"[Y]oung women in the 25-34-age bracket bought 1.76 million homes in the
period from July 2005 to June 2006, accounting for 22 percent of the market.
That's up from 14 percent a decade ago. The number of single men buying
homes stayed flat at 9 percent during the same period. "
I have certainly seen this to be true in my business.
Read more in a Realty Times article here.