26% of Home Buyers in Illinois are Single Women
As I was reading through my Illinois Association of REALTORS e-mail magazine I was interested in their latest statistics on home buyers in Illinois. The statistics are as follows:
8% = single males
26% = single females
44% = first time home buyers
57% = married couples
I sell a lot of homes to unmarried couples so I’m not sure how that is factored into the above figures. I was also surprised at the low figure for single men. I wouldn’t have thought it was so low based on my own experience. Of course, this is taken for the entire state of Illinois and not just the Chicago and southwest suburban area so I’m sure those figures would be somewhat different. Check out the full survey here.
