{
  "id": 3028447,
  "title": "FTC Secures Order Resolving Antitrust Concerns with Zillow-Redfin Agreement",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/ftc-secures-order-resolving-antitrust-concerns-with-zillow-redfin",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-24T12:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "FTC Competition",
    "slug": "ftc-competition",
    "url": "https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2026/08/ftc-secures-order-resolving-antitrust-concerns-zillow-redfin-agreement"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Federal Trade Commission, supported by five states, announced today that they will file a stipulated order to resolve their lawsuit against Zillow and Redfin. This order will reestablish competition in the online platforms used by renters to search for apartments and property managers to list rentals. The key term in the 2025 agreement between Zillow and Redfin, which involved Zillow paying $100 million for Redfin to cease its internet listing services (ILS) business, will be eliminated. Redfin will also be required to return to the ILS market with a more extensive range of apartment listings and make enforceable commitments to invest substantial funds to become a more formidable competitor. The restoration of competition in the ILS market is anticipated to reduce costs and encourage innovation for the benefit of renters and property management companies. FTC Director Daniel Guarnera highlighted that the settlement nullifies an agreement in which Zillow paid Redfin $100 million to withdraw from the market and transfer all customers to Zillow, which violated antitrust laws. This settlement is expected to yield more favorable and prompt outcomes for both renters and property management companies compared to the potential trial results, including firm and enforceable commitments from Redfin to relaunch its rentals advertising business. The FTC alleged that Zillow, Zillow Inc., and Redfin Corporation entered into an unlawful agreement in February 2025 that dismantled Redfin as a competitor in the ILS advertising market for multifamily rental properties. Both the Commonwealth of Virginia and the states of Arizona, Connecticut, New York, and Washington initiated a similar complaint shortly after the FTC, leading to the cases being consolidated in November 2025. The complaints alleged that Zillow paid Redfin to exit the ILS advertising market and remain out for up to nine years. The proposed order, in effect for ten years, mandates that Redfin and Zillow modify their agreement and implement various provisions to restore competition in the ILS market, such as removing anticompetitive restrictions on Redfin's ability to compete independently, mandating Redfin to reenter the ILS market within six months of the order's approval, and ensuring Redfin has the resources and incentive to grow its ILS business.",
  "summary": "The Federal Trade Commission, joined by five states, today notified the court that it will file a stipulated order that resolves its litigation against Zillow and Redfin and restores competition in the online platforms that renters use to find apartments and property managers use to list rentals. The order eliminates the key term in a 2025 agreement between Zillow and Redfin under which Zillow…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}