31yo reveals wild thing she’s noticed while trying to buy

Buying your first home is always a stressful process, but one young Aussie has been surprised by an agent’s bold act.

Buying your first home is always a stressful process, but one young Aussie has also discovered a sexist reality.

Brittany Daisy is buying her first place by herself, and has quickly discovered purchasing an apartment as a woman often involves being dismissed rather than taken seriously.

The 31-year-old told news.com.au that she’s been trying to buy in Sydney and the process has been “demoralising” and “challenging.”

Sydney’s a notoriously tricky market to enter, with the median house price now ballooning well over a million dollars.

Ms Daisy has saved up a decent deposit and is looking to buy an entry-level apartment in Sydney’s eastern suburbs.

It might seem like an expensive choice, and she’s the first to admit she’s buying into a “lifestyle”, but she’s also looking at areas with many apartments on offer and her plan was to snag a one bedroom for under $700,000.

Ms Daisy has been checking out properties to buy every Saturday, and her boyfriend or dad has been coming along for support.

She’s been amazed to witness how real estate agents often ignore her while her partner is catered too.

“When I go with my partner, they speak to my partner, and I’m like it is not even for him,” she told news.com.au.

The 31-year-old is going to buy on her own. Picture: Instagram/brittany_daisy

She started seriously saving a year ago. Picture: Instagram/brittany_daisy

Ms Daisy said the same thing happens: if she takes her dad with her to look at apartments, the agent will “prominently” speak to him instead.

Ms Daisy said the “craziest” experience she’s ever had was viewing a property with her mum, dad, and boyfriend.

Her mum and she ended up lagging behind, and her boyfriend and dad entered the property together, meaning the agent didn’t realise they all knew each other.

Afterwards, when discussing the property, she was stunned to learn that while the agent had told her partner and dad that it would likely sell for a certain amount, she and her mum were given a different price.

“He told us completely different figures. I was surprised by that,” she admitted.

The 31yo is looking for a place to buy. Picture: Supplied

She's keen to buy on her own. Picture: Instagram/brittany_daisy

Ms Daisy has found this part of the buying experience hard to swallow because she wants other women to feel like they can buy without needing a man.

She’s been posting on TikTok about buying her first place by herself and racking up thousands of views.

She’s sharing it on social media because she wants to normalise the idea of a woman buying a property by herself.

“I want to empower other women to get into the property market and not just wait for their partners or to wait for when they are engaged and can buy with combined incomes,” she said.

She knows that buying with one income reduces her borrowing power and means she’s settling “for less” but there’s something special about doing it yourself.

A bedroom in one of the units Brittany has viewed. Picture: TikTok/brittany_daisy

She's been sharing the different places she looks at. Picture: TikTok/brittany_daisy

Of course, that doesn’t mean it has been remotely easy.

Ms Daisy has still yet to land a property and has found that places have been selling sometimes over $300,000 over the asking price.

There’s also the fact that she finds that nine times out of ten, she’s up against investment buyers and not other first-time home buyers.

Even though she knows one-bedrooms aren’t traditionally seen as great investments because Sydney’s rental market is so “wild,” she’s noticed a trend of middle-aged people snapping them up as investments to rent out and profit from.

Then there’s the fact that because because investment buyers tend to have deeper pockets and aren’t throwing everything they have at trying to get into the property market, it has meant she’s missed out on properties.

She said it does make her “wonder” if she’ll ever end up with a property but she’s also pretty determined to make it happen.

According to the financial comparison website Finder’s First Home Buyer report, 44 per cent of men are more likely to be sole buyers than 38 per cent of women.

When it comes to investors, the gap is even wider, with 47 per cent of male first home buyers likely to purchase an investment property by themselves verse 35 per cent of females,

Financial expert Sarah Megginson said that while men are still more likely to buy independently, women have come a long way.

“It was only in the early 1970s that women were granted the legal permission to take out a loan, without having to ask their father or husband to act as guarantor. So in the space of just 50 years, we’ve come a really long way,” she told news.com.au.

Ms Megginson said we are seeing more women getting onto the property ladder by themselves and for themselves.

“Women are increasingly seeing property as a way to create a safe home and secure their own financial future. In the last half-decade or so, the data is showing that more and more single women are stepping into home ownership,” she said.