Single Homebuyers

Title Tip: Why Does The Title Company Need to Know if I’m Single or Married?

By Lydia Blair / December 15, 2020 /

A reader asks: I’m buying a home and the title company says that my deed has to show if I’m single or married. I don’t think that is anyone’s business. Do I have to disclose this personal information to them? The short answer to your question: Yes. While respecting a person’s right to privacy, the…

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How Single Adults Are Changing The Real Estate Market And Why

By Jon Anderson / March 26, 2020 /

In 1969, Three Dog Night sang, “One is the loneliest number.” Is it time to retool that to, “One is the happiest number”?  I’ve written before that homebuilding in the US is short millions of homes as a result of the continuing underbuilding that began in 2008 (here, here, here). In Dallas, we’re tens of…

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