Moved for Family, Now Priced Out

We purchased a house in the Kelsey Creek neighborhood in 1999 which we then had to sell in 2005 due to family illness. We moved to Philadelphia to help take care of my father during his end of life. We then returned to Bellevue in 2015 and have been priced out of being able to purchase a home here. We absolutely love Bellevue and would like to stay here, but for now we can only afford to rent.