Hundreds of Chicago-area home listings are set to disappear from Zillow after a regional database cut the company's access.

The dispute centers on private listings that are marketed to select buyers before appearing on public websites.

Zillow sued the database operator and Compass brokerage, accusing them of conspiring to undermine its rules.

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On Wednesday, hundreds, and perhaps thousands, of home listings in the Midwest were slated to begin disappearing from Zillow amid a mounting legal fight between some of the biggest players in the real estate industry.