Can’t stop scrolling on Zillow? You’re not alone.

无法在Zillow上停止翻看?你并不孤单。

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2025-06-26

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Many people who visit Zillow aren’t even buying houses — they’re just looking, sharing and daydreaming about their ideal home. The site has such a powerful hold on the market that one real estate company filed a lawsuit this week calling Zillow a monopoly.  Elahe Izadi talks with reporter Rachel Kurzius about how we got here and what this house-hunting obsession says about us.  Today’s show was produced by Emma Talkoff and Tadeo Ruiz Sandoval. It was edited by Lucy Perkins and mixed by Sean Carter.  Subscribe to The Washington Post here. Need a gut check? Find the new season of “Try This” here.
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  • Okay, Rachel, grab your phone.

  • I'm about to send you a text message.

  • Ooh.

  • I wanted to send you this

  • because I have this really weird habit that until recently I thought was just a thing that I do and the people in my life do.

  • When I'm like going to different places and different cities even,

  • if I see a for sale sign on a house, I will Google the address.

  • of this house, and I will look it up.

  • And this is a house I go to do physical therapy, and I drive by this very opulent house.

  • It is five bedrooms, six baths, over 6,000 square feet.

  • Also relevant information, we've got a two-car garage.

  • This is a newly constructed home located in a, quote, tranquil neighborhood.

  • In Washington, D.C., where things can be very expensive.

  • So, dear listener, this house... is way beyond my means and many, many others.

  • It's $3.995 million.

  • Yeah, that's a $4 million home right there.

  • Rachel Curzius writes about homes for The Post.

  • And lately, she's been reporting on a website a lot of people,

  • me included, are obsessed with right now, Zillow.

  • So I sent her a link to a listing that I've been keeping an eye on for months.