by | Aug 21, 2026 | Agents, Brokers, Industry News, Lead Story, National, News, Premier |
Editor’s note: after this story published, Zillow and Redfin struck an agreement with the FTC to avoid trial, amending or unwinding significant portions of their partnership. Read the full story here. At 10 a.m. Eastern Time on Monday, August 24, portal rivals...
by maria | Aug 20, 2026 | Brokers, Industry News, Latest News, Lead Story, Premier |
Compass is back in the legal spotlight, this time as the defendant in a class action antitrust suit filed by New York City renters who allege the megabrand “monopolized” the New York metro market through its acquisition of Anywhere, and also restricted...
by | Aug 20, 2026 | Agents, Brokers, Industry News, Latest News, Lead Story, National, News, Politics, Premier |
New York looks likely to become the latest state to create restrictions on private listings. On June 1, the New York State Senate passed the Fair and Transparent Real Estate Listings Act, after amending the bill to include an opt-out option for sellers. The act’s...
by | Aug 19, 2026 | Agents, Brokers, Industry News, Latest News, Lead Story, National, News, Premier |
An appellate court today denied multiple appeals that had sought to overturn the National Association of Realtors®’ (NAR) 2024 settlement agreement, putting a legal period on the end of the seven-year long commission lawsuit saga that upended real estate practices and...
by | Aug 18, 2026 | Agents, Brokers, Industry News, Latest News, Lead Story, National, News, Premier |
The plaintiffs who filed a recently dismissed lawsuit against Zillow over alleged steering to the portal’s mortgage services are looking to reopen the class action with an amended complaint, filed yesterday. The suit—originally filed back in November 2025 and later...
by | Aug 17, 2026 | Agents, Brokers, Industry News, Latest News, Lead Story, National, News, Premier |
Real estate’s Multiple Listing Service (MLS) was built on a century of shared data and mutual trust among brokers. Now, a panel of industry executives says that trust between agents and consumers is fraying as more properties get pulled into private listing networks....