In a discovery dispute, Compass seeks to compel Redfin, a nonparty in its lawsuit against Zillow, to produce internal communications and documents allegedly showing coordination between Redfin and Zillow. At the same time, a Redfin spokesperson confirmed that the company’s rules restricting private listings had not gone into effect, after being announced almost simultaneously to…

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CoStar Group CEO Andy Florance dove again into the controversies surrounding rival portal Zillow in the company’s recent Q3 2025 earnings call. While discussing financials for the company and its subsidiaries—Homes.com, Apartments.com, Matterport, LoopNet, Domain and more—and the increasing traffic and success seen in the portal space, Florance pivoted to discuss an “uncomfortable but important…

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Pending home sales in September showed no change from the prior month and fell 0.9% year-over-year, according to the National Association of Realtors® (NAR) Pending Home Sales Report. The report provides the real estate ecosystem, including agents and homebuyers and sellers, with data on the level of home sales under contract. Month-over-month and year-over-year pending…

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As people continuously rely on digital platforms in the age of social media, new careers have found their way into the market. These new careers have ramifications in real estate, as it opens up new avenues for home shopping—and new ways for agents to build their business. Digital platforms designed to share and spread content…

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For decades, the real estate transaction—with full-service agents and relatively stable commission rates—has been one of the most consistent fixtures of the American housing market. Sellers built it into their expectations, buyers believed in it, and agents themselves defended both the fees and the model as pro-consumer. But now, the traditional real estate agent structure—and…

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Consumer reports of economic confidence are mixed in October as the government shutdown and other economic challenges persist. The latest Consumer Confidence Index from The Conference Board found that confidence fell by one point to 94.6 in October, down from an upwardly revised 95.6 in September. Stephanie Guichard, senior economist of Global Indicators at The…

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While home prices are inching up, the rate of increase is slowing, per the latest findings from the S&P Cotality Case-Shiller Home Price Index for the month of August (the index measures on a two-month lag).  The national index inched up by 1.5% year-over-year. Growth slowed similarly in the index’s 10-city composite index, which increased…

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Editor’s note: The COURT REPORT is RISMedia’s weekly look at current and upcoming lawsuits, investigations and other legal developments around real estate. CRMLS-affiliated vendor REcore and CoStar lawsuit quickly resolved CRMLS, the second-largest MLS in the country sued CoStar on Oct. 21 over a dispute related to an alleged breach of contract with its licensing…

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The market for luxury housing has changed over the past few years. A million dollars today does not afford the same properties or retain the same value as it did nearly a decade ago. But in the U.S., the luxury threshold varies by region. A recent study by Realtor.com®—their monthly Housing Market Luxury Report for…

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