Every Friday, we round up the week’s most popular, most read and most important stories, giving you an easy way to catch up on the big headlines you might have missed in the hustle and bustle of the week. Here are this week’s top five, chosen by our readers.
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The Justice Department on Friday released a trove of documents related to Epstein, one of which describes multiple rape allegations at Epstein’s parties.
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In an exclusive article for Inman, the luxury CEO talks about the Compass-Anywhere merger, mortgage rates and real estate consolidation. Mr. Serhant will be attending Inman Connect next week.
Extra: Ryan Serhant: The future of real estate is Serhant. vs. Compass — and I’m ready to win
The Baton lawsuit is one of the lawsuits brought by home buyers, and the lawsuit continues even now that the home sellers’ lawsuit has concluded.
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The former CEO quietly left the company upon completion of the merger with Compass, a representative confirmed to Inman. Former Anywhere CTO Rudy Wolfs also left the company as a result of the deal.
Mr. Levkin speaks at ICNY 2026
Compass’ CEO continued to focus on NAR, MLS and Zillow, which he says are too restrictive, as he calls for widespread reform of the existing status quo in the real estate industry.
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