US FTC's Zillow-Redfin agreement attained same benefits as trial, Ferguson says
( August 24, 2026, 20:46 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: US Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson said the agency's settlement with Zillow and Redfin in an antitrust lawsuit over competition for rental listing marketing services obtains "everything we could have gotten at the end of a successful trial." Ferguson said in a post on X that the FTC settles cases when a settlement will fully protect competition. "It will provide precisely the sort of competition in rental markets that the American people need, which is an integral component of President Donald Trump’s domestic housing agenda," he said.X post attached; statement follows:...
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