Compass sues Zillow over ‘monopoly tactics' in private home listings

Real estate brokerage company Compass has filed a lawsuit against Zillow over its policy to ban private home listings.In a filing with the US district court for the southern district of New York, Compass claims that “Zillow has sought to rely on anticompetitive tactics to protect its monopoly and revenues in violation of the antitrust laws.”Compass says that Zillow has implemented an exclusionary policy that says if a home seller and their real estate agent market their property off Zillow for more than one ...