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
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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
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In defense of renters: Why buying isn't always the right decision
By Lucy Cohen Blatter |August 28, 2017 - 12:15PM
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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
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Is there one right way to save for a down payment?
By Virginia K. Smith |April 6, 2017 - 11:59AM
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Looking for an under-$400K apartment? Believe it or not, we've found some in every borough
By Leah Hochbaum Rosner |April 6, 2017 - 9:59AM
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Real-life buyers on the mistakes they made and what they learned from buying in NYC for the first time
By Lucy Cohen Blatter |April 6, 2017 - 8:59AM