First-time home buying on Long Island Q&A

Buying a house for the first time? Newsday can help!

How does the first time home buyer’s tax credit work? How much house can you afford? Where should you look on Long Island?

Newsday real estate writer Ellen Yan, real estate researcher Lisa Doll Bruno, Newsday real estate editor Valerie Kellogg and freelance writer Ronald E. Roel are answered these questions and more during a recent live chat.

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