Posted on 03/29/2005 11:21:03 AM PST by qam1
Odd how this same article turns up around the time that the housing boom is supposedly bust.
Either the boom is not over or someone is trying to sucker women.
Interesting how the article never discusses single men.
I also wonder if these are some of those women who will NEVER be married.
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Why would a single man want to own a house to live in by himself?
I had owned my home before I moved to Washington. It was cheaper than renting and there are the tax benefits.
I'm looking again, but nervous about this market. I loved being a homeowner!
I believe I used a similar line when I bought my house and I am male.
EQUITY and Investment.
Yes, men don't know how to live alone.
I'm single and I recently bought a house. That doesn't mean I would never get married!. If I do, we could buy a bigger one and keep this little house for rent.
oh, I didn't say: I am a woman.
Why wouldn't he? Why pay all that money to a landlord if you can afford a house.
I was single when I bought my first home in 1992. I bought it from a friend's father and he held the note. It worked out all around for both of us. It had been a rental unit, so he continued to have the monthly income, I was building equity, and wasn't paying usury bank interest rates.
Mortgage rates had started coming down when I refinanced it with a conventional mortgage in 1999 or 2000 and by then I was married and a mommy.
Some people who would be happy in an apartment get a house to make their dog happy. So the cheap Fido winds up costing them big indeed.
Single women who want to marry ought to at least get out of the house and circulate rather than sitting on their own green acre watching TV. In an apartment complex, they can go to the pool or gym and meet folks. There are some big advantages to apartment life.
"I also wonder if these are some of those women who will NEVER be married."
Oh don't worry, they are just waiting for Mr. Right. And waiting and waiting........................
I bought my house when I was single.
"I don't want to waste money on rent. I want to waste money on mortgage interest and property taxes, instead."
Maybe we could just have a Landlords vs. Mortgage Brokers Monster Truck Rally and settle this question once and for all. ;)
This is news?
When I lived in an apartment I do not think I once went to the pool or gym or for that matter meet any of my neighbors.
Amen! It seems like a no-brainer to me.
I'll try to find the study I saw once.
It said in effect that if a woman that married by the time she's 30, she has a 65% chance of NEVER being married. At 35 years old, the likelyhood that she will never marry jumps to 90%
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