[SlightlyLeftPad]

Pro consumer, delaying public listings leaves the door open for housing discrimination for one. Selling agents can use the delayed listing process to only show the home to pre-screened buyers of their choosing for a variety of reasons, some legitimate; many not. That can very quickly turn into a Fair Housing violation and swept under the rug because buyers just aren’t aware it’s happening.

[mensetmanusman]

Anti-consumer, marketing homes to actual people instead of faceless corporations and investment arms (which have destroyed family housing) helps keep communities strong.

[lazide]

Huh? Sellers can always sell to individuals without ever publically listing, and Sellers always have the option of (non-obviously) discriminating this way.

Hell, sellers can just tell people at their church group, madrasa, whatever that they’re thinking if selling.

It’s common for less economically minded sellers to pick a lower offer from someone they like, or have some personal connection with their story on, etc.

Even if listed publicly, they can pick and choose whatever buyer they want, as long as they don’t explicitly say they used a protected class as the justification for excluding someone.

Doing so would be a dumb unforced error (no one has to tell a buyer why they rejected their offer!), but I’m sure idiots do it all the time.