*nod* The way he writes about it, they had no reason to expect they would suddenly be making a lot more money when they put the half million dollars in as an offer. This wasn't a case of a sudden life change, or someone being strung along by a silvertongued lender. He'd written about the kinds of loans he was being offered, he knew his wife was in a rough position for finding work.

He should've been more than capable of figuring out how much he could afford to put down on a house, and how much of a mortgage he could afford. When the loan officer came back and said "Oops, the first lie we tried to tell won't work, we need to hide a bit more information to make them think you can afford this..." Yeah, he should've guessed he couldn't afford it. No sympathy.