A fake image of Brad Pitt was used to scam a woman out of $850,000. (Hopefully every lender has set up policies and procedures regarding events like the CFO receiving an email from the CEO asking to blindly wire money for a “secret acquisition.”) Remember when you could buy a great house for $850k? Although Los Angeles will be under great strain for years, in many areas you still can buy a house for that, but home builders are reporting a rise in cancellations due to increased mortgage rates, which surpassed 7 percent for the first time in seven months.
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