Joint Accounts
How Soon Is Too Soon to Buy a House With My Boyfriend?
We haven’t been dating long, but I feel good about our future
Dear Joint Accounts,
My boyfriend and I are each thinking about buying homes in the near future. He’s tired of renting, and has been saving up to get his own place. I already own the house I live in, but I’m looking to move someplace with a yard for my dogs and a little more space. We’re also both on a time constraint to move: His lease ends at the end of the summer, and my neighbors are driving me crazy in my town house, complaining about my dogs barking.
We’ve only been dating for five months, but I feel our relationship has serious potential. Part of me thinks it seems silly for each of us to separately buy houses when we might live together in the future, especially because we’re looking in the same areas at the same price range. We send each other listings all the time, but haven’t had a serious conversation about doing this together. What should we be talking about?
Sincerely,
Ready to Buy
It’s hard not to fixate on the worst-case scenario here. I’m not saying things won’t work out between you and your boyfriend — you said yourself you have serious potential. But you’ll…
