Consumer Policy Center fellows Stephen Brobeck and Wendy Gilch praised Zillow’s private listing ban while calling on the Department of Justice to limit the spread of private listing networks.
Source: Inman News
Watchdog calls on DOJ to investigate private listing networks
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