Whither Realtor.com?

Lost in all of the drama around Zillow, NAR, CCP, Delayed Marketing, and so on is the third largest portal by traffic: Realtor.com.

While Damian Eales, CEO of Realtor.com had said very nice things about Delayed Marketing, and stood up for “transparency and openness”, it seems to everyone who knows the industry that Realtor.com got royally screwed when it’s all said and done.

Zillow, Redfin and Homes.com have all taken a stance on things. Realtor.com has not. It does make one wonder whether Eales believed his public statement on the issue, or was merely buying time while under duress from Move’s “partners” in Realtor.com—NAR.

What is clear at this point is that nothing is clear when it comes to Realtor.com. I thought we might take a moment to explore that.