DH just hates renting with a passion (and I hate listening to him biatch about renting) so I know he wants to get out. We are in a lease for a year though, but the fact that we would be paying mortgage and rent till they found a new tenant doesn't bother him - thats how much he hates it.

I wish my husband was less wishy washy with his thinking and knew what he wanted!! would make it a heap more easier for me.
Went through the same thing after we relocated. I was happy to stay put, we had a 2 year lease and it was a nice enough house. But, no, he had to go house hunting nearly every weekend. It drove me batter, rather than settling in getting to know the people and the place, we had to trapse around the country side Thankfully we found somewhere reasonable one in the end, but it drove me nuts as he carried on about every place we looked at like we were going to buy it. Made the whole process un enjoyable. There was many a time I was hyperventilating and in tears at the mere thought of buying some of those houses. I would be saying no and he continue negotiating to the agent.

Just put out there what you want in a house and don't feel pressured to compromise just because he hates renting. Good luck.