You can purchase one in Bowerstone South, all the way down by the school house for 1500 gold, and also your old house is for sale for 5000 gold in Oakvale.

you can kill the occupants, then the house will come up for sale, you can rent it out for
money

go to oakvale kill so many people later see you lot's of house's if you do this you need
pay gold for the criminal thing's or pay not buy than the houses and rent it out