We bought a house in the city with a 2.75% mortgage rate. After a few years, we feel trapped and want out.

Tech Insider : Business, Sports
Author Timothy Moore smiling on rooftop in front of city skyline view
I'm grateful for our home and the low mortgage rate we have, but I feel like we're trapped in a place that's no longer a fit for us.

Timothy Moore

We're millennial brothers and business partners who left San Francisco's tech bubble for the Midwest manufacturing scene. We never would have been able to afford to launch our startup in California.

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John and Matine Yuksel pose for a photo
John Yuksel (left) and Matine Yuksel moved from San Francisco to Dubuque, Iowa in 2020. The brothers and business partners now live in Cincinnati.

Courtesy of John and Matine Yuksel

Homebuyers in Santa Fe shelling out more than $1 million will have to pay a new 'mansion tax'

Tech Insider : Economy, Politics
Shops, bars and restaurants in adobe Pueblo Revival style in the main street of Santa Fe, capital city of New Mexico.
Shops, bars and restaurants in adobe Pueblo Revival style in the main street of Santa Fe, capital city of New Mexico.

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