So, looking for some perspectives here. Hubby and I are in some disagreement about a potential situation we might be facing shortly.

Kiddo starts kindergarten in August. In February, we put our condo on the market, assuming we’d sell and buy a house and be settled into a new place by school time. Unfortunately despite almost 4 months and 2 price drops, we’ve had no movement on the condo, and if we don’t get an offer and find a place by early July, we won’t be able to close in time for her to start a new school at the start of the year.

A few conditions in our situation: 1) we have to sell our place in order to buy a house. It’s basically our down payment. We cannot carry 2 mortgages, renting isn’t an option, and we could sell and rent for a bit but we can’t afford rent and mortgage at the same time. That said, we don’t HAVE to sell. We want to upgrade, we need a bit more space, but there is no urgency for us to sell for any practical/urgent reasons.

Decision we have to make is if we don’t sell by early July, do we stay on the market indefinitely and potentially have to move our daughter into a new school after the year starts, or go off the market and try again next year. We can also try a radical price drop, but we’re already nearing the bottom of our range and it’ll severely limit what kind of house we can buy.

Hubby thinks it’s fine to move kiddo into a new school. I really don’t want her to have to move schools once K starts. Next year for 1st, fine, but mid year feels like a lot of transition for a little kid.

Thoughts? WWYD? Some pros and cons we’re weighing:

To stay put and go off market: we’re comfortable with our condo, we have a good commute, and we loved the school when we went for orientation. However, if we wait until next year, we may have just as little luck selling, and interest rates are going up fast, which also limits our options.

If we stay on market, the biggest downside that I see is moving kiddo to a new school after she starts in the current one. We’ll also hit a market slowdown in the fall, so who knows if staying in market will even do anything.

Would love your thoughts, and if there’s anything I may not be considering. Thanks!