{"id":50076,"date":"2026-05-11T17:21:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T14:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mk.gen.tr\/judge-denies-motion-to-dismiss-zillow-redfin-ftc-lawsuit\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T17:21:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T14:21:12","slug":"judge-denies-motion-to-dismiss-zillow-redfin-ftc-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mk.gen.tr\/en\/judge-denies-motion-to-dismiss-zillow-redfin-ftc-lawsuit\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge denies motion to dismiss Zillow-Redfin FTC lawsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"

Zillow<\/strong> and Redfin<\/strong>\u2019s legal battle with the Federal Trade Commission<\/strong> (FTC) and attorneys general from Virginia, Arizona, New York, Connecticut and Washington will continue.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Last Thursday, a Virginia-based U.S. District Court judge denied a motion to dismiss<\/a> the antitrust lawsuit the two online listing portals filed in mid-January.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Originally filed as two separate lawsuits in late September 2025 before being consolidated<\/a> in late November, the lawsuit <\/a>claims that the multifamily rental syndication deal executed by Zillow and Redfin <\/a>in early 2025 was tantamount to Zillow simply paying Redfin $100 million in exchange for it no longer competing in the multifamily rental listing space.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This ruling comes after the parties held a hearing regarding the motion back in late February.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In their motion to dismiss, the defendants argued<\/a> that since the case involved a two-sided advertising platform, the plaintiffs\u2019 have filed to properly allege a market encompassing both sides and that their geographic market definition is not correct as housing markets are local. Zillow and Redfin also argued that the plaintiffs failed to allege that the two firms have \u201csufficient market power to harm competition.\u201d<\/p>\n

In his order, the judge recognized that while online listing platforms do involve a two-sided marketplaces, he finds that the \u201cpro-competitive justification for anti-competitive conduct relied on by defendants\u201d only applies to two-sided platforms where the owner of the platform owner must simultaneously make sales to both sides of the platform, which is not the case with an internet listing service. Regarding the alleged anti-competitive impact of the agreement, the judge wrote that \u201cgiven the fact-intensive nature of these claims, much of which involve factual assertions and considerations outside of the Complaint itself,\u201d the plaintiffs have alleged facts that make their antitrust claims plausible.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In an emailed statement, a spokesperson for Redfin wrote that the firm \u201cstrongly disagrees\u201d with the FTC\u2019s allegations.<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/em>Redfin remains confident we will be vindicated by a court of law. Our partnership with Zillow has given Redfin.com visitors access to more rental listings and our advertising customers access to more renters,\u201d the spokesperson wrote. \u201cBy the end of 2024, it was clear that the existing number of Redfin advertising customers couldn\u2019t justify the cost of maintaining our rentals sales force. Partnering with Zillow cut those costs and enabled us to invest more in rental-search innovations on Redfin.com, directly benefiting apartment seekers.\u201d<\/p>\n

Zillow did not immediately return HousingWire\u2019s request for comment.\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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