She’s one of the growing number of first-time buyers doing it solo. Anecdotally, a growing number of these solo first-time buyers are women. “It was always my impression that we were dealing with more single women buyers than male ones,” says Dublin-based estate agent Owen Reilly. Last year, some 76 per cent of his buyers were first-time buyers – more than half of those first-time buyers were solo buyers, and more than half of those solo buyers – 53 per cent, were women, he says. Show me the moneyFirst-time buyers account for the majority of home purchases right now, and solo buyers are a huge force, Banking and Payments Federation (BPFI) figures confirm.

Source: The Irish Times March 04, 2026 07:31 UTC