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Industry at a Crossroads — Living Update #1

On June 15, 2026, MLex reported that Stanley Woodward, the Associate Attorney General, has been placed in charge of running the Department of Justice Antitrust Division. The step matters because of who Woodward is and how he reached it. It matters more because the division he now controls has spent the better part of a decade as the principal federal antitrust threat to organized real estate.

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John Reilly June 16, 2026 No Comments

A Chilly Night at the First Inman Connect

It all began around a campfire 29 years ago: 50 real estate leaders came together in a redwood grove in Sonoma County, California, for the first Inman Connect. There was so much to talk about the impact on the real estate industry of this new thing called the commercial internet.

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John Reilly December 9, 2025 No Comments

If you want to catch a big fish, avoid small ponds — by Damian Eales

If as an industry, we took the same time and effort we dedicate to debating Clear Cooperation and instead directed it at influencing lawmakers to solve the genuine problem of housing supply – the communities we serve would be immeasurably better off – and so would we. It is time we shift the conversation – and fix what’s actually broken. 

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John Reilly June 16, 2025 8 Comments

Artificial Intelligence:  Built to Serve, or Will It Replace?

But in real estate, in parenting, in everyday life, we’re already negotiating with a new kind of construct. AI isn’t a fantasy. It’s a framework we’ve invited in. The question isn’t whether it will change everything. It’s whether we’ll realize when we’re no longer in control.

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John Reilly June 1, 2025 5 Comments

Rewriting Fair Play: What Real Estate Can Learn from Baseball’s Shake-Up

Real estate isn’t a game, but it is a profession grounded in credibility and a belief in fairness. And right now, the Department of Justice is making one thing clear—competition in the industry isn’t just a value; it’s a legal imperative. Whether through antitrust litigation, scrutiny of cooperative compensation, or the push for open access to listing data, the message is the same: if consumers don’t have real choices, the system isn’t working.

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Summer Goralik May 3, 2025 2 Comments

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Breaking News in FTC v. Zillow/Redfin Lawsuit

This is one of the FTC’s most significant recent actions involving online real estate and rental marketplaces. The agency’s position is that paying a competitor to exit a market can violate antitrust law when it reduces competition and consumer choice — the “pay to exit” theory.

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John Reilly August 25, 2026

Customizable Feed Types to Fuel AI Innovation

“MLS Router™ has fundamentally changed how we think about MLS data. It’s no longer just about distributing feeds. It’s about governance, transparency, and creating new revenue opportunities in a way that scales. For the first time, we can measure usage, manage licensing, and monetize data through a single operating system.”

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John Reilly April 21, 2026