# Will the Fed Lower Rates? Who was the "other bidder" for ReMax??

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Published: 2026-06-17T19:41:00+00:00
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## Resource

It's Fed Day, and the real estate industry is fighting for control. In Episode 365 of This Week in Real Estate, we're going live on one of the biggest housing market days of the month: the Federal Reserve's latest rate announcement. Mortgage rates, buyer demand, affordability, home prices, and market confidence are all tied to what the Fed says next, and we'll be watching the announcement as it hits near the end of the show. But the Fed is only one part of the story. This week, we're breaking down a wild set of real estate headlines that all point back to one major question: who controls the housing market now? We'll cover the growing tension inside NAR, Inman's new advisory council featuring leaders from Zillow, Compass, and HomeServices, the latest twist in the Zillow, Compass, MRED, and CoStar legal fight, and why eXp says the off-MLS listing debate keeps leaving out the buyer. We'll also dig into Google's nationwide real estate listing rollout and what it could mean for agents, brokerages, portals, and listing visibility. If Google becomes a bigger home search destination, what happens to Zillow, Realtor.com, Homes.com, MLSs, and the broader real estate portal ecosystem? Plus, Bed Bath & Beyond is acquiring Fathom Holdings in a $53.8 million deal, and we're looking at the SEC filing tied to the REAL and ReMax transaction. Was the mysterious "Party C" possibly eXp? We'll talk through what the filing says, what it does not say, and why brokerage consolidation may be one of the most important trends agents are underestimating. Then we'll shift to the housing market itself. Record home prices, elevated mortgage rates, weaker purchase demand, rising contract cancellations in former hot seller's markets, and new signs that buyers may be reemerging. Is this finally a hous…

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