Agents said the deal gives the combined firms increased bargaining power and could help move the needle in Compass’s legal battles. The real estate industry buzzed Monday with talk of the planned acquisition of Anywhere Real Estate by Compass, which had just been announced that morning. “I think when you have more agents, you have more brokerages, you have more power,” he added. “Because, at Compass, there’s a ton of big-time agents that are selling $20, $30, $40, $50 million-plus houses in the super-high-end. A weekly deep dive into the biggest news in the world of high-end real estate delivered every Friday.