Help! Should I buy a house or pursue my career?

CLAPTON

just follow the dream

the_flying_pig

HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »

I don't think you should be taking advice from strangers on the internet about your life choices.

There are pros and cons to both decisions.

But enabling more people to buy through ensuring mortgage availability returns to a more normal position, is not government "manipulating another bubble".

It's government doing it's job to at least partially restore functionality to a currently dysfunctional mortgage market.

And if that then causes prices to rise, despite only partially restoring functionality, that tells you more about the immense shortage of housing in the UK and it's likely future price trajectory than I ever will.

:rotfl: can't you answer the poor chap's question without getting your knickers in a twist because he called your beloved 'boom' a 'bubble'?

anyway, assuming that this isn't a troll post/thread i suppose the OP could always get himself a BTL back up north and move down south anyway, if the lure of getting involved with northern pwoperdee is so strong that it's jeopardizing significant career development.

grizzly1911

If you don't like where you are sounds like your GF has got to "transfer"and get another job in any event.

If it were me I would take the job and both move. You would both be enhancing your prospects. You are both still young. Doesn't sound as though you have any strong ties or commitments.

You have already cleared debts and started saving so I doubt you will stop.

IMO I am not confident the housing stimulus will have a massive effect other than in London/SE plus one or two honey spots where prices are climbing anyway.

If you both build your experience their is nothing stopping you moving somewhere more desirable/affordable later.

What does the GF think? It is your lives not ours.

Generali

Take the job IMHO.

There are a lot of opportunities in IT in the South so there is a very good chance that this job will beget others.

olly300

Take the job as you can always take up a "career" in shelf stacking later.

zagubov

Yep. Take the job.

Don't necessarily stay long enough to bring up a family there if that's in your long-term plan.

I know people doing similar jobs elsewhere and they're living a lot better in terms of housing and schools compared with down south.

I'd make sure that moving away later was on your to-do list in capital letters.

System

"Grab a chance and you won't be sorry for a might-have-been"


Nancy Blacket - Swallows and Amazons

quantic

Bit of a tricky one this, I have friends who moved down south for their dream jobs and they love it, however - they do not love renting a 1 bedroom flat. It depends really, its all relative, think about the lifestyle you would have in both scenarios and go from there...

Mr_Matey

92203 wrote: »

a job down south, working for an amazing company, small/medium sized environment, no pigeon hole/silo mentality, excellent management team and very keen to fund professional development and certifications. A friend works for them (having come from the same environment I currently work in) and loves it. It sounds like a dream. The remuneration is excellent and would more than offset the additional rent I’d be paying in order to live down south. It is essentially a dream job from my perspective.

This is a no-brainer. Take the job. Take it! Stop reading this post and take it!

Lifes_Grand_Plan

One thought that springs to mind OP...

If you take the job down south and then regret it, you can easily quit and go back to the other option of buying a house in your former home town...

However....

If you go the other way and buy a house in your former home town but then regret it.... chances are it'll be a fair bit more difficult to sell the house and even if you do, the job offer may not come up again....

To be honest you need to talk it through with your wife and come to a decision you are both happy with.....

... but if you think you would enjoy the job down south, then don't miss out on it for the sake of some misguided thought that buying a house will give you 'stability' in your life, or that you will miss the boat in the housing market.

Life's too short to have regrets.... you can buy a house anytime, anywhere.... the job market on the other hand is really tough at the moment and this sounds like a great opportunity to further your career, perhaps allowing you a nicer house and a more comfortable career in later life.

All just my opinion of course.....