Zillow Responds in Simmering Battle Over How Homes Are Sold (1)

Zillow Group Inc. has responded in the ongoing real estate legal battle over property listings, denying claims from rival Compass Inc. that it has engaged in anticompetitive tactics.

Zillow filed court documents in Manhattan Thursday asking a judge to deny a request from New York-based Compass for a temporary order that would prevent the Seattle property giant from blocking certain listings from its popular home-search website while the lawsuit proceeds.

An “Open House” sign in front of a home for sale in the Woodland Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles, California.

Photographer: Eric Thayer/Bloomberg

It was the latest salvo in a fight between the two companies over how homes are sold in the US. Compass, the largest residential brokerage in the country, has ...