Eric writes:

“This is a screen grab from Yahoo this afternoon. Notice the main story and the advertisement in the top right corner. Coincidentally, my wife and I are closing on our first home tomorrow morning, and I can tell you, the numbers shown don’t add up. We are going about home finance the old fashioned way: worrying whether we can afford it from day one, not when the rates go up!”

— BEN POPKEN

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