In response to the criticism, Spyridakis has listed greater than 250 properties for lease or sale on StreetEasy. For his rental listings, Spyridakis claims he was charged $7 per day in alternate for displaying the itemizing agent’s data alongside the listings. However the swimsuit additionally claims that “Zillow permits a number of itemizing Realtors to record the identical property for lease on the similar time on its StreetEasy platform, charging every itemizing Realtor $7.00 per day.”
“Within the case of a number of realtors itemizing the identical rental, Zillow’s observe and process is to show solely the latest itemizing realtor, masking or in any other case eradicating from public view all prior itemizing realtors, whereas persevering with to cost the prior itemizing realtor the $7.00 per day price for the itemizing,” the criticism states.
Spyridakis claims that his rental listings have been “masked or in any other case faraway from public view as a consequence of this observe on quite a few events,” inflicting himself to lose enterprise.
The swimsuit is looking for class-action standing for a damages class, together with a declaratory and injunctive aid class. The damages class consists of all individuals who, inside the time-frame related to the criticism, listed a property on the market or lease on StreetEasy in alternate for paying a every day fee and had their itemizing masked, regardless of Zillow persevering with to cost them a every day fee.
The declaratory and injunctive aid class consists of all individuals who “beforehand listed, are presently itemizing, or sooner or later intend to record, a property on the market or lease on Zillow’s StreetEasy platform, in alternate for fee of a every day fee