Celia Young
Celia Young is a senior writer at Brick Underground where she covers New York City residential real estate. She graduated from Brandeis University and previously covered local business at the Milwaukee Business Journal, entertainment at Madison Magazine, and commercial real estate at Commercial Observer. She currently resides in Brooklyn.
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Think you're ready this year to go to the mat and finally buy an apartment in New York City? Your first order of business is to make sure your finances are in good shape.
When you submit an application for a mortgage, one of the first things the bank will do to decide whether you're lend-worthy is run a credit check. And the lower your numbers on a score of 1 to 850, the higher your interest goes—or you can't get in the game at all.