Zillow’s bold move to confront off-market housing inventory

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Last week, Zillow announced a new policy that bans home listings from appearing on the platform if they were first listed for sale in private networks more than 24 hours before appearing on the Multiple Listing Service (MLS).

That’s an attempt by Zillow to keep more inventory on the “public” housing market.

“If a listing is online, it should be online everywhere.