It only matters if the government prosecutes it, which, a) they don't really do any more (recent Google stuff notwithstanding) and b) they only do when you do stuff that they don't like.
It's probably not, either, because making moral choices isn't collusion. You couldn't say they're all colluding if they all have a 30 day return policy.
Why would the government prosecute? They were the ones that passed the Fair Housing Act and created the Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity. Redfin and the other sites might dress it up in DEI, but they don't want another vector to get sued by race hustlers.
it sounds similar in principle to price fixing. if they are colluding, I wonder if it is actually illegal.
It only matters if the government prosecutes it, which, a) they don't really do any more (recent Google stuff notwithstanding) and b) they only do when you do stuff that they don't like.
It's probably not, either, because making moral choices isn't collusion. You couldn't say they're all colluding if they all have a 30 day return policy.
Why would the government prosecute? They were the ones that passed the Fair Housing Act and created the Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity. Redfin and the other sites might dress it up in DEI, but they don't want another vector to get sued by race hustlers.
The entire real estate industry is an illegal cartel