creating a new sim, looking for a house or a lot which can't be bought

@ChakaiB  Please move your Mods folder to the desktop and delete localthumbcache.package, then test.

@ChakaiB 

Did you make your sim in CAS using the story mode rather than saying no, and bypassing that and making your sim the usual way?  Sometimes, sims created using story mode will not be given enough money to buy any lot in the game when you exit CAS.  There has been an issue with that off and on since that feature was introduced. 

There are several ways to deal with it. 

One way is to move them into a cheap apartment, then use the Motherlode or Kaching cheats to give them enough money to buy a lot.  Then move them to the lot.

Another way is, when you go to move them in, open the command line window and use the freerealestate cheat when you get to the map screen to choose the lot.  The map perimeters will all turn green.  Then you can move the sim into any lot you want.  But if your sim doesn't have much money, you might not be able to pay the bills so you might have to cheat them some money just to survive long enough until they can earn enough to support themselves on their own.

And a third way is to move the sim into an existing household, then split the household in MH, transferring enough money to buy a lot to your sim.  It is sort of like stealing money from the other household but it does get the job done.

Hope this helps.

did repairing the game help? i'm now having the same problem

@gothgirl_gamer02 Please make a new post. I'd suggest Game Issues