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JULY 7, 2025

California Regional MLS, the nation's second largest MLS, took a similar stance in April , and like NorthstarMLS, called out pressure placed on NAR by large brokerages with an interest in ending Clear Cooperation, which Compass said earlier this month it "will not adhere to. " NAR is giving MLSs until Sept.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

On Thursday, MLS leaders took center stage at several conference sessions, including discussions of the business practice changes driven by the NAR commission lawsuit settlement and how the role of the MLS — and the MLS-broker relationship — has evolved as a result. “I We’ve come a long way since then.”

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Housing Wire

JULY 23, 2025

Previously focused on buyers , the expanded platform now allows agents to provide visibility across the full transaction process — something many in the industry are pushing for as real estate practices adjust to changes stemming from the 2024 antitrust commission lawsuits. Rayse helps agents show the story behind the sale.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 9, 2025

Real estate industry executives may not see eye to eye on the National Association of Realtors ‘ (NAR) Clear Cooperation Policy (CCP), but there is one thing they do agree on — the vast majority of sellers receive the most benefit from listing transparency and broad exposure of their listings. “The What makes the U.S.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 24, 2025

Matching listings appear on the client’s saved search channels, alongside MLS listings. Pre-market and off-market listings have caused some controversy in the real estate industry. Some agents call any non-MLS listings “ pocket listings.” Agents can also send those listings to a local MLS, if necessary.

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Real Estate News

JUNE 23, 2025

Skip to Content Agents Brokerages MLS/Assn Tech Industry By the Numbers Consumer Shutterstock By the Numbers High rates, prices keep existing home sales muted Though there was an uptick in existing home sales as spring progressed, last month was still the slowest for the month of May since 2009. That rate was up 0.8%

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Housing Wire

MARCH 11, 2025

Why listing scams are on the rise Unlike home sales, land transactions often skip in-person meetings or property access, which makes it easier for scammers to impersonate legitimate owners without detection. Public records & MLS misuse Scammers exploit MLS history and public records to appear credible. Use a service.

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Housing Wire

JULY 18, 2025

Fidelity National, FHFA announce collaboration on ‘innovative title solutions’ Fidelity National Financial and the Federal Housing Finance Agency are teaming up to explore innovative title insurance solutions, signaling a potential shift in industry collaboration.

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Housing Wire

JULY 15, 2025

Ridley provides homeowners with access to the multiple listings service (MLS), market reports, attorneys, an AI chatbot to answer questions, comparable property analyses and vendors, among other services to aid the home selling process. That’s important because it could remove a huge barrier in for-sale-by-owner ( FSBO ) transactions.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 28, 2025

After weeks of buildup, it felt like only a matter of time before Compass would file a lawsuit against Northwest MLS (NWMLS) over the latters Clear Cooperation Policy (CCP). In a LinkedIn post, Potashnick, who has nearly three decades of industry experience, simply wrote, Are you kidding me? Exclusionary Listings?

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Housing Wire

APRIL 8, 2025

After Jensen took over as CEO in 2015 , MRED created an internal MLS private listing network after survey feedback from subscribers found that many were frustrated by the number of pocket listings and sales occurring.

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Housing Wire

MAY 6, 2025

The real estate industry is facing another change. In the 1960s, brokers created the first MLS in booklet form to create a true marketplace of the inventory that was for sale. In 1992, the industry established buyer agency so that buyers could have exclusive representation. Written agreements became commonplace.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 3, 2025

And while most of the talking points espoused on both sides of the debate remain fairly consistent, those who are in favor of the policy have recently started to claim that an agent who doesnt list their sellers properties on the MLS may be exposing themselves to legal liability. And these brokers dont trust NAR that much anymore.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

Dwiggins: Since we started the company back in 2014, we were always looking to try and be a little bit different from the rest of the industry, in the sense of it wasn’t about having tons of agents. It was about the quality of the people who shared sort of the same vision for the industry. Dwiggins: I am a free market guy.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Most pertain to banning offers of compensation to buyer agents over the MLS, in addition to preventing MLSs from facilitating such offers to aggregator websites. It also requires MLS members to disclose agreements with prospective buyers that outline commission expectations before showing them a home for sale.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 4, 2025

In a news release, Compass CEO Robert Reffkin appeared to openly taunt the National Association of Realtors (NAR), whose CCP rulerequires a Realtor to put a home for sale on the local NAR-affiliated multiple listing service (MLS) within a day of marketing a listing. decrease on the national median sale price.

Agents

Housing Wire

MARCH 26, 2025

The Department of Justice (DOJ) may not be done with real estate agents and their commissions, but the real estate industry and the class action plaintiffs involved in at least one commission lawsuit are done with the DOJ. MLS PIN and the Nosalek plaintiffs first filed their proposed settlement agreement during the summer of 2023.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Amid industry-wide challenges, such as commission lawsuits and post-pandemic housing market shifts, MLSs must embrace reinvention. As Eben Moran of Stellar MLS aptly stated on RentSprees Its Closing Time podcast, the future lies in collaboration: How can we come together to make the industry better overall?

