Compass said the choice to dismiss the claim comes after Zillow clarified that it would not ban listings that were publicly marketed on the Compass family of sites or Redfin before marketing on Zillow. This clarification came after Zillow debuted Zillow Sneak peek, a pre-marketing item for coming quickly listings represented by agents at Keller Williams, Side, United Real Estate, HomeServices of America and REMAX.
In a press release, Compass said that the “end of the ‘Zillow Restriction’ is a major victory for homesellers and their real estate experts.”
“Our goal has actually always been to offer house owners more choice to decide when, where and how to market their homes,” Robert Reffkin, the chairman and CEO of Compass International Holdings, the parent business of Compass, said in a statement. “We are delighted to see that other brokerages are now acknowledging the strong customer need for more options in how they offer their homes. Property owners deserve more options, not less options.”
In an emailed statement a Zillow spokesperson composed that Compass’s decision showed Zillow’s belief that “the claims lacked benefit.”
“The underlying issue remains: Private listing networks are not in the very best interests of customers, and they never have actually been. Restricting listings to surprise networks limitations transparency, disadvantages purchasers and sellers and undermines fair access to realty details which is so crucial in this real estate price crisis,” the representative added. “Zillow’s Listing Access Standards were introduced to secure core concepts of competition, openness and access that support healthy markets and advantage homebuyers, sellers and agents.”
The representative also clarified that Zillow’s policy still stays in effect and the business will “continue to pick not to show listings that were previously hidden from the public for the advantage of any one company.”
“Any recommendation that these standards are no longer being implemented is incorrect,” the representative wrote. “Hidden listing networks that gate access to listings behind a registration wall or need buyers to work with a particular brokerage do not satisfy our standards and, to the level Compass continues operating a network of inventory concealed in the shadows, those listings stay at odds with our requirements.”
The spokesperson included that Zillow’s belief in broad access to listings and details is what inspired the business to introduce Zillow Sneak peek.
“The distinction is easy: Zillow Preview is public and expands gain access to; personal listing networks are closed and restrict it,” the spokesperson wrote. “We will constantly advocate for transparency and fairness for customers.”
Originally submitted in mid-June, Compass’s suit concentrated on Zillow’s listing gain access to requirements policy, which entered into result in late June. Compass submitted its motion for initial injunction seeking to prevent Zillow from imposing the policy just days before the policy was set to work.
In early February, Judge Jeannette Vargas, who was supervising the suit, rejected Compass’s motion specifying that the brokerage did disappoint a probability of success on the merits of its case during a hearing relating to the movement held in mid-November 2025.