<prompt> Human: My husband and I are going to buy our first home in December. We currently both make good money and will be saving my income in its entirety and living off his. I think this is important for my question.Question: Is it better to buy a smaller, less expensive home probably 25000 less and live in it for 5-6 years then move to a bigger, more expensive home? Is it ever better to buy the bigger home if we think well be there longer than 5-6 years, suffer a few years of stricter budgeting and pay a higher mortgage than wed prefer and not change houses? Better being--- in the long run financially, versus equity, interest, ownership, etc. In say, 15 years, what puts us in a better place financially?  <response>: I think in general you hear people regretting buying too much house, not too little-- but the numbers look like almost a toss-up to me with the edge going to the cheaper option 