tripathy

If you're that uncertain of the timeline, and looking that short term I wouldn't take the risk of buying. I'd prefer five years *minimum*, to really cover basic things like fees and taxes. Of course I bought here not knowing if it was going to be longer than two years, but it was buy or open a vein to pay for an extremely unsuitable hole of an apartment. Provided you're reasonably comfortable where you are I'd just keep renting if it's for such a short time. Literally not worth the hassle otherwise, and I don't think real estate prices are going to spiral out of control during that time. If after two years you decided you wanted to buy I'm willing to wager that prices won't have gone up too terribly much.