Where else is Zillow not enforcing its private listing ban?

Zillow acknowledged last week that it wasn’t enforcing its private listings rule in Chicagoland, opening the question of where else the standards might not be in effect. Continue reading

Zillow defends private listing rule, criticizes Compass in new filing

The portal argued that it is allowed to display whatever it wants on its own website, that it’s not a monopoly and that its rule governing private listings does not hurt Compass. Continue reading

Brandi Marshall on ‘Selling the OC’ stardom, feuds and a brutal real estate market

In this exclusive interview with Inman, the least dramatic “Selling the OC” cast member gets candid about real estate, reality TV and real life ahead of the Nov. 12 Season 4 premiere. Continue reading

Zillow calls Chicago’s Private Listing Network a ‘hidden listing scheme’

Zillow delayed the rollout of its ban on privately marketed listings in the nation’s third largest market, but the portal appears ready to crack down on widely used Private Listing Network. Continue reading

Compass provides long-awaited clarity on the Anywhere merger

This week on The Download, Robert Reffkin answered many of the most-asked questions around the Compass-Anywhere merger in an Inman Exclusive. Continue reading

Compass targets Zillow’s warnings to agents in new brief

In a brief issued ahead of a hearing in its case against Zillow, Compass homed in on the listing portal’s powers of “intimidation” in issuing warnings to agents that violate its listing standards. Continue reading

This CEO says private listings are real estate’s ‘nuclear holocaust’

HomeSmart founder and CEO Matt Widdows talks about the seismic shifts reshaping the industry — Compass-Anywhere, Zillow’s ChatGPT app, private listing networks, consolidation chaos, AI. Continue reading

What no one’s saying (but should be) about the future of real estate

Guy Gal and Inman CEO Emily Paquette discuss the broken brokerage model and what real estate agents need to meet the current moment. Continue reading

Zillow says most agents are complying with its private listings policy

Portal giant says most agents who receive a notice about violating Zillow’s private listings rules only received one notice. Continue reading