The TRUTH About Zillow’s ShowingTime Acquisition

Byron Lazine and Nicole White discuss Zillow’s purchase of ShowingTime, ‘housing recession’ hype, shrinkflation worries, and consumer struggles with utility bills.
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This week on The Real Word, Byron Lazine and Nicole White discuss Zillow’s acquisition of ShowingTime, along with confusion over the term, ‘housing recession,’ which has been used to stoke fears. Turns out even economists can’t agree on a clear meaning for it. Today’s “Left, Middle, Right” segment covered two headlines: one on shrinkflation and the other on consumer struggles with utility bills.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QE4b3R6ZTdc
Click on any of the timestamps below to watch:

0:003:11: Intro
3:11: Topic #1—Zillow bought ShowingTime
15:07: Topic #2—What does ‘housing recession’ even mean?
20:40: Left, Middle, Right
20:57: #1—CNBC article: 64% of consumers worried about shrinkflation
24:27: #2—Fox Business: More than 20 million U.S. households are behind on utility bills

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