Information only · sourced below

Where the listings actually are now

Most agents still assume every publicly marketed home hits the MLS within a day. On paper that is still the rule. In practice it has become something you can no longer count on — which changes where you have to look.

• Clear Cooperation requires a publicly marketed listing to be filed with the MLS within one business day. It remains in effect.
• It now sits alongside the Multiple Listing Options for Sellers policy, which allows a “delayed marketing” designation — filed with the MLS but held back from IDX and syndication for a period each MLS sets.
• Enforcement has largely broken down: many brokerages and agents disregard it and many MLSs have stopped pursuing it.
• Private listing networks are expanding, with some regional MLSs opening theirs to national subscription.
• Zillow and Realtor.com have both moved to show coming-soon and private listings alongside everything else.

Sources: Industry reporting on Clear Cooperation and private listing networks, 2026 · NAR MLS policy. Figures verified August 2026.