Boston's top-ranked Sarkis Team has launched SARKIS SOON, an invite-only private exclusive listings marketplace.

Rent a car from Avis, Budget or Payless and you are doing business with the same holding company. Same with Hertz, Dollar and Thrifty. Real estate brokerages are going the same way. So when Compass ...

As Compass looks to grow its private exclusive inventory, the firm is going retro. Prior to the advent of the internet, the physical MLS book of homes listed for sale was kept in a brokerage’s office.

With an exclusive agency deal, you don’t pay a commission if you bring in your own buyer.

Even after hiring a broker, most people in the market for a new home spend a lot of time on sites like StreetEasy and Zillow, browsing what they assume is pretty much everything available. But ...

StreetEasy and Zillow have clarified their listing standards, and it doesn’t look good for brokerage’s private exclusive models. Zillow said in April it would ban listings that are not shared with the ...

Compass is opening its private listings to the industry — as long as you follow its rules. The brokerage, which has been waging a multi-front campaign on its ability to market listings without ...