First Home Buyer Questions? (New York, Islip: mortgage, credit, first time home buyer)
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What program is good for a first time home buyer right now not taking in consideration the 8k for the government?
Does Medford have a good school district? or is a good neighborhood?
Is not Can you please let me know some town that have a good school district and Good Neighborhood located around 10 to 15 minutes of Edgewood NY?
Please any feedback will be much appreciated we are trying to start looking for a house in April 2010 but we will like to get as much information as possible.
What program is good for a first time home buyer right now not taking in consideration the 8k for the government?
Does Medford have a good school district? or is a good neighborhood?
Is not Can you please let me know some town that have a good school district and Good Neighborhood located around 10 to 15 minutes of Edgewood NY?
Please any feedback will be much appreciated we are trying to start looking for a house in April 2010 but we will like to get as much information as possible.
West babylon had a down payment assistance but last i checked, they werent accepting any more apps. They have a good district though
Theres also a Mortgage Credit Certificate program that has yet to go into effect (was suppossed to start in early sept)... its for 1st time homebuyers and you get 20% back on the interest you pay each year
If you want to know about schools in medford, Moderator cut: link removed, linking to competitor sites is not allowed ... the highest rating they have is a 57/100 (100 being the best) so thats not that great...
Try holbrook/holtsville/ronkonkoma... closer to the area you mentioned... and all have good schools... their ratings are closer to 80/100.... try lindenhurst as well
thanks lilbxqt,
i will sure to check that out, right now I'm looking for good neighborhood more than school district as my Daughter is only 3 years old and I'm not to worry about the High School for now.
does medford still a good choice or do i have to think of the future and get into a good school district now?
does medford still a good choice or do i have to think of the future and get into a good school district now?
i asked the same exact question in the past when i first started looking... basically, the consenus i received was its best to get into a good district now... that way your resale will be a bit more attractive down the road (you never know if the next place will be your home for good)... but to flip the issue, districts can change over the next 10 yrs... not sure if this happens that often, but its also another side of the arguement... maybe someone else who has experienced this will be able to chime in on the issue
ricardomreyes, in case you are unfamiliar with the local geography:
What people refer to colloquially as "towns" are actually villages and hamlets, which are within actual towns; and, because villages and hamlets are referred to as "towns", then, many times, the error is compounded when actual towns are referred to as "townships".
Also, many colloquially refer to a "downtown business district" in a hamlet as a "village".
You can get a fact sheet for any city, village or hamlet on Long Island by going here American FactFinder and input the name of the city, village or hamlet for "city/town" (leave out the ZIP Code) and New York for "State", and then click "GO".
You'll get a lot of demographic, and some economic, statistics for the city, village or hamlet you selected, and if you click on "Reference map" (it's on the right hand side), you'll get a map.
When you do find a house that you like, you can find out in which community (city, village or CDP) that house is actually located, which is oftentimes different from the community named in that house's mailing address, by using the Census Bureau's online address search function. (CDP or Census Designated Place is the Census Bureau equivalent for a hamlet in Nassau and Suffolk Counties.)
And, very importantly, among other things, the Census Bureau's online address search function also indicates in which school district an address is located.
Me either, but it appears from checking with the Census Bureau's online address search function, that, what had been the "Brentwood, NY 11717" ZIP Code postal zone is now the "Edgewood, NY 11717" ZIP Code postal zone; but, at the same time, the Hamlet of Brentwood remained the Hamlet of Brentwood, and most places that have an "Edgewood, NY 11717" mailing address are still in the Hamlet of Brentwood in the Town of Islip, Suffolk County. There is no city, village or hamlet in the Town of Islip, nor in any of the other 9 towns that make up Suffolk County, with the name "Edgewood".
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