Zillow says MRED, Compass used MLS rules to pressure its listing standards
The opening day of a high-stakes preliminary injunction hearing in Zillow’s antitrust lawsuit against Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED) and Compass International Holdings laid out two sharply different stories about who is trying to shape how listings are marketed — and for whose benefit. In opening s
Zillow’s latest lawsuit is not about consumers, and it never was
When Zillow launched Zillow Preview alongside a coalition of leading brokerages earlier this year, there was a moment of relief across the housing industry. Many hoped the company’s sustained campaign against private listings had finally run its course. Two months later, that hope looks premature. Z
Consumer groups ask FTC and DOJ to probe Compass MLS deals
A coalition of consumer, housing and civil rights organizations is asking federal regulators to investigate Compass International Holdings’s new agreements with multiple listing services (MLS), arguing the deals expand off-MLS “pocket listing” networks that harm competition and fair housing, accordi
Tom Blanchard keeps Blanchard & Calhoun focused on what big firms can’t buy
For over a century the Georgia-based brokerage Blanchard & Calhoun Real Estate Co. has continued to serve consumers in the Augusta area all while navigating recessions, record high interest rates, the rise of the internet, the COVID-19 pandemic housing market, the commission lawsuits and the current