{"id":2708,"date":"2018-11-20T11:00:12","date_gmt":"2018-11-20T11:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thezakariagroup.com\/females-are-making-it-a-priority-to-invest-in-real-estate\/"},"modified":"2018-11-20T11:00:12","modified_gmt":"2018-11-20T11:00:12","slug":"females-are-making-it-a-priority-to-invest-in-real-estate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thezakariagroup.com\/females-are-making-it-a-priority-to-invest-in-real-estate\/","title":{"rendered":"Females Are Making It a Priority to Invest in Real Estate!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"Females<\/p>\n

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><\/p>\n

In 2018, for the second year in a row, single female buyers accounted for 18%<\/a> of all buyers<\/strong>. In 2017, 60%<\/a> of millennial women listed as the primary borrowers on mortgages were single.<\/p>\n

According to the 2018 Home Buyer and Seller Generational Trends Report<\/a><\/em> by the 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

\"Females<\/a><\/p>\n

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 Census Bureau<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n

What are the reasons for this demographic\u2019s booming interest in homeownership?<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Bankrate<\/em> published an article<\/a> with what they believe to be some of the reasons:<\/p>\n