Single homebuyers should plan carefully – property experts

ALTHOUGH families are usually the target market for real estate developers and brokers, the number of single property buyers is growing, real estate experts said, stressing that careful planning is the key to a successful purchase.

Statistics provided by the US National Association of Realtors (NAR) said that nearly one-fourth or about 24 percent of homebuyers in the US last year were single, and about half of those were women.