[longtermmemmory]

Odd how this same article turns up around the time that the housing boom is supposedly bust.

Either the boom is not over or someone is trying to sucker women.

Interesting how the article never discusses single men.

I also wonder if these are some of those women who will NEVER be married.

[qam1]

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[Hoodlum91]

I had owned my home before I moved to Washington. It was cheaper than renting and there are the tax benefits.

I'm looking again, but nervous about this market. I loved being a homeowner!

[CzarNicky]

“If you keep waiting around and you keep renting, you're throwing away thousands of dollars each year that could be going towards equity,” MiMi continued. “So I wanted to make sure I was building something rather than throwing money into someone else's pockets."

I believe I used a similar line when I bought my house and I am male.

[meowmeow]

I bought mine when I was single. It could be sold now for 3x what I paid for it. My husband appreciates that. We joke that it was my dowry.

[Gabz]

I was single when I bought my first home in 1992. I bought it from a friend's father and he held the note. It worked out all around for both of us. It had been a rental unit, so he continued to have the monthly income, I was building equity, and wasn't paying usury bank interest rates.

Mortgage rates had started coming down when I refinanced it with a conventional mortgage in 1999 or 2000 and by then I was married and a mommy.

[sandbar]

I bought my house when I was single.

[Mr. Jeeves]

“And the business professional says, ‘I don't want to waste money on rent, I want to own my own home.

"I don't want to waste money on rent. I want to waste money on mortgage interest and property taxes, instead."

Maybe we could just have a Landlords vs. Mortgage Brokers Monster Truck Rally and settle this question once and for all. ;)

[lilylangtree]

This is news?

[Old Professer]

Habitat for Humanity is at the forefront of this trend.

[zippee]

I had my own home when I was about 30....still do.

[HitmanLV]

It's called 'throwing in the towel.' :-)

[najida]

And some of us just build ours :)
(so if it falls down around our ears, we have only ourselves to blame :))

[cyborg]

I am single and live in a nice house with my mom. I have my own koi pond and nice backyard. I put up a sun tent and sunbathe out in my own yard. I have a little yapping dog... and everything is nice.

[Moleman]

I just moved over the weekend. Meanwhile my BUYERS backed out on my previous house. So, Moleman has two houses. I would sell the first one to UBL himself to get it off the market !!

[Lorianne]

This is good news. The more people who own their own homes, the more conservative they become (taxes, etc).

[lonevoice]

Meantime, MiMi is enjoying her newfound independence, but is still open to meeting her knight in shining armor when the time is right.

Knight in shining armor? LOL. That may be MiMi's problem right there.

As a long ago divorced woman, I'm on my third home as a single person. Not waiting for, or looking for, anyone. I adore men, but am happily single with every intention of remaining so. From what I see amongst my friends of both genders, this isn't a new trend.

[RockinRight]

My sister bought her first house while single and 22 years old. She's gonna get married someday but saw a deal and jumped on it.

[Centurion2000]

and a large percentage of these women will fill their homes with CATS.

[TRY ONE]

GEE Whiz!

First you let women vote, then you let 'em buy a car --- now they want to buy a house! What's next?