What do you have to do to buy a house in solitude in skyrim?

you need to go to the blue palace and talk to falk firebeard (the steward) and press the first dialouge caption to star the "boy who cried wolf quest". after you finish, talk to elisif (the jarl of solitude, also in the blue palace) and she will give you a few misc. quests. after compleating them, talk to her again and she will name you "thane of solitude" and alow you to buy a house there. talk to falk firebeard again and then there will be a dialouge for buying a house. the only down side is elisif might have dissapeard and you wont be able to do it, and/or, the house costs 25,000 septims. hope this helped

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