Compass dismisses antitrust lawsuit against Zillow over listing policy
Compass is dismissing its antitrust lawsuit against Zillow over the listing portal giant’s listing access standards policy. The Robert Reffkin-helmed firm filed its motion to dismiss the lawsuit without prejudice, meaning that Compass could file another lawsuit against Zillow with similar claims in the future, in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on Wednesday.
Compass said the decision to dismiss the lawsuit comes after Zillow clarified that it would not ban listings that were publicly marketed on the Compass family of websites or Redfin before marketing on Zillow. This clarification came after Zillow debuted Zillow Preview, a pre-marketing product for coming soon 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 Ban’ is a major victory for homesellers and their real estate professionals.”
“Our goal has always been to give homeowners more choice to decide when, where and how to market their homes,” Robert Reffkin, the chairman and CEO of Compass International Holdings, the parent company of Compass, said in a statement. “We are pleased to see that other brokerages are now recognizing the strong consumer demand for more options in how they sell their homes. Homeowners deserve more choices, not fewer choices.”
Originally filed in mid-June, Compass’s lawsuit focused on Zillow’s listing access standards policy, which went into effect in late June. Compass filed its motion for preliminary injunction seeking to prevent Zillow from enforcing the policy just days before the policy was set to take effect.
In early February, Judge Jeannette Vargas, who was overseeing the lawsuit, denied Compass’s motion stating that the brokerage did not show a likelihood of success on the merits of its case during a hearing regarding the motion held in mid-November 2025.
Zillow did not immediately return HousingWire’s request for comment about Compass’s dismissal of the lawsuit.