Compass Sues Zillow Over Its Private-Listings Ban

After months of tussling over private-listings networks, the battle between Compass, the brokerage that has championed exclusive, in-house listings, and Zillow, the largest listings network in the country, has turned into all-out war. Compass has sued Zillow, the parent company of StreetEasy, the New York Times reported, accusing the listings database of attempting, through its private-listings ban, to maintain a monopoly over digital home listings — which are used by virtually all buyers shopping for a home at this point. “No one…