A 2nd major MLS says it will shut off Zillow's listing feed

Bright MLS will stop sending listings to Zillow and its subsidiary Trulia, becoming the second multiple listing service to do so amid an escalating fight over Zillow's private listing ban.

The move sharpens a structural question every broker-owner is now forced to answer: as the largest players build private and office-exclusive inventory networks, who actually controls distribution — the MLS, the portal, or the brokerage with the most listings?

"The fight is no longer about one portal. It's about who controls the listing."

For independents, the stakes are concrete. If listing distribution fragments, the advantage tilts further toward whoever already holds the inventory — which, post-merger, increasingly means the combined Compass–Anywhere entity.

Compliance Sentinel is tracking the policy fight and will publish an attorney-verified summary as positions firm up across the major MLSs.