In this week's news roundup, the team unpacks Zillow's antitrust lawsuit against Compass and MRED, plus Q3 financial results from REA Group, Realtor.com and Rightmove.

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:17 Zillow Sues Compass & MRED
22:13 REA Group Q3 2026 Results
30:28 Realtor.com Q1 Renaissance
41:04 Rightmove Market Update

Zillow Sues Compass & MRED
Zillow has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Compass and Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED), alleging the two conspired to threaten Zillow's access to listings in Chicagoland if it enforced its listing standards. Harvey, Simon and Ed dig into the philosophical seller-choice vs buyer-information divide, Zillow's spiralling legal costs ($20m incremental in Q2 alone), and why this is the latest sign that agents and brokerages worldwide are starting to push back against portal power.

REA Group Q3 2026 Results
REA Group posted $398m AUD revenue (+6% YoY) and $220m EBITDA (+11% YoY) at a 55.3% margin. But REA India had a disappointing quarter and is starting to look like a soft exit. The team discusses whether owning multiple portals across multiple countries is anything more than a PowerPoint dream, and what Australia's new tax regime around negative gearing means for transaction volumes.

Realtor.com - Renaissance Or PE Sale?
News Corp CEO Robert Thompson hailed a "renaissance" at Realtor.com - revenues up 10% to $148m USD, 261m monthly visits, 31% portal visit share. Ed wonders whether the unusually effusive CEO commentary is a signal News Corp is teeing the asset up for a private-equity sale.

Rightmove Market Update
Rightmove held 8-10% revenue growth guidance and pointed to 2,500 technology releases, 43 live AI initiatives, and LLM referral traffic still under 0.5% (flat since end of 2025). Simon and Harvey debate whether the AI doom narrative is overcooked, or whether traffic is leaking to smaller agents instead of the portals.

Presented by:
Edmund Keith - https://www.linkedin.com/in/edmund-keith/
Harvey Hancock - https://www.linkedin.com/in/harvey-hancock/
Simon Baker - https://www.linkedin.com/in/stbaker/

Zillow vs Compass Round 2 + Financial Results From REA Group, Realtor.com & Rightmove

The PPW Podcast

Zillow vs Compass Round 2 + Financial Results From REA Group, Realtor.com & Rightmove