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Bess Freedman on why Compass’ portal is elevating purple flags

By Editorial Board Published February 6, 2025 3 Min Read
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Bess Freedman on why Compass’ portal is elevating purple flags

Launched Monday, Compass One’s goal is to funnel enterprise by means of non-public unique channels, Brown Harris Stevens CEO Bess Freedman writes — but it threatens a wholesome actual property market.

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The launch of Compass One, Compass’ in-house-only listings and personal exclusives platform, is elevating purple flags for me and lots of others in the true property trade. Let’s be clear: Any brokerage that advocates for less than advertising and marketing listings internally will not be placing the consumer’s pursuits first, however relatively it’s an try and pad its personal pockets.

Actual property is a service and data enterprise, and by capturing data and limiting publicity, non-public listings decrease competitors for the consumer. The principle tenet of every little thing we do as actual property professionals is to serve our shoppers’ greatest curiosity, particularly earlier than ours. This new Compass program is antithetical to all of that.

Is it unusual for brokers to inform their brokerage’s brokers first earlier than a property hits the market? Completely not, so long as it’s inside native affiliation tips. Does it assist sellers to protect their properties from the open market? Not often.

For sellers, casting a large web helps to make sure the best variety of potential patrons are viewing your listings and exposes them to probably getting the very best value from probably the most certified patrons. You by no means know who’s watching from completely different elements of the nation, who could possibly be concerned with a property and pay an unimaginable value, when you solely harbor the listings internally.

At Brown Harris Stevens, we would like our sellers to get the absolute best supply, whether or not it comes from Compass or anyplace else.

If brokerages begin hiding listings from the open market, what are patrons going to do? A fragmented market means much less transparency. This platform is launching at a time when it’s extraordinarily troublesome to purchase, particularly for youthful generations and first-time homebuyers.

Consumers ought to be capable of see what’s available on the market and out there. We will’t get offers finished with out them. Maintaining half of the occasion at midnight doesn’t make the market any extra environment friendly. It does assist gate hold commissions.

A clear market is sweet for all, not only one firm.

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