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It鈥檚 a new year and already, startups in the real estate space are raking in venture dollars. This is not surprising because buying homes is something that people everywhere are not likely to stop doing soon.

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Already this week, two homebuying platforms announced big rounds. Oakland-based , which facilitates investments in rental homes, raised $50 million in a Series D round led by . And New York-based (formerly called Perch), a platform for buying and selling homes, secured $36 million in a Series B round led by .

Roofstock鈥檚 latest round brings its to $125.3 million since its inception in 2015, according to 附近上门 data. A slew of other VCs participated in its latest round including , , , , and others

Roofstock, according to , provides an 鈥渙nline marketplace where buyers and sellers buy and sell rental homes in more than 70 U.S. markets 鈥� homes with tenants residing in them oftentimes.鈥�

Meanwhile, , , and also participated in Orchard鈥檚 financing. The round brings the company鈥檚 since it was founded in September 2017 to $66 million. Orchard has also raised a total of $220 million in debt financing.

In a statement, Orchard says it saw 鈥�10x year-over-year revenue growth鈥澛� and now has over 150 employees.

The company says it helps people buy homes before they鈥檝e sold the ones they currently own by providing them with the needed cash.聽 It鈥檚 not the only company out there doing this, it鈥檚 important to note. Last July, we reported on Austin-based , which also makes an all-cash offer on behalf of a customer wanting to buy a house.

Another company that has recently raised money in the real estate space includes聽 which in September announced a $43M Series B round to help in its mission to help more Americans 鈥渕ove from renters to [home]owners.鈥�

In general, we鈥檝e been paying attention to this sector, which saw聽some massive funding rounds from the likes of Knock and Compass聽in 2019. In July 2019, we covered raising $503 million for its second fund to invest almost exclusively in real estate tech companies.

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