What is it about this week? Since arriving home from a long weekend camping in Maine, I've been inundated with Mortgage 'spam', muc more than usual.

It started when I opened the accumulated snailmail. Half a dozen different banks and mortgage companies offering me 'pre-approved mortgages with unbeatable rates', (none of which incidentally were better than our current rate).

And then I check the email this morning to discover that some spammer is mailbombing me with a mortgage spam.

An just to top it off...the phone rang just now,
"Hi, this is Simon from N.E.S. We're..."
"From Where?"
"From N.E.S. we're offering qualified homeowners"
Click. I hung up.

What's with this? I'm used to the occasional mortgage-related spam, but this is crazy.