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June 25, 2025 22 mins

Many people who visit Zillow aren’t even buying houses — they’re just looking, sharing and daydreaming about their ideal home. The site has such a powerful hold on the market that one real estate company filed a lawsuit this week calling Zillow a monopoly. 

Elahe Izadi talks with reporter Rachel Kurzius about how we got here and what this house-hunting obsession says about us. 

Today’s show was produced by Emma Talkoff and Tadeo Ruiz Sandoval. It was edited by Lucy Perkins and mixed by Sean Carter. 

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