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
The Oppenheim Group owner shared thoughts on the state of the market, the Compass-Anywhere merger, and the upcoming seasons of 'Selling Sunset' and 'Selling the OC'
The trade association essentially denied all allegations that The PLS made against it, saying that Clear Cooperation and NAR policies are 'lawful, justified, procompetitive [and] pro-consumer'
As Compass called NWMLS a 'monopoly' and said its policies amount to an anticompetitive boycott, NWMLS called the brokerage's arguments 'nonsensical'
A slower market and a crowded brokerage landscape have shifted efforts from quantity to quality, new reporting and Intel survey results reveal. For agents, it's now an unavoidable aspect of the job
NAR's attorney says The PLS is trying to 'have their cake and eat it too' by claiming brokers are both the victims and the perpetrators of the Clear Cooperation Policy
Andy Florance weighed in on why his company is building a New York City portal and what he thinks of CoStar's rivals
Arizona broker Grady Hillis objects to rules prohibiting listing broker and agent contact information in public remarks and restricting access to lockboxes to Realtors
The antitrust regulator said the trade group refused to modify the deal to protect the agency's ability to investigate other NAR conduct that could impact real estate competition
'It's sort of a free-for-all,' one speaker said at Tuesday's Council of Multiple Listing Services event in Washington, DC. 'We have people coming in and looting in the industry.'
The real estate giant balked at Upstream's 'unreasonable restrictions' on listing data and CAR's 'refusal to negotiate'
Real estate trade group condemns tech giant for the same practices its member agents and brokers engage in
The final date to submit comments on the industry's competitiveness to the US Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission is Tuesday
Daniel Castro of the Information Technology & Innovation Foundation and Scott Petronis of eXp Realty hashed out what open data means in real estate last week at ICSF
MLSs also request FTC and DOJ not use them to publicize commission rates