimes from a young age, by media, parents, teachers, and partners, about the importance of finding your soulmate, it’s ...

In late 2023, Fanta Kaba, a tech professional and entrepreneur, told her landlord that she would not be renewing her lease in Seattle. Her remote job gave her flexibility, and she spent the next nine ...

Before 1974, women couldn’t secure a mortgage without a male co-signer. Single women accounted for 20% of all homebuyers nationally in 2024; single men accounted for 11%. Bria Myers, 27, described her ...

While their salaries may still lag behind their male counterparts, single women are far outpacing single men when it comes to homeownership. A new report from LendingTree found that single women were ...

While women have been increasing their share of the home-buying market and single women actually own more homes than single men today, their chances of getting their mortgage application denied are ...

OLD MAID. SPINSTER. CHILDLESS CAT LADY. For literally centuries now, everyone from gossipmongers to vice presidential candidates has slung dismissive sobriquets to describe the single woman experience ...