>>1377286Being a home owner is always a good choice.
Now take all the time you need to find what will suit you best. Seriously, buying a house isn't like buying a car.
In my opinion, there are 3 major criteria :
1) There must be one room for each kid. At some point, they'll need their own space. Especially if you have a son and a daughter.
2) Mostly white safe neighborhood.
3) A neighborhood where you can access pretty much eveything (school, workplace, stores, ...) without the need of a car. Not only it will make you independant of whatever will happen to the oil market (you might even save money by not have the need of a car at all), but it will grant your kids a lot of freedoms to go hang out and do their own things whe they become teenagers. I've lived all my youth 5 minutes away from a train station and it really gave me a lot of independance from my parents.
