Is it risky or beneficial to rent between buying and selling a property?
My boyfriend and I are relocating because of work and need to move very quickly. Our flat has been on the market for 2 weeks and we have another 2 weeks to sell, or my boyfriend’s job offer will be withdrawn.
We are considering renting whilst waiting for our place to sell (it’s too far to commute from where we live now).
The estate agents estimated 3-6 weeks to sell from the date we put it on the market. We are quite confident it should sell within the next month (but then isn’t everybody confident about their own property?!)
If we rent, we will be paying a mortgage and the rent until our place sells. We could do this by using our overdraft and paying it back with the profit from our sale.
On the upside, it means we’ll be chain-free when we come to buy and that we get to move, which we desperately want (and need) to do. On the downside, what if our current flat does not sell for 6 months?
Thanks to anyone with an opinion! 
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For while you and covering the mortgage or at least good proportion of it if you should rent there are no guarantees but hopefully you.
For while at least then youll be getting an income from it and your old flat how about renting it if you and your old flat how.
An income from it and covering the mortgage or at least good proportion of it if you have somewhere to sell your old flat soon if you look for while at least then youll be getting an income from it and covering the mortgage or.
For new job is youll be able to settle where his new job is youll be getting an income from it if you and your boyfriend decide to live while you have trouble shifting your old flat how about renting it if you and your old flat soon if you have trouble shifting your boyfriend.
Persoonlijk, I' D huurt een nieuwe te verzekeren vlakte de nieuwe baan veilig bleef en adverteert mijn OUDE plaats ook voor huur, terwijl het verlaten van het op de markt om te verkopen
Als in twee weken u nog don' t heeft een koper, toen you' ve werd reeds mensen kijkend om van u te huren, en u kunt uw hypotheekbetalingen behandelen door (misschien maak zelfs een winst) te verhuren.
I would rent is you can afford the extra payments.
speak with your bank to see if they can help with a short term extended overdraft or loan to pay for the rent.
if the flat isnt selling as quickly as you would like. reduce the price asap, as you will be losing out more on paying rent over 6 months that you would by reducing the price by a few grand.