'Home' Disadvantage in NFL Title Games?

HSH Associates, the nation's largest publisher of mortgage and consumer loan information, puts a decidedly different spin on today's football match-ups. "Is there any relation between home prices, mortgage rates, homeownership rates and success in the NFL?"

Answer: "Not really, but we thought it would be fun to examine the characteristics of the housing markets of this year’s NFL playoff teams." Sample:

CenturyLink Field in Seattle is about the toughest place to play in the NFL. Surviving in Seattle’s housing market isn’t exactly easy either. High home prices and mortgage rates, not to mention expensive ticket prices to Seahawks games, make winning in the Emerald City, both on and off the field, pretty difficult.

--B.B.