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Compass tells MLSs to change CCP or face legal exposure

Housing Wire

And at the MLS used by the San Francisco Association of Realtors , agents can designate listings as Coming Soon. Compass wrote that this ensures participation / sharing with agents who participate in that MLS while giving agents and sellers greater flexibility in marketing a property.

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Compass clients solicit class action suit against NWMLS

Housing Wire

Specifically, they are reaching out to home sellers who experienced a price drop or significant days on market. Those efforts are not for the benefit of sellers or buyers, but are instead designed to benefit those brokerage firms by entrenching them as the gatekeepers of property listings.

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Confused by the CCP debate? Here’s what to know

Housing Wire

The critics Compass is the most vocal critic of the CCP and it has been loudly advocating for its three-phase marketing plan, which it claims is designed to maximize demand and fine-tune [the sellers] positioning for the best possible sale outcome. If the property does not sell as a coming soon, it then goes into the MLS.

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Compass files an antitrust suit against NWMLS over its CCP

Housing Wire

According to the suit NWMLS has successfully prevented any meaningful threat to itself and its owner brokerages by adopting and enforcing a series of rules designed to force anyone wishing to buy or sell a home in the Seattle area with the help of a real estate professional to do so through its platform.

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Real estate newsletters: The ultimate playbook (+ 49 topic ideas & subject lines)

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However, other email tools not specific to real estate agents (like Mailchimp and Flodesk) offer built-in templates that make delivering beautifully designed email newsletters a cinch. Save time with pre-written newsletters from Market Leader Don’t have time to write three or more newsletters every month? Need some great ideas?

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Nothing burger? Smart move? Industry reacts to NAR’s CCP changes

Housing Wire

Under what NAR is calling its MLS Listing Options for Sellers policy , sellers will have the option to delay marketing their listing publicly as long as they sign the required disclosure. They didnt fully embrace what we were advocating for, but at the same time, lets be fair, having this new designation will make a difference, Haber said.

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