{"id":378,"date":"2018-11-21T00:01:42","date_gmt":"2018-11-21T00:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/renwre.info\/2018\/11\/21\/females-are-making-it-a-priority-to-invest-in-real-estate\/"},"modified":"2018-11-21T00:01:42","modified_gmt":"2018-11-21T00:01:42","slug":"females-are-making-it-a-priority-to-invest-in-real-estate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/renwre.info\/?p=378","title":{"rendered":"Females Are Making It a Priority to Invest in Real Estate!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"648\" height=\"354\" src=\"https:\/\/files.simplifyingthemarket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/07171504\/20181120-Share-STM.jpg\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"Females Are Making It a Priority to Invest in Real Estate! | Simplifying The Market\" style=\"display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/files.simplifyingthemarket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/07171504\/20181120-Share-STM.jpg 750w, https:\/\/files.simplifyingthemarket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/07171504\/20181120-Share-STM-549x300.jpg 549w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 648px) 100vw, 648px\"><\/p>\n<p>Everyone wants a place to call home; a place that gives them a sense of security. We are currently seeing major interest from females who want to achieve this dream, and the numbers are proving it!<span id=\"more-38417\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>In 2018, for the second year in a row, single female buyers accounted for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nar.realtor\/newsroom\/single-females-remain-a-force-in-market-while-first-time-buyers-continue-to-struggle-according-to\">18%<\/a> of all buyers<\/strong>. In 2017, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.updater.com\/blog\/millennial-homeownership\">60%<\/a> of millennial women listed as the primary borrowers on mortgages were single.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nar.realtor\/sites\/default\/files\/documents\/2018-home-buyers-and-sellers-generational-trends-03-14-2018.pdf\">2018 Home Buyer and Seller Generational Trends Report<\/a><\/em> by the <em>National Association of Realtors<\/em>, one in five homebuyers in the U.S. were single females (most of them part of the baby boomer generation) as you can see in the graph below:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/files.simplifyingthemarket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/07171542\/20181120-STM-ENG.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-38419\" src=\"https:\/\/files.simplifyingthemarket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/07171542\/20181120-STM-ENG.jpeg\" alt=\"Females Are Making It a Priority to Invest in Real Estate! | Simplifying The Market\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/files.simplifyingthemarket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/07171542\/20181120-STM-ENG.jpeg 2000w, https:\/\/files.simplifyingthemarket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/07171542\/20181120-STM-ENG-400x300.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/files.simplifyingthemarket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/07171542\/20181120-STM-ENG-1024x768.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This does not come as a surprise since 50.8% of the U.S. population is female and 15.6% of them are 65 years and over, according to the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.census.gov\/quickfacts\/fact\/table\/US\/LFE046216\">Census Bureau<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>What are the reasons for this demographic\u2019s booming interest in homeownership?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><em>Bankrate<\/em> published an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bankrate.com\/real-estate\/single-female-homeownership-booming\/?sf200412184=1\">article<\/a> with what they believe to be some of the reasons:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Divorce rate:<\/strong> Known as the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/psychsocgerontology\/article-abstract\/73\/6\/1022\/2698907?redirectedFrom=fulltext\">Gray Divorce<\/a>,\u201d the divorce rate has doubled for those ages 50 and over and tripled for those ages 65 and over.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Average life expectancy:<\/strong> For women it\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/statistics\/274513\/life-expectancy-in-north-america\/\">81<\/a>, four years longer than men.<\/li>\n<li><strong>To build home equity:<\/strong> Women want to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestreet.com\/story\/14432171\/1\/women-earn-less-in-equity-than-men.html\">build equity<\/a> through their home. As mentioned by <em>Bankrate<\/em>, \u201c<em>some are hoping to escape rising rents, some might be downsizing or looking for a new start,<\/em>\u201d especially those going through a gray divorce.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Are they only downsizing and buying small homes?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Not really;<em> The Institute of Luxury Home Marketing<\/em> recently <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.luxuryhomemarketing.com\/women-influencing-face-luxury-real-estate-modern-era\/\">stated<\/a> that:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201c<em>The number of female billionaires grew faster globally in 2017 than the number of male billionaires. This redistribution of wealth has seen an impact on luxury real estate both in its purchase and design attributes \u2013 and obviously, this is important for realtors to recognize when relating to their clients<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3><strong>Bottom Line <\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Whether you are a millennial who wants to buy a starter home, a billionaire looking for that luxury home you\u2019ve always wanted, or maybe even someone who just went through a gray divorce, let\u2019s get together to help you create your real estate portfolio so that you can start investing your money in real estate today!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wpematico_credit\"><small>Powered by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wpematico.com\" target=\"_blank\">WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everyone wants a place to call home; a place that gives them a sense of security. 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