Here are the most essential stories of the week, according to Inman readers
Here are the most essential stories of the week, according to Inman readers
Opinion
Our fiduciary duty is to the human beings who trust us to guide them through the housing market
MRED board member and top broker Tommy Choi unpacks what’s really happening in Chicago
As a dispute over pre-marketed listings boils over in Chicago, Zillow and MRED trade accusations
Opinion
Either the courts or the most powerful players in residential real estate will decide the listing rules
On Monday, the portal asked a federal judge to stop MRED from cutting the Chicago feed
Opinion
CIH's Greg Hague looks at what the latest legal wrangle means for marketing
The complaint also says that Compass ended its direct listing feed to Zillow on Friday
Opinion
We fed Zillow until it became too powerful to ignore. Don't do the same thing with MRED
Opinion
This is the beginning of the end of the guardrails provided by local MLSs
In a weekend email to its members, Chicago’s MRED MLS warned that Zillow had been contacting subscribers to say there may be ‘disruptions’ starting in the new year
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
Zillow delayed the rollout of its ban on publicly marketed private listings in the nation’s 3rd largest market, but the portal appears ready to crack down on the widely used Private Listing Network
Officials from the National Association of Realtors are meeting this week to discuss the so-called pocket listing ban — one of the industry's most polarizing rules