The corporate divorce: An insider’s view of the MRED-Zillow standoff

by Ben Lalez

Our fiduciary duty is not to tech platforms or national brokerage strategies, Compass team lead and Zillow customer Ben Lalez writes. It is to the human beings who trust us to guide them through the housing market.

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