Agent lawsuit accuses Zillow of illegal tying with mortgage platform

Zillow recently rebranded its invite-only Flex program to Zillow Preferred. In the filing, Dupuis claims that under the Preferred Agent program, the fee an agent pays to Zillow varies depending on the sales price of the home, with fees running up to 40% of the agent’s commission. She claims that this is above the typical referral fee of 25%. According to Dupuis, agents are willing to pay…