Real Estate
Zillow Caught Up in TikTok Drama Over Big-Money Role in Housing
A video posted by a real estate agent in Las Vegas — claiming a company was pulling off a convoluted scheme to manipulate housing prices — has gone viral.
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Runaway home prices are fueling angst on social media over the role of big corporations in the U.S. housing market.
Zillow Group Inc. became the latest company to get enmeshed in internet drama when Sean Gotcher — a real estate agent in Las Vegas — posted a TikTok video that said an unnamed company was pulling off a convoluted scheme to manipulate housing prices in his home market.