--- title: 'More Money Wednesday Roundup: "Cheap" Super Bowl Seats & Underwater Mortgages' description: 'Personal finance from around the Web: Worth their weight? 4.5 million homeowners in the US are carrying houses worth less than three quarters of their…' authors: - name: timestaff url: https://money.com/author/timestaff/ articles: 459 covers: - Housing - Banking - Career Advice - Credit - Credit Cards - Identity Theft - Insurance - Investing - Lifestyle - Loans - Mortgages - Personal Finance - Professional Services - Retirement - Shopping - Taxes former_staff: true published: '2010-02-03T22:12:59.000Z' modified: '2024-05-07T08:39:24.000Z' section: Housing tags: - blogger - Financial adviser - financial aid - homeowners - Job Cuts - mortgage - real estate - save for college - Super Bowl - Super Bowl tickets word_count: 177 canonical: https://money.com/more-money-wednesday-roundup-cheap-super-bowl-seats-underwater-mortgages/ type: Article source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** We research all brands listed and may earn a fee from our partners. Research and financial considerations may influence how brands are displayed. Not all brands are included. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/). ![More Money Wednesday Roundup: "Cheap" Super Bowl Seats & Underwater Mortgages](https://money.com/content.money.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/140601_money_gen_13.jpg?crop=0px%2C733px%2C4780px%2C2689px&resize=1012%2C569&quality=85&strip&ssl=1) Personal finance from around the Web: - Worth their weight? 4.5 million homeowners in the US are carrying houses worth less than [three quarters of their mortgage balance](http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/03/business/03walk.html?ref=business). Some are throwing in the towel instead of waiting out the real estate market. \[The New York Times\] - "Cheap" seats for this Sunday's Super Bowl are [selling for $1,500](http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/SmartSpending/blog/page.aspx?post=1602500). Definitely not a bargain, but compare it to the Lower End Zone sticker price of $3,425. \[Smart Spending\] - January job cuts in the private sector were the lowest in two years -- a sign of [business' confidence in an economic turnaround](http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=a01taizONkz8). \[BusinessWeek\] - The case for clunkers: why one blogger chooses to ["drive a lemon" and "save some cabbage."](http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/) \[Get Rich Slowly\] - The FAFSA is free, but more parents are turning to financial aid consultants to maximize their child's chances of receiving money for college tuition. Before hiring this kind of professional, [ask some questions first](http://www.boston.com/business/personalfinance/managingyourmoney/archives/2010/02/thinking_of_hir.html). 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