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Indianapolis tops ‘Forbes’ list of most affordable housing markets.

We’ve calculated that, in the six years we’ve owned our home here, the value on our home has only gone up by a total of 15-20%. In some markets, that’s the appreciation they’ve seen every year.

It also makes us “stuck” in Indianapolis in a way. While I’d love to move the family out to Seattle, an equivalent home out there would cost four times as much or else be located so far away in the exurbs that you really aren’t living in Seattle.
So, we’ve decided to stick our stakes in the ground a bit longer and move into a new house in the area. We started construction about six weeks ago, and the home should be finished in December.

The main impetus for moving was to move closer to Hong’s office and Maggie’s new school, which she starts attending in two weeks. We only ended up shaving a few minutes off of the commute in each direction, but that can add up over time.

Can you believe my little girl is going to be attending school?? I’m so excited for her! She’s going to soak it up.