Advanced ➔ Results Why anyone selling a should be ing the ‘Zillow ban’ lawsuit closely right nowThe kerfuffle in the real-estate industry has real consequences for how s are sold in the futureLast d: July 5, 2025 at 11:31 a.
ETFirst Published: July 2, 2025 at 2:12 p. ETResizeListen(6 min)The housing market is in the midst of a slowdown, with s taking a lot longer to sell than usual.
Photo: Getty ImagesThe real-estate industry is battling it out over control of for-sale listings, and sellers in particular could get hurt.
Two major lawsuits filed over the last two weeks against the real-estate platform Zillow Z and the National Association of Realtors, an industry group, seek to answer the question of who controls listings in America.
The Author Aarthi SwaminathanAarthi Swaminathan is a MarketWatch personal finance reporter covering residential real estate.
She is the winner of a silver award for Best Collection of Work by an Individual Covering Residential Real Estate from the National Association of Real Estate Editors.
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