NWMLS hits back at Compass, suspends — then reinstates — IDX feed
The ongoing feud between the brokerage giant and the Seattle-based MLS over private listings escalated this week. Will the current truce hold?
Updated April 17, 2025
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- New eXp disclosure form warns sellers of pre-marketing risks“Anytime we limit access, it limits opportunities,” an eXp exec said during a livestream highlighting ethical issues with the push into private inventory.April 16, 2025
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- HomeServices’ new CEO ready to ‘go back on offense’Chris Kelly is eager to move past the challenges of the past 18 months and focus on unifying and growing the company, with agents and consumers at the core.April 16, 2025
- Gino Blefari steps down as HomeServices CEOAfter more than 5 years in the top role, Blefari, now chairman emeritus, is handing off the reins to Chris Kelly, the company's executive vice president.Updated April 16, 2025
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- Zillow to bar publicly marketed listings not shared via MLSThe move, endorsed by eXp, could affect listings that are promoted via social media, yard signs and other means allowed by NAR’s “delayed marketing” policy.April 10, 2025
- Windermere exec slams Compass over 'dirty' tactics“We're gonna kick their ass and we're going to do it without a private listing network,” Windermere Co-President OB Jacobi said about competing with Compass.April 10, 2025
- Brokerages boosted sales in 2024 despite tough marketThe combined market share of the top 1,000 U.S. brokerages rose last year, with some firms doubling — or even tripling — sales volume, according to T3 Sixty.April 10, 2025
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- Why private listing networks are a 'wolf in sheep's clothing'Windermere Co-President OB Jacobi, whose firm has been under fire from Compass CEO Robert Reffkin, says PLNs are a return to a "caste system of real estate."April 9, 2025
- EXIT Realty settles in Gibson commissions caseDetails of the deal were not disclosed in the April 8 filing. Meanwhile, a few of the remaining defendants are trying to get the judge removed from the case.April 8, 2025
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- Fannie Mae shakeups continue with ‘unethical conduct’ firingsOver 100 employees have been fired since FHFA Director William Pulte began his tenure, the agency announced, while Pulte took to X to highlight other cuts.April 8, 2025
