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Play video: The ongoing battle between Compass and the MLSs20:42
HousingWire video discussion of the ongoing dispute between Compass and multiple listing services.
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OneKey MLS becomes the eighth MLS to ask a court to shield it from Compass's threatened antitrust claims, joining the case California Regional MLS filed earlier this month. The New York MLS says the brokerage's threats go back as far as March.
New York's OneKey MLS signed on as a co-plaintiff in CRMLS's federal case against Compass, and the two MLSs filed an amended complaint in Manhattan federal court asking a judge to declare their clear cooperation rules lawful. OneKey points to months of emailed litigation threats from Compass leadership as the reason it joined.
A panel of MLS and industry leaders, including Michael Wurzer, discusses how the MLS's role is shifting amid the multi-MLS lawsuit against Compass and the brokerage's wider campaign against cooperation rules. Topics include rule design, data control and what brokers now need from their MLS.
California Regional MLS's CEO and general counsel responded publicly to the antitrust suit Compass filed against the MLS. According to the report, they argued that Compass's complaint itself raises questions about whether some of its agents are following NAR rules and California law.
An Inman report traces how Compass's demand letters to individual MLSs developed into multiple court cases. According to the report, at least nine MLSs, with roughly 272,000 combined subscribers and users, have rejected the brokerage's demands or gone to court; the central question is whether a brokerage can publicly market homes while keeping them out of the MLS.
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Play video: Anthony Lamacchia on the listings battle between Zillow, Compass and MRED18:06HousingWire interview with Anthony Lamacchia about the fight over listings involving Zillow, Compass and MRED, the Chicago-area MLS.
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