As home prices have continued to accelerate across the country and the onset of the pandemic further widened the gender pay gap, we again explored the gender housing gap in 51 of the largest U.S. cities, focusing sharply on gender disparities in the home buying market. 

Some of our key findings include:

• Single women have been priced out of Atlanta, needing to spend 31% of the local female median income to buy a starter home here, just over the 30% affordability limit logged in 2017;

• Single men can still buy independently here with 23% of the local median income to secure a starter home, ticking up from the 22% needed five years ago;

• Women can afford to make solo purchases in 17 of the country’s 51 most populous cities, while men can afford to buy starter homes in 29 locations;

• Women are priced out of 34 of the largest U.S. cities, 10 more than just five years ago;

• Detroit, Tulsa and Oklahoma City are the three most affordable urban centers for single female buyers.

You can find the full study at www.propertyshark.com