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To further your auction analogy, Zillow was doing the equivalent of offering Buy it Now prices above asking and owners were selling immediately. They had asymmetrical access to the market because they had asymmetrical capital.

They were literally scalping properties. And, like a scalper who has too much inventory, they’re now selling at a loss.




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