Facts:

• The number of single women buying homes passed the 1 million buyer mark for the first time in 1998¹


• Today, single women buy homes at twice the rate of single men²


• 20% of all first time home buyers are women³


• Homeownership rate for female headed households rose to 53% in 2000⁴


• By 2101, the number of women-headed households is projected to increase to nearly 31 million⁵

Resources:

National Network of Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW Network) - www.nncrew.org

Women's Council of Realtors (WRC) - www.wcr.org

The Association of Women in Architecture (AWA) - www.awa-la.org

National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC) - www.nawic.org

Women Contractors Association (WCA) - www.womencontractors.org

Sources:
1,2,3, - National Association of Realtors: Disney-are-homes4u.com
4 - Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies
5 - Fannie Mae, 2002