"On Oct. 13, 2025, Zillow published a post on its investor website noting that since Zillow began notifying agents of non-compliant listings over the summer, roughly 90% of agents who receive a notice only receive one. According to Zillow, this means that the initial notices have resulted in most agents making sure their next listing was available widely and aligned with the Zillow standards."
"Only about 10.5% of agents who received notices get two meaning almost 9 in 10 agents who receive a notice from Zillow are firsttimers who do not continue to only selectively market their listings through private listing networks, the post states. According to Zillow this shows that the majority of agents want to keep their clients' listing broadly visible. However,"
"According to Compass, this shows that Zillow is so powerful that by sending just an email threatening to punish agents for marketing off Zillow's website, Zillow stopped competition in the online home search market and destroyed a significant challenge to its monopoly through intimidation and punishment instead of competing fairly for the home seller listings that fuel its website. The plaintiff states that this is evidence of Zillow using its alleged monopoly power to intimidate agents and deprive sellers of options."
Compass pushed private exclusive listings and a three-phased marketing plan and filed an antitrust lawsuit against Zillow in late June. Zillow posted on Oct. 13, 2025 that after notifying agents of non-compliant listings, roughly 90% of agents who receive a notice only receive one, and only about 10.5% receive two. Zillow interprets that as most agents subsequently making listings widely available and aligned with Zillow standards. Compass contends that Zillow used those notices to intimidate agents into stopping public marketing off Zillow's site, thereby suppressing competition in the online home search market and depriving sellers of options.
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