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The Property Podcast

ASK130: Should I rent or buy a property when I don’t know where I’ll be based in two years?

The Property Podcast

Rob Bence & Rob Dix

News, Education, Business, Investing, Business News

4.82K Ratings

🗓️ 3 April 2018

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

It's time for another question in this week’s edition of ‘Ask Rob & Rob’, one listener asks Rob & Rob... Should I rent or buy a property when I don’t know where I’ll be based in two years? ASK YOUR OWN QUESTION TO ROB & ROB! Don't be shy! All you need to do is leave a message with your name and whatever's on your mind. Just pick up the phone and call 013 808 00035 (normal UK call rates apply). Or if you prefer, click here to leave a recording via your computer instead. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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0:00.0

Hi, I'm Rob, and I'm Rob, and this is Ask Rob and Rob.

0:04.4

Yes, welcome to Ask Rob and Rob.

0:07.0

Yes, welcome to Ask Rob and Rob where you know the drill by now. You send in your questions and we do our very best to answer them for you.

0:18.0

Today, as ever, you have not disappointed. We've got two great questions that have come in, but before we a listen to those let's have a recap of how you can send in a question of your own

0:26.3

Yep dead dead easy all you need to do is give us a call

0:29.3

Oh one three 808 triple 035 that's oh one three eight oh eight triple oh three five and you can leave 808.0035.0035. That's 013 808

0:33.6

000.0035 and you can leave us a voicemail there.

0:36.0

Or alternatively you can go over to the Property Hub.

0:38.2

Dotnet slash Ask and send us a message there instead.

0:41.1

Okay, this question comes in from Ugo from Liverpool.

0:44.0

Hi Rob, my name is Ugo. I am a doctor calling from Liverpool and listen to your

0:51.3

podcasts quite a lot and I find it very very informative and I am in a

0:57.2

process of wanting to start out on a Korean property. I have a question which put me in a little bit of a pickle really.

1:05.8

I listened to your recent podcast regards to whether it's better to buy or rent and again I found

1:12.4

a quite informative and however I'm in a bit of a dilemma really.

1:17.0

I am currently based up in Liverpool where I have two years left on my training program before I fully

1:25.3

qualify however I'm currently renting out my current apartment I'm essentially

1:30.9

in a dilemma whether or not to buy a property to live in for the next two years

1:37.0

just because after the two years I'm not sure where I could be I could be based anywhere from Scotland all the way down to London.

1:45.0

However, I've calculated that if I carry on renting for the next two years,

1:50.0

I'll probably lose about 10,000 pounds roughly in rent. I have enough money to put down for a deposit,

1:56.2

but given the fact that I am not a homeowner, it might make it a bit difficult for me to go ahead and bring to a buy to let mortgage so if I was to buy I'd have to go down a residential

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