The National Association of Realtors has abandoned its policy of making all listings public and available to all prospective buyers within 24 hours. Instead, it is now allowing brokers to market their ...

After months of tussling over private-listings networks, the battle between Compass, the brokerage that has championed exclusive, in-house listings, and Zillow, the largest listings network in the ...

Zillow says it won't accept any listings that have been previously offered for sale selectively, a direct response to a poorly-received NAR policy.

Here, discretion in real estate isn’t just expected, it’s required. Butch Haze would know: Real estate is the family business. His late mother was a top Sotheby’s agent. Today, he’s one of the ...

Compass, the largest real estate brokerage in the country by volume, has sued Zillow over its policy on private listings. Compass filed a lawsuit in New York on Monday, alleging that Zillow is ...

One thing Compass‘s supporters and critics both agree on is this: the brokerage is leveraging its swelling network of private exclusive listings to recruit agents. But how Compass is doing it might ...

Zillow has become almost synonymous with searching for residential real estate; it’s the first stop for many would-be home buyers. So when Zillow changes how it operates, the whole real estate market ...

Residential real estate brokerage Compass Inc. sued Zillow Group Inc., alleging that the home-search website is using “anticompetitive tactics” with its plan to restrict certain listings. Compass ...

It is common knowledge that more competition maximizes sales price. But there are a few real estate brokerages insisting in ever-louder voices that competition doesn’t matter, because if enough people ...

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