Thanks to a deal struck by Zillow and Redfin in February, renters have had fewer options for browsing apartment listings, and they might not have even realized it. Now the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is suing the companies alleging that their partnership violates antitrust laws calling it, “an illegal agreement to dismantle Redfin as a competitor.”
Zillow (which runs Trulia, HotPads, and StreetEasy) entered into a partnership in which it paid Redfin (which runs Rent.com and…