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In response, NWMLS filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit, claiming that it has “no obligation to deal with Compass” and most recently indicated that it “intends to file counterclaims” if the judge does not grant its request to dismiss the lawsuit. Earlier this month, Compass filed a motion to compel NWMLS to produce documents. […]
In the months following Kelly’s appointment, HomeServices of America announced several leadership appointments, including Alex Seavall adding the title of Chief Operations Officer to his existing title of Chief Financial Officer. Candace Adams was promoted to fill Kelly’s vacated role of executive vice president. Renee Gonzales is named vice president of Core Services Integrations, which […]
In the motion, NWMLS indicated that in addition to responding to Compass’ complaint, it also “intends to file counterclaims” if the judge does not grant its request to dismiss the lawsuit. NWMLS has not specified what issues it plans to address or what allegations it plans to make in a potential countersuit. NWMLS did not […]
The lawsuit was initially filed in mid-June. Compass claims that Zillow’s Listing Access Standards Policy – which prohibits lists from its site from being publicly marketed for more than one business day before they are available for viewing on Zillow – harms both Compass and its competition in the portal. For Alkema, the central question […]
“MRED launched the PLN in 2016 to make all properties available to all agents and brokers in the market. We want to prevent the use of shadow networks outside the MLS that could lead to discrimination and exclusion,” the statement said. The answer comes after Zillow published an analysis showing that homes in predominantly white […]
The policy, which went into effect June 30, prohibits listings from the site that have been publicly marketed more than one business day before the listing is available for display on Zillow. Compass filed a lawsuit against Zillow in mid-June, just before the enforcement deadline, claiming the policy stifles competition and causes irreparable harm to […]
Compass‘s preliminary injunction hearing in his antitrust case against Zillow continued all week before ending on Friday. The hearing, which will be held in New York City under the auspices of U.S. District Court Judge Jeanette Vargas, will be used to decide Compass’ motion to block enforcement of Zillow’s listing access standards policy. The policy, […]
Zillow identified majority white areas through data Urbanity and the 2019-2023 census American Community Five-year estimates from the study of the number of housing units by race of householder. Race, not price, influences private listings, says Zillow Of the homes in the higher price ranges, 8.9% were privately listed in predominantly white areas, compared to […]
Compass’ claims of collusion and antitrust violations are part of its lawsuit against Zillow, in which the Robert Reffkin-led company alleges that Zillow’s Listing Access Standards policy, which prohibits lists from being available for viewing on Zillow within one business day of being publicly marketed, stifles competition and has caused irreparable harm to Compass. Last […]
According to the email obtained by HousingWire, MRED stated that, based on Zillow’s policy, “certain PLN listings [may] will not appear on Zillow’s real estate search websites.” “MRED has made it clear to Zillow that selectively excluding listings may violate MRED’s rules, as well as the terms of Zillow’s license agreement with MRED, which requires […]
