Two more states — Illinois and Hawaii — have now joined the push to restrict private residential listings, signaling that Wisconsin’s newly enacted transparency law and Washington’s advancing legislation are just the... Read more »
Compass filed the lawsuit last summer and asked the court to stop Zillow from enforcing its Listing Access Standards. In a Friday ruling, the judge said Compass “has not shown a likelihood... Read more »
Coldwell Banker Realty, which was recently acquired by Compass as part of the Anywhere Real Estate acquisition, is welcoming the No. 1 RealTrends Verified agent in Brewster, New York to the firm. ... Read more »
While they have stepped down from their respective roles as CEO and president, Hetherington and Stone will remain actively involved in the firm via their new board role, through which they will... Read more »
According to the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) and Bloomberg, antitrust enforcers at the Department of Justice (DOJ) wanted to investigate Compass’s recently closed acquisition of Anywhere, but they were blocked by senior... Read more »
In the ongoing war to dominate the real estate industry, Compass has set its sights on what it views as “organized real estate.” A vast trove of newly released documents sheds light... Read more »
New York City Bess Freedman and her firm Brown Harris Stevens are no strangers to competing with both Compass, which is headquartered in New York City, and top Anywhere firms, including Corcoran... Read more »
The daughter of a former Los Angeles city planning director and consultant on trophy, mixed-use projects such as One Beverly Hills has made her way to Compass. Helen Howe was named managing... Read more »
According to the publication’s analysis of RealTrends Verified data, Compass’s proposed acquisition of Anywhere could create market share concentrations “well above presumptively illegal thresholds,” in at least a dozen states. The analysis... Read more »
In response, NWMLS has filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit, claimed that it has “no duty to deal” with Compass, and it most recently indicated that it “intends to assert counterclaims,”... Read more »