We've been looking for a house for the past year. The ones we have seen are more expensive -- and smaller -- than our current house. New ones in our neighborhood cost about $1 million.

My husband, Rene, and I have a good income. He's a marketer and I have a public relations firm representing performers like Carlos Vives, the Colombian singer. But home prices have gotten terrible. We want to move but now we feel trapped.

We live in Doral, which is one of the best places to live in Florida, with great schools. Our house is five minutes from my office. We're also near the airport, which I use a lot. So we want to stay here.

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There are a lot of buyers from South America, mostly Venezuela, and they've pushed home prices up.

I'm 38 and my two children are eight and 10 and even though we're doing well financially, we have to have an affordable mortgage so we can put the kids through school and save for retirement.