Best of luck Jimson , mate i feel for you its a bastard when you gotta move
Old mates helpfull comments on buying a house dont always stack up . Iv'e done both a number of times in the last 30 yrs or so.
To my mind theres no particular gain in buying a property over renting
Security they say (yeah until you get a compulsary purchase
order against you) natural disaster (watch the insurance company wriggle out of that one ) but the bank will still want paying
Capital gains ( you cant take it with you
)
rates, repairs and maintence, shit neighbours move in , dealing with real estate parasites
Jimson mate its a bloody shame you gotta leave your family home , but every cloud has a silver lining and im sur some good will come of it Bill