Category Archives: Portals

NAR published new guidance clarifying what agents and brokers must explain and disclose when sellers choose an office exclusive or pre-marketing listing, plus rules on active-listing status and Clear Cooperation Policy compliance.

James Dwiggins and Keith Robinson sit down with Howard Hanna CEO Hoby Hanna for a candid conversation about listing data, MLSs, private listing networks and the future of IDX.

Investment firm D.E. Shaw said that CoStar had changed the way it reported the performance of Homes.com amid questions about the portal’s future.

Nearly 19 percent of homebuyers searched outside their metro in Q4, Redfin says. Sacramento, Las Vegas and Florida metros lead migration trends.

The parent company of the Homes.com real estate portal said the “investment phase” is over, and that selling or abandoning the site would be premature.

Realtor.com’s parent company saw revenue increase 10 percent year over year. The CEO of the firm that owns the portal took the opportunity to call rival Homes.com a potential “knockdown.”

The Super Bowl LX-adjacent game will prompt Redfin app users with six clues starting around 8 p.m. ET on Sunday to locate and win a $1 million home featured in a Rocket and Redfin commercial.

Canopy MLS CEO Anne Marie DeCatsye, Realtor.com CEO Damian Eales and NextHome CEO James Dwiggins talked about consolidation, data transparency and why a national MLS isn’t the answer to the industry’s problems.

New York City-based hedge fund D. E. Shaw & Co. on Wednesday criticized the board’s “reckless” spending on the portal while continuing to push back its timeline for profitability. It also called into question CEO Andy Florance’s generous cash and equity incentive awards.

Samuelson said on Tuesday that Compass CEO Robert Reffkin was not “truthful” and took issue with the way Compass has defined a polarizing Zillow listing rule.