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Real Estatin' The Facts Market News - 12/3/2021

   Here's the weekly round-up of news. Check it out, save it for later, and/or share it with your friends. Enjoy! New single-family homes are getting bigger Source: National Assn. of Homebuilders The pandemic has prompted more Americans to want to supersize their homes. The median single-family square floor area as increased to 2,337 square feet as of the third quarter, while the average (mean) square footage of new single-family homes rose to 2,541, according to the latest Census Bureau data, as reported by the National Association of Home Builders.  READ MORE...  Single women outpace male counterparts in homebuying Source: OC Register Over the past 40 years, single females have made up the second-largest demographic among U.S. homebuyers since 1981, steadily overshadowing single males, according to the National Assn. of REALTORS®. Married couples make up the largest share of homebuyers. In the year ending in June, divorced, widowed and never-married women accounted for 19% of all