Here's how single women are successfully navigating an otherwise brutal market for first-time homebuyers

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• Single women comprise a growing share of first-time homebuyers.
• That's despite a persistent gender wage gap, high home prices, and elevated mortgage rates.
• Experts say they are more willing to make sacrifices for ownership, buying small or living with family to save.

Single women are outperforming other cohorts as first-time home buyers in the US, with many successfully navigating a long-standing gender wage gap...