Hip Pocket Listing

Stiff Penalties for Violating Zillow’s Private Listings Ban Begin June 30

By Shelby Skrhak / June 30, 2025 /

Agents who publicly market a home listing but fail to post it on Zillow within 24 hours are about to face real consequences. Beginning June 30, Zillow will start enforcing the most aggressive part of its new Listing Access Standards — and the penalties could mean losing access to Zillow for the life of the…

Compass Sues Zillow Over Private Listings Ban That Violates Antitrust Laws

By Shelby Skrhak / June 24, 2025 /

Zillow’s crackdown on off-market listings escalated this week as Compass filed an antitrust lawsuit in the Southern District of New York, challenging Zillow’s enforcement of its new 24‑hour “private listings” rule. CEO Robert Reffkin called it an abuse of Zillow’s “monopoly power,” accusing the platform of blocking homeowners and agents for marketing listings elsewhere too…

This University Park Home Gets an A+ for Style and Location

By Joanna England / June 11, 2019 /

  Finding a home with a central location that also feels like a private sanctuary is no easy feat, but this beautiful brick home near the high-end NorthPark Center has cracked the code. Nestled on a tree-lined street, it is just minutes from movie theaters, designer shopping, and luxurious dining, yet makes you feel as…

This Highland Park Modern Is a Rogers Healy Hip Pocket Gem

By Shelby Skrhak / January 18, 2019 /

Rogers Healy and Associates always has the best hip pocket properties for us, and this 6,356-square-foot contemporary home at 3504 Lexington Avenue in Highland Park not listed in MLS is no exception. A dining room wall of floor-to-ceiling sliding doors gives you a peek inside the beautiful contemporary architecture of this home, listed by Rogers…

Dallas-Based Real Estate Tech Start-Up HipPocket Folds After Two Years in The Fray

By Joanna England / August 23, 2017 /

  We got tipped off by a reader that HipPocket, the tech start-up brought to the market by pioneering broker Clay Stapp and his business partner, James Bohan-Pitt, will soon close. In a message to users and clients of the site, Stapp and Bohan-Pitt said that the company, which was launched give agents and brokers…