Redfin ordered to reinstate listings, hire staff for the service under FTC settlement in Zillow case

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    "url": "https://fortune.com/2026/08/25/zillow-redfin-deal-ftc-competition-rental-market/",
    "title": "Redfin ordered to reinstate listings, hire staff for the service under FTC settlement in Zillow case",
    "author": "The Associated Press, Alex Veiga",
    "excerpt": "The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has reached a settlement with Zillow and Redfin to resolve the regulator’s claim that the companies made an illegal deal to suppress competition in online rental advertising. The FTC said Monday that it filed a proposed order with the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. It essentially requires Redfin to restart its standalone rental housing listings business, which the commission says will restore competition in the market for rental property listings. The settlement also resolves litigation brought by state attorneys general in Arizona, Connecticut, New York, Virginia and Washington. “This settlement delivers better, quicker, more certain results for both renters and property management companies than we would have been able to achieve after prevailing at trial, including firm and enforceable commitments by Redfin to relaunch its rentals advertising business,” Daniel Guarnera, director of the FTC’s Bureau of Competition, said in a statement. In its complaint filed almost a year ago , the FTC claimed that in exchange for $100 million and other compensation from Zillow, Redfin had agreed to shut down its internet listings and exclusively repost Zillow’s apartment listings, transition its customers to Zillow and stay out of the apartment listings market for up to nine years. The commission argued that the companies’...",
    "product": "standalone rental housing listings business",
    "summary": "Under a settlement with the FTC, Redfin is required to restart its standalone rental housing listings business within six months.",
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    "published_at": "2026-08-25T15:37:32Z",
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