When you read the latest buzz about the rise in single female homeowners in America, what kind of woman did you picture? If you said “successful, educated twenty-something,” you would be wrong. As it turns out, she isn’t even close to 20. She is over 65. Moreover, homeownership among single women is no recent feat; single women have outnumbered single men in homeownership every single year since 1982, the earliest date of available U.S. Census data. Poof. There goes your stereotype.
For the full report, please visit Huffington Post. For more information about Single, Successful Women, see Redfin’s Top Cities for Successful, Educated, Single Women in the Redfin Research Center.