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Boston real estate
fromBoston Condos For Sale Ford Realty
8 hours ago

Compass Is A Mega Force In The Boston Condo For Sale Market: What's Next? Boston Condos For Sale Ford Realty

Compass created a 340,000-agent mega-brokerage via a $1.6B acquisition and is shifting to challenge Zillow with agent-controlled listings and Private Exclusives.
Real estate
fromBusiness Insider
4 months ago

Inside Zillow's miserable month: Lawsuits, a mega-merger, and the home listing war

Zillow's broad-market visibility faces threats from lawsuits, exclusive-listing practices, and Compass's industry moves toward private, agent-controlled listing distribution.
fromBoston Condos For Sale Ford Realty
4 months ago

Let's Dive Into The Compass $1.6B Deal And How It Impacts The Boston Condo For Sale Market Boston Condos For Sale Ford Realty

Compass CEO Robert Reffkin's promises for his firm to be a disruptor, and so far, he's doing a good job at that. Reffkin has talked at length in recent years about changing the residential real estate landscape. He's pushed Compass' private exclusives platform, setting the stage for a war with Zillow. Now, Compass is set to acquire Anywhere Real Estate, the second biggest brokerage firm and the parent company of rivals Century 21, Coldwell Banker, Corcoran and Sotheby's International Realty.
Boston real estate
Real estate
fromtherealdeal.com
4 months ago

Compass-Anywhere: First play in a long game to bring commission splits down

Compass aims to use the Anywhere acquisition to build a proprietary listings marketplace, link directly with consumers, and pressure agents to accept lower commission splits.
Real estate
fromwww.housingwire.com
4 months ago

The Compass move to buy Anywhere draws applause and alarm

Compass's acquisition of Anywhere gives it vast exclusive listing inventory and could challenge MLS, NAR, and Zillow control of real estate listing data.
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