Media Alert: Charmaine on FOX News with Cavuto

20%. That’s just new. I remember 40 years ago when my mother had to go through all kinds of ship to get a mortgage. That was real discrimination, girls.

Cavuto rocks. (OK, one more Jack Welch interview and I fly to NYC, go to his studio and muss his hair, 15 seconds before the cameras roll! Bwa-haha)

Anyway, you have given me another reason to tune in

Here are a few things that pop immediately to my mind:

1. Women tend to be more vulnerable to manipulation on the purchase of large-ticket items like cars and houses than men, thus more likely to settle for a worse deal than necessary.

2. If it’s a good investment, seems like a good idea.

3. Certainly owning is better than renting if one can handle the cash flow–same principle for men and women, singles and marrieds, alike.

4. A possible risk of unintended consequence: If women are more financially independent entering marriage, that will make it easier for them to decide to check out–i.e., divorce rates will be pushed upward somewhat.

I’m shocked to hear that 20 percent of home sales are to single women. I would never have guessed it. But my shock might subside considerably if I were to check into the percentage of the adult population in the usual house-buying age range is single. If we assume (purely for illustration–I have no idea if this is so) that 70 percent of the population in that range is married, that means 30 percent isn’t, so 15 percent would be single women, and in that case 20 percent would be surprisingly high; but if 60 percent is married, then 40 percent isn’t, so 20 percent would be women, and in that case 20 percent wouldn’t be so surprisingly high (though a little bit in that there’s the income gap between men and women, making it a little tougher for women to qualify for a mortgage).

CB