Hire, actual property and relationships are on daters’ minds, in line with new information from OkCupid and Realtor.com

Over the previous few years, almost 4 million daters on OkCupid answered the in-app matching query “Are you at the moment saving to purchase your individual residence?” with respondents who stated “Sure” leaping from 41% in 2019 to 48% in 2022. And this summer season, information revealed that singles who’re saving to purchase a house obtained 13% extra Likes and 24% extra Matches on OkCupid than those that aren’t.

A development we’re seeing is that communication abilities and an amazing humorousness aren’t the one gadgets on dater’s want lists today. They’re now prioritizing somebody who’s investing of their future, particularly in actual property. The truth is, Millennials are 32% extra seemingly than Gen X to say proudly owning a house is an even bigger turn-on than being enticing, and Gen Zers are 27% extra seemingly than Gen X to say the identical. One-third (33%) of daters go to this point to say it’s essential that their match has a excessive credit score rating.

In response to Realtor.com, rents are growing by double-digit percentages in main cities, together with Miami (26.2%), New York (25.4%), Boston (24.8%), Chicago (20.6%) and Orlando (20.4%). So it’s no surprise that over half of OkCupid daters in these cities are on the lookout for a companion to maneuver in with. A majority of respondents on OkCupid are open to transferring in with somebody they’re relationship inside 1–2 years, with 37% of individuals prepared to maneuver in with a companion between 6 months to 1 yr; 34% of individuals wanting to attend 1–2 years; 17% saying lower than 6 months; and 12% ready 2+ years. And 87% of OkCupid respondents stated they wish to cut up the hire once they transfer in with a companion.

Daters can save 1000’s on hire by splitting a one-bedroom condominium with their companion. In response to Realtor.com, right here is how a lot folks can save in every of the highest 10 cities for hire development in america proper now:

And singles in these cities are nonetheless on the lookout for significant, critical relationships. Virtually two million daters throughout the nation answered OkCupid’s in-app query “What’s extra attention-grabbing to you proper now?,” with response choices “love” and “intercourse,” over the previous two years, and nearly all of daters in Miami (73%), New York (73%), Boston (72%), Chicago (72%), Orlando (72%), San Jose (73%), San Diego (69%), Charlotte (72%), Dallas (72%) and Nashville (70%) are extra desirous about love over intercourse proper now.

So the constructive facet of rents rising? Searching for a lifelong companion ASAP is on the rise, too. You simply might discover the love of your life, and transfer in collectively, earlier than the top of the yr in the event you play your playing cards proper. Skip the “holding a fish”selfie, and publish a pic of you hanging out in your furnished condominium!

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Media contact: MichaelK@OkCupid.com