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Housing Wire

MAY 14, 2025

However, Compass itself acknowledges in their disclosure that limiting exposure by not listing on the MLS can reduce the number of showings, offers, and the final sale price. Many also point to the fact that private listings essentially lock out lower-income buyers who rely on open MLS access. The result? of all listings.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

In some states, the door has been open for many years to real estate agents who want to access their local MLS without being a Realtor. In late 2024 , PAR announced it would be allowing non-Realtors to access the MLS it co-owns with Arizona Regional MLS (ARMLS) starting Jan.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 24, 2025

While Zillow did not provide an exact number of MLSs that have recently dropped the policy, Matt Hendricks, the company’s vice president of industry affairs, wrote in an email that the company applauds the many MLSs that have revoked the no-commingling restriction. Zillow has long advocated against the no-commingling rule.

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Real Estate News

JUNE 26, 2025

Skip to Content Agents Brokerages MLS/Assn Tech Industry By the Numbers Consumer Shutterstock By the Numbers Pending sales defy expectations, spark hope for a rebound Mortgage rates continued to decline in another positive sign for the market. Meanwhile, pending home sales dipped 2.3% While new listings were up 2.5%

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Housing Wire

MAY 1, 2025

Industry debate around off-market listings or pocket listings has become increasingly heated. We tell them, If you want maximum exposure, we go on the MLS. Im not saying off-market sales are never appropriate, Coleman said. For some agents , these private transactions are tools of exclusivity and strategy.

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Housing Wire

JULY 8, 2025

Headlines that call Cape Coral, Florida , the “worst housing market in America” and liken it to precursors of the 2008 financial crisis have garnered discussions across the real estate industry. ” According to RPCRA and FGCMLS, the June 2025 median home sale price for Cape Coral was $371,850 — up from $369,000 in October 2021.

Agents

Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

When I attended a national real estate conference last month, the Clear Cooperation Policy the provision requiring listings to be published on the MLS within 24 hours of marketing a property predictably surfaced as a hot-button issue. At one point, a poll asked the hundreds in the audience: What are your thoughts on Clear Cooperation?

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Housing Wire

APRIL 14, 2025

Redfin may have been acquired by Rocket , but it still operates a real estate listing portal and it doesnt want the industry to forget that it too has skin in the the debate surrounding the National Association of Realtors (NAR) Clear Cooperation Policy (CCP).

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Housing Wire

MAY 1, 2025

The real estate industry and The New York Times have not been on good terms for a while now. With that backdrop, it’s not surprising that many industry professionals were up in arms about a recent episode of “The Daily” podcast featuring Times real estate reporter Debra Kamin. who desperately need it.

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Housing Wire

JULY 17, 2025

As the industry moves toward faster, more digital-first transactions, AI is playing a pivotal role in redefining how agents operate, market, and compete. It often involves coordinating with stagers, hiring photographers, waiting on edited media, producing videos, drafting descriptions, designing flyers, and uploading everything to the MLS.

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Housing Wire

MAY 8, 2025

But could listing a client’s property on a private network instead of the MLS really be considered a breach of fiduciary duty? A study from Bright MLS backs up Willoughbys assertions. HousingWire consulted legal and consumer advocacy experts to find out. What is fiduciary duty anyway? Why would we hide it?

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Housing Wire

JULY 16, 2025

Whether you’re just starting your real estate journey or hitting the reset button after a tough season, I want you to hear this: You didn’t choose an ordinary career — because this isn’t an ordinary industry. A listing appointment is more than a sales pitch — it’s your opportunity to create clarity, offer direction, and earn trust.

Agents

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

As real estate practitioners adjust to the practice changes that took effect in August, and the industry waits for final approval of the NAR settlement from the court in November, questions continue about seller offers of compensation. It explicitly allows for such offers to be made off-MLS, however.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Despite having long ago settled the commission lawsuits , legal challenges continue to mount for real estate industry giant Anywhere. On Friday, the firm and some of its subsidiaries and agents were accused of violating the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act and the Lanham Act.

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Real Estate News

JUNE 25, 2025

Skip to Content Agents Brokerages MLS/Assn Tech Industry By the Numbers Consumer Shutterstock By the Numbers More sales this year? It’s possible, data indicates ATTOM’s midyear review suggested rising inventory could cause home prices to flatten or fall later this year — and that would be good news for sales.

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Real Estate News

JULY 10, 2025

Skip to Content Agents Brokerages MLS/Assn Tech Industry By the Numbers Consumer Adobe Stock By the Numbers Mortgage rate uptick leaves summer market on standby Mortgage applications are up, but a rise in rates combined with job loss concerns and tariff uncertainty could kill the momentum. Will applications translate to sales?

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JULY 22, 2025

Skip to Content Agents Brokerages MLS/Assn Tech Industry By the Numbers Consumer Illustration by Lanette Behiry/Real Estate News By the Numbers Lot sales spike after LA fires amid rebuilding challenges California’s January wildfires ravaged Altadena and the Pacific Palisades, but optimism is helping the communities maintain their spirit.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 13, 2025

The rule requires brokers to list properties on the MLS within 24 hours of publicly marketing them. Proponents of CCP say it allow for maximum exposure to listings, giving sellers an opportunity for higher sale prices and proceeds while limiting the amount of time a home spends on the market.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 22, 2025

The National Association of Realtors (NAR) Clear Cooperation Policy (CCP), implemented in 2020, is the source of much debate within the real estate industry. The policy was a response to a proliferation of pocket listings and a rapid decline in housing inventory on the MLS, despite a large number of transactions still occurring.

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