Zillow and Redfin are taking aim at listings for homes that have been publicly marketed prior to being entered into the MLS, taking steps to bar them from their respective platforms.

This story originally appeared on Real Estate News. The heated dispute between brokerage giant Compass and Kirkland, Wash.-based Northwest Multiple Listing Service over pre-marketing rules and ...

Real estate battle over secretive off-market listings heats up A brokerage giant wants to expand nonpublic listings but is facing pushback from within the industry.

(Zillow has said that listings can be unbanned if the seller breaks up with their broker.) It's not the flex they think it is. It's a tell. Zillow's hardline stance has already mobilized support.

Buyers can search for real estate agents in their area. You can read reviews, see the agent's typical price range, and how many sales they've made in the last 12 months.

As of mid-January, 384 homes in the five-county Bay Area were only available to buyers working with a Compass agent — that’s 8% of all listings by any brokerage, according to an analysis of ...

4. Buy listing leads Even though there are so many free ways (if you don’t count time) to get real estate listings, if you want to expedite the process, buying listing leads is always an option ...

Two major real estate marketplaces are making big changes to what home listings can appear on their websites. Zillow and Redfin are both taking aim at listings of homes up for sale that have been ...

This story originally appeared on Real Estate News. The heated dispute between brokerage giant Compass and Kirkland, Wash.-based Northwest Multiple Listing Service over pre-marketing rules and ...