Single Gen Z Women Dominate First-Time Homebuying as Gen Z Men Struggle to Enter Market: Report

Experts point to several factors behind the gender gap, including women's higher college attendance rates, greater financial independence, and a stronger push among young women to see homeownership as long-term security. (Credit: Latin Times)

Single Gen Z women are now buying homes at nearly twice the rate of single Gen Z men, even as the broader first-time buyer market sinks to its weakest level in more than four decades.

According to the National Association of Realtors, single women accounted for 35% of Gen Z homebuyers between July 2024 and June 2025, compared with 18% for single men. Gen Z buyers, defined by NAR as those born between 1999 and 2011, represented just 4% of all buyers.