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Are Zillow Flex agents required to send buyers to Zillow Home Loans?

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The hits against residential real estate listing portal giant Zillow keep coming. On Tuesday, The Capitol Forum published a report claiming that their research and reporting shows that Zillow’s Flex program could violate the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA).  According to the report, agents, many of whom were former Zillow Flex agents, told The Capitol […]

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Former Zillow Flex agent on who benefits from Premier agent class action lawsuit

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In full transparency: My former Dayton, Ohio real estate team is one of Zillow’s top-performing Flex partners, closing a significant number of Flex deals every month. I understand how the program works — the good, the bad and the fine print. When I read about the new class-action lawsuit accusing Zillow of misleading consumers through

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Legal experts say RESPA suit against Zillow is ‘going nowhere fast’

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Zillow’s legal workload became even heavier on Friday when homebuyer Alucard Taylor filed a class action lawsuit against the real estate behemoth over its Premier Agent and Flex programs.  The lawsuit, which was filed in U.S. District Court in Seattle, alleges both the Washington Consumer Protection Act and the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA)

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Zillow faces class-action suit over Premier Agent, Flex commissions

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Zillow is facing yet another lawsuit. Filed on Friday in U.S. District Court in Seattle, the lawsuit alleges that the portal tricks consumers into using agents affiliated with Zillow through its Flex and Premier Agent programs, resulting in inflated home purchase prices.  The suit was filed by Alucard Taylor, who purchased a home in Portland, Oregon,

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From Zillow to sphere: Why you must know the source of your real estate referrals

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Although consumers are doing more independent research and home browsing than ever before, data from the National Association of Realtors (NAR) shows that 88% of buyers and 90% of sellers work with a real estate agent. How do these Realtor find consumers? Through real estate referrals. However, the way they meet their agents can differ

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Zillow wants to be the hub for consumers and agents

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Zillow’s critics may say that the company has never had the best interests of real estate agents at heart. But on the company’s second-quarter 2025 earnings call on Wednesday night, executives looked to set the record straight.  “As we work to streamline residential real estate transactions with our ‘Housing Super App,’ everything we build is

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Has the real estate portal landscape changed after all the M&A?

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At first glance, the real estate portal landscape looks much like it did a year ago. The same power players, the same products, the same strategies — at least on the surface. “My initial snarky reply is that the space hasn’t changed,” Mike DelPrete, a real estate industry technology strategist, said. “If you look at

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