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

… who are turned off by the onerous process of buying an apartment in NYC the coop rules the strict financials the … their city buying plans continue renting here and buying outside the city instead The upsides Those buyers can still … on a belowmarketrate apartment in order to afford his house outside the city That advice is first and foremost says …

By Lucy Cohen Blatter |April 7, 2017 - 9:59AM
Real-life buyers on the mistakes they made and what they learned from buying in NYC for the first time

… complaints Liza Kew Gardens Queens Ask other residents what they like and dislike about the building Now when we go … and I feel like we end up paying the equivalent of what wed pay in a coop or condo for the random stuff we have … You have to look at loads and loads of places to understand what you get for the money Get an agent who is going to be …

By Lucy Cohen Blatter |April 6, 2017 - 8:59AM