Why Work with a Bilingual Real Estate Agent in NYC

I started in NYC real estate on November 6, 2001, and I have worked in English and Spanish ever since. I was born in Inwood and have lived in Washington Heights since 1992. The two points in a purchase where documents are densest are the co-op board package and NYC closing costs, and both can be explained line by line in either language.

Spanish is the most common non-English language spoken at home in New York City: 1,879,960 residents age 5 and over in the 2018 American Community Survey, per the NYC Department of City Planning.

Where Language Matters in a NYC Transaction

1. Paperwork and the process

Most NYC board packages now submit through online portals like BoardPackager or Domecile, and I go through each form in Spanish or English. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau publishes Spanish translations of the Loan Estimate and the Closing Disclosure, the two federal mortgage forms a buyer receives, and I read each line item of them aloud in either language.

New York also requires every agent to hand a buyer the state Housing and Anti-Discrimination Disclosure Form (DOS-2156) at first substantive contact. The Department of State publishes it in Spanish and in more than ten other languages, including Chinese, Russian, Korean, and Haitian Creole.

2. Recommendations based on the property

I cover all five boroughs and the Hudson Valley, with my deepest building-level knowledge in Upper Manhattan, where I grew up. Building recommendations rest on financials, building rules and your budget. More on this: the five-borough agent advantage.

Call me at (917) 416-7433 for a conversation in English or Spanish.

Si prefiere leer en español, mi guía completa para comprar casa en Nueva York cubre todo el proceso de compra paso a paso.

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Milton Coste

Licensed Real Estate Associate Broker · Keller Williams NYC

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(917) 416-7433 [email protected] miltoncoste.com

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