# Real estate giants launch national home database as battle over ‘private’ listings heats up

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/real-estate-giants-launch-national-home-database-as-battle-over-private-listings-heats-up/
- Published: 2026-11-03T21:51:01+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-04T00:55:34+00:00
- Original publisher: New York Post (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://nypost.com/2026/11/03/real-estate/real-estate-giants-launch-national-listing-database-to-rival-compass/
- Topics: Americas, World

## Key points

- Four major brokerages are launching a shared home-listing database.
- New listings must be submitted within one business day.
- The move challenges Compass’s private-listing strategy.

## Summary

Four major US real estate groups are backing Open Real Estate, a shared national database intended to make property listings available across participating brokerages and platforms. The launch intensifies a dispute with Compass over private listings, which supporters say give sellers control over marketing, while critics argue they limit buyers’ access and weaken competition.

Announced on 26 October, the system would send listings to multiple listing services, property websites and other authorised platforms. Participating brokers would submit new listings within one business day of a seller agreement; joining is initially free, with the founders funding development. The database would sit alongside existing services, and would include a restricted “participant view” for some privacy-sensitive listings. The initiative comes amid lawsuits over Compass’s listing practices, including actions involving six regional services representing more than 120,000 property professionals.

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