Women Want to Invest in Real Estate

I was talking the other day to 21-year-old college student who told me all she wants to do is have her own house. She sees not only the investment I’ve made but the ability to make it a reflection of myself. Like other women, she’s saving pages from magazines like Atlanta Homes & Lifestyles and catalogs for ideas on how her home is going to look like, from the curb appeal to intimate areas of the house.

So I wasn’t too surprised when a report found that women are more likely to enjoy investing in real estate than men. The report by Barclays Wealth found that 44 percent of women compared to 28 percent of men found buying property more enjoyable than investing in other assets. And females don’t want to buy real estate through a fund, like an REIT, but want to have  ownership and control of their properties.

The study also found that 49 percent of the women surveyed, compared to 37 percent of men, consider real estate to be a less risky investment than stocks.

Is this true in your own life? Do you find that you get excited when thinking about investing in real estate compared to other ways of investing your money?