Single Homeowners
As a woman who grew up in Dallas in the 1980s and ’90s, I’ve experienced some of the inequities of womanhood. But I know that I stand on the shoulders of generations of women before me when I say that I’ve never had to worry about needing a man to purchase or own real estate.…
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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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A Yale University report attributes 30 percent of the gap in retirement savings between single men and women to real estate transactions, with couples falling in the middle. Of that 30 percent gap, 45 percent is attributable to gender. Much has been written about the differences in lifetime wealth accumulation due to wage and its…
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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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