First-Time Buyers Week

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How can a millennial without a trust fund afford to buy in NYC?

By Virginia K. Smith |August 31, 2017 - 8:53AM

Buy

How long do you have to own in NYC for your investment to be worth it?

By Virginia K. Smith |August 29, 2017 - 1:00PM

Rent

In defense of renters: Why buying isn't always the right decision

By Lucy Cohen Blatter |August 28, 2017 - 12:15PM

Co-ops

So what's a co-op board interview really like?

… very unlikely to flunk the board interview says Philip Lang cofounder of The Agency a techsavvy real estate brokerage … lays eyes on you based solely on the comprehensive board application package prepared by you and your real estate … agent That said to reduce your odds of being bounced by a coop board from slim to nearly none spend some time preparing …

Sponsored By TripleMint |April 7, 2017 - 1:59PM

Second Homes

Thinking your first home purchase should be outside the city? You're not alone (but read this first)

By Lucy Cohen Blatter |April 7, 2017 - 9:59AM

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What can I afford? After a stint in the suburbs, a buyer contemplates NYC pied-à-terres

By Alanna Schubach |April 6, 2017 - 3:59PM

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Any regrets? A check-in with a first-time buyer who chronicled her agonizing apartment-hunt for Brick

… for us years ago in our Diary of a FirstTime Buyer column Elle Bee not her real name spent two years of onandoff again … attorneys and three brokers and recorded it all for us Elle ended upspoiler alertbuying a onebedroom in a prewar … more limiting than I thought In terms of the neighborhood Elle says she probably wouldnt choose to live there again …

By Lucy Cohen Blatter |April 6, 2017 - 12:59PM