Women Homebuyers
According to the State of the Nations Housing: 2009 report, compiled by the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University, social and economic trends have given women a more powerful presence in housing markets. Between 1980 and 2000, the number of households headed by unmarried women increased by almost 10 million." The same study, however, also states that, because women still earn less on average than men do, they are more likely to face housing problems than either married-couple households or households headed by unmarried men.