Single women and the city

I just ran across this on an industry news site and my experiences last year bear it out. I helped a lot of single women buy their first Columbus homes last year . . . .

"Traditionally a step that is reserved for married life, single women aren't waiting for Mr. Right to invest in real estate. Twenty-one percent of first-time homeowners were single women last year - this is nearly double the rate of single men—11 percent—who are buying homes."

Another trend that I've not read about or heard about anywhere are non-married couples buying homes together. I'm calling it now and maybe we'll all read about it next year. I am only speaking from my experiences, but I've helped a surprising number of couples buy their first Columbus area home who were not yet married. Some were engaged, some planned to be engaged and some were just skipping the whole engagement thing and planned on getting married in the indefinite future.