House Passes Bipartisan Housing Bill, Compass vs Zillow Lawsuit Heats Up, & CPI Data

On today’s Knowledge Brokers Podcast, Byron Lazine, Lisa Chinatti, and Tom Toole break down the latest jobs report and what it signals for housing and mortgage rate expectations in 2026. They also unpack the bipartisan housing bill that just passed the House and debate its potential impact on affordability and supply.

They wrap up with a discussion on the federal judge’s denial of Compass’s injunction against Zillow and what that ruling means for listing control and portal power moving forward.

⏰ Timestamps

00:00–01:09 Intro

01:09 Topic 1: Jobs Report

18:00 Discussion on the value of memorization in education vs AI training

19:27 Housing Panel w/ Logan Mohtashami & Barry Habib

26:52 Chart: Weekly New Listings (Bright MLS)

27:50 Chart: National Single-Family New Listings (HousingWire)

30:17 Average mortgage rate predictions for 2026

36:40 Topic 2: Bipartisan Housing Bill Passes the House

38:15 “I actually like this …if they do it right.”

48:56 Topic 3: Federal Judge Denies Compass Injunction against Zillow