Zillow And Redfin Ordered To Produce Documents In $100m Rental Syndication Antitrust Case

Zillow and Redfin must turn over documents related to their $100 million rental syndication agreement, according to a court order issued on Thursday in the antitrust lawsuit filed by state and federal regulators. 

On Thursday, Judge William Porter ruled that the defendants must comply with the document production requests issued by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and attorneys general from Virginia, Arizona, New York, Connecticut and Washington, many of which are communications between the companies’ executives.

Originally filed as two separate lawsuits in late September 2025 before being consolidated in late November, the lawsuit claims that the multifamily rental syndication deal executed by Zillow and Redfin was tantamount to Zillow simply paying Redfin $100 million in exchange for it no longer competing in the multifamily rental listing space. The defendants filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit in mid-January. A hearing on this motion is scheduled for Feb. 25. 

While they wait for a ruling on this motion, the two parties are continuing to engage in discovery, which prompted the plaintiffs’ document requests. In a status report filed in mid-January, Zillow had objected to the FTC’s request to obtain some of the materials requested, but the two parties indicated that they were working to come to an agreement in a later status report. In total, Zillow and Redfin said  late last month that they had collectively handed over more than 500 documents. 

According to Judge Porter’s ruling last week, the parties must hand over a variety of documents. This includes various communications between Zillow CEO Jeremy Waksman and former Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman, as well as other Redfin staff regarding the partnership agreement between the two firms agreement. It also includes communications between Zillow executives Rich Barton, Lloyd Frink and Redfin representatives about the agreement and communications between Brad Owens, Zillow’s general counsel, and Redfin’s general counsel, as well as communications between Owens and “any representative of any other internet listing service.”

In addition, Zillow must produce any personal notes written by Waksman, Barton and Frink about the agreement and  signed declarations from leaders like Wacksman, Barton, Frink, Arnaud Berube and Matt Smith addressing a variety of things including their involvement or role with the agreement and if they know of any other documents related to the agreement. 

Neither Zillow nor Redfin immediately returned HousingWire’s request for comment.