EXIT Realty Premier Blog

 Did you know that prior to 1974, banks would not give mortgage loans to single, widowed or divorced women unless they had a male cosigner, regardless of their income? Even with a cosigner banks would only give women partial credit for the income they earned. That's when the Equal Credit Opportunity Act was passed. 

Now, according to the National Association of Realtors 2018 profile of home buyers and sellers, single women homebuyers outnumbered single male homebuyers by 2 to 1.