The juiciest details in Compass’s lawsuit against Zillow
By: Brooklee Han | Published: 2025-06-23 21:27:00 | Source: www.housingwire.com
The history of Clear Cooperation
As this fight between Compass and Zillow has its roots in the debate surrounding the National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) Clear Cooperation Policy (CCP), the complaint naturally takes some time to dissect the rule’s history. Voted on in November 2019, CCP went into effect in My 2020. In the complaint, Compass claims that the rule was first proposed as a response to its adoption of an “inventory-based” strategy, which it says it developed to “differentiate itself from competing brokerages in 2018-2019 by experimenting with Coming Soon listings and later Private Exclusives.”
“Private Exclusives were marketed exclusively within the Compass brokerage to other Compass agents and their clients. Coming Soons were displayed publicly on…
