More South African women are financing new homes, and more are doing it on their own.
Standard Banks Home Loans data shows that women have consistently made up 70 of all home loan clients in the past 10 years, whether as joint or sole applicants. But in a noteworthy shift, nearly 40 of all main applicants for home loans today are women up from 37.9 in 2015.
In the past two years, 66 of female main applicants bought homes without a co-applicant, signalling a shift in the housing market.