Women find they're priced out of condos in downtown Seattle

The Seattle Times reports:

As new condominiums fill Seattle's skyline, who's buying in downtown is subtly becoming a gender thing.

Half of downtown condo buyers are couples, a third are single men and the remaining 17 percent are single women, condo marketer Leslie Williams told a forum on downtown living presented Wednesday by the Downtown Seattle Association.

A decade ago, single men and single women each were about 25 percent of the market, said Williams, president of Williams Marketing.

"Females just can't afford the prices downtown," she said. "The biggest issue is affordability."

Heh.