The completion of Compass’s acquisition of Anywhere Real Estate has led to the creation of a real estate brokerage monolith, the size and scale of which the industry has never seen. Compass’s new size combined with its stance on private listings and current legal battles with Zillow and Northwest MLS (NWMLS) have led many to […]
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Just two days after filing a breach of contract suit against CoStar and Homes.com, REcore Solutions has dismissed its claims with prejudice. This means that it cannot file a lawsuit against the same defendants with the same claims. California Regional MLS (CRMLS), which receives licensing services from REcore, informed members on Thursday that the suit
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Welcome back to Tech Pulse — HousingWire‘s weekly series rounding up the latest in technology news, including tools, integrations and trends that impact mortgage and real estate. Here’s what happened this week: Are MLS policies built for the ChatGPT era? Zillow‘s integration with ChatGPT has ignited a debate over MLS compliance, with industry leaders examining the implications for data privacy
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As the real estate industry undergoes rapid change, questions around listing display, agent attribution, and new technology are reshaping how consumers connect with agents. Andy Stearns, Senior Vice President, Sales at Homes.com, speaks with us about building scalable teams, creating an agent-first platform, and how his experience leading growth at large organizations informs Homes.com’s go-to-market
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Zillow has begun removing the images at the center of CoStar’s copyright infringement lawsuit from its site this week. A Zillow spokesperson confirmed that the listing portal giant is only removing images that are of issue in the lawsuit and that it is notifying partners of the removals. Additionally, the spokesperson noted that actions like
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At first glance, the real estate portal landscape looks much like it did a year ago. The same power players, the same products, the same strategies — at least on the surface. “My initial snarky reply is that the space hasn’t changed,” Mike DelPrete, a real estate industry technology strategist, said. “If you look at
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There is no doubt that CoStar Group threw everything it had into the 2024 launch of the revamped Homes.com. From Super Bowl ads that were part of the firm’s $1 billion marketing spend, to a reallocation of nearly all of its sales staff, Homes.com debuted with a bang. And then things kind of fizzled. Now,
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