Catch up quickly on the most significant stories of the week, as determined by Inman readers. Here's this week's Inman Top 5
Opinion
This week, Bryon and Nicole discuss new trends like fence renovations, shifts in home preferences and agents like Ryan Serhant building their brand in the real estate industry.
New York-based Orchard has raised $100M in a new Series D funding round, lifting its total equity to $255M and reaching a valuation of more than $1B, it was announced Thursday
The LGBTQ+ Real Estate Alliance has unveiled its first-ever 'Top Producers list,' which ranks agents and teams by sides and sales volume
Partnership will make Notarize remote notaries accessible from within Snapdocs platform
The iBuyer's stock spiked 27% on Tuesday before settling back down to $10 per share as investors continued to show interest in companies that make direct cash offers for homes
Plans are intended as roadmap for reducing racial, ethnic homeownership gap over the next 3 years
The iBuying giant will keep the teams and technology from Skylight and Pro.com, but it will discontinue the brands themselves
An underwhelming jobs report held optimism for real estate firms, which hired faster in August as the Delta variant slowed recovery elsewhere
Catch up quickly on the biggest stories of the week, as determined by Inman website visitors. Here's the Inman Top 5 for the week
Doctorow has helmed the parent company of realtor.com for nearly 2 years, but the foundation for his leadership style was laid years earlier. Read about the 3 moments that sharpened his leadership skills ahead of his appearance at Inman Connect Las Vegas
Opinion
This week, Bryon and Nicole discuss if listing feedback actually matters, the surge of coworking spaces during COVID and the biggest listing cliches agents are guilty of using (and reusing).
The app's geospatial technology parent company is called One Hundred Feet, and it came about when two California entrepreneurs wanted to make sure their Uber Eats driver could accurately deliver a pizza
The KW Cares program mobilized in the wake of Hurricane Ida last week and should end up providing assistance to 2,000 people suffering impacts from the storm
The company focuses on lending for investors who plan to rent out or flip their properties. The new name is a reference to the word for 'key' in Italian
The expansion comes amid a period of rapid global growth for eXp, which says it now has more than 62,000 agents worldwide