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Catch up with Compass, Keller and the commission question

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While CEOs trade barbs, real estate agents are focused on how to take home more in commissions this year than last year. Continue reading →

CoStar continues defense of Homes.com strategy

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CEO Andy Florance said Homes.com has the winning short- and long-term strategy after revealing that the company kept adding paid members in 2025. Continue reading →

Gary Keller on Compass-Anywhere: ‘I wouldn’t have done it’

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Gary Keller delivered his annual State of the Housing Market keynote on Monday, musing on sales trends and market competitiveness — while offering a few quips about Compass and CoStar. Continue reading →

How to capture massive share in today’s tough real estate market

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Old school marketing strategy married to AI customization is the secret to success in today’s new and very competitive marketplace, Bernice Ross writes. Continue reading →

CoStar lays off staff amid drastic Homes.com cost-cutting campaign

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The company has vowed to slash over 35 percent of its spending on Homes.com after years of attempting to build a fourth major real estate listings search portal. Continue reading →

Homes.com moves toward filterless search with AI assistant

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CoStar debuted Homes AI on Tuesday, its home search assistant that guides homebuyers through Homes.com listings and proprietary market data with natural language. The tool will be added to other CoStar-owned sites later. Continue reading →

CoStar continues Homes.com defense amid investor pushback

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The parent company of the Homes.com real estate portal said the “investment phase” is over, and that selling or abandoning the site would be premature. Continue reading →

Investor drama fuels new front in the portal wars: The Download

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From upheaval in the portal landscape to the ongoing controversy around private listings, debates over access, control and cooperation intensified last week. Continue reading →

Homes.com isn’t going anywhere, CoStar says in response to investor

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A day after a prominent hedge fund investor launched a hostile takeover bid of CoStar’s board over concerns about the real estate portal, CoStar doubled down on its Homes.com strategy. Continue reading →

Investor calls CoStar’s residential project a ‘fiasco,’ slams Homes.com spending

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A major New York hedge fund has called on CoStar to divest or shut down its residential real estate business after heavy spending on Homes.com. Continue reading →