Influx of singles seen in real estate market

SAN DIEGO COUNTY – With low home prices, interest rates and government tax incentives for first-time home buyers, Coldwell Banker Real Estate brokers and agents are seeing an influx of singles walking through the door.

In April, Coldwell Banker conducted a national online survey of more than 1,000 single homeowners in April 2010 on what factors played into their decision to purchase a home. While conventional wisdom may be that most singles are buying bachelor or bachelorette pads downtown, surprisingly, Coldwell Banker found that the majority of single homeowners (52 percent) it surveye...