Scammers are stealing the identities of people buying and selling real estate and getting closing funds diverted to them. They do it by hacking into the email of someone involved in the transaction and then mimicking one of the settlement providers. Other stories in The Voice for Real Estate for the week of April 4: why NAR has concerns over appraisal changes to the FHA single-family handbook, how upcoming accounting rule changes are expected to spur companies and investors to rethink their real estate holdings, and what spring home sales look like based on latest contract signings.

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