I think I understand your position, but can one time the market perfectly?

What’s it worth to reduce your commute? It’s only money, but time is something you can’t get back.

As I have said before, for the average person I would not sit around and waste my life trying to time the market like so many others on this forum.

If the reduction in commute is considerable, and you can afford the new house on conservative/realistic terms and it’s priced right, why not?

In 10 years it won’t really matter that much anyway.