Company: HOUS
Filing Date: 2025-12-02
Form Type: DEFM14A
Source: 0001628280-25-054793
Chunk: 6

Company: Anywhere Real Estate Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-12-02
Form: DEFM14A
Chunk 6
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 carefully read this joint proxy statement/prospectus, including any documents incorporated by reference herein, and the annexes in their entirety.

Your vote is very important regardless of the number of shares of Compass common stock that you own. The votes cast in favor of the Compass share issuance proposal must exceed the aggregate of votes cast against the Compass share issuance proposal. We encourage each stockholder to vote at your earliest convenience, by visiting www.proxyvote.com online, by calling (within the U.S. or Canada) toll-free at 1-800-690-6903 (if you are a registered record holder), or by signing and returning your proxy card (if you are a registered record holder) or voting instruction form (if you are a beneficial owner). You may also vote at the meeting online by visiting www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/COMP2026SM and following the instructions. Regardless of whether you expect to attend the virtual meeting online, please vote your shares in one of the ways listed above.

If you have any questions about the Compass special meeting, the merger, the proposals or the accompanying joint proxy statement/prospectus, or if you would like additional copies of the accompanying joint proxy statement/

prospectus, need to obtain proxy cards or other information related to this proxy solicitation or need help submitting a proxy or voting your shares of Compass common stock, you should contact Compass:

<div align='center'>Compass, Inc.

110 Fifth Avenue, 4th Floor

New York, New York 10011

Telephone: (646) 982-0353

Email: corporatesecretary@compass.com</div>

| BY ORDER OF THE COMPASS, INC. BOARD OF DIRECTORS |
| Ethan Glass                                      |
| Ethan Glass                                      
 Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary      
 Compass, Inc.                                    |

#### ANYWHERE REAL ESTATE INC.

#### 175 Park Avenue

#### Madison, New Jersey 07940

### NOTICE OF THE SPECIAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
<div align='center'>TO BE HELD VIRTUALLY VIA THE INTERNET ON JANUARY 7, 2026</div>

To the Stockholders of Anywhere Real Estate Inc.:

We are pleased to invite you to attend a special meeting of stockholders of Anywhere Real Estate Inc. (which we refer to as “Anywhere”) held virtually via the Internet on January 7, 2026 at 9:00 a.m., Eastern Time, to consider and vote on the following proposals:

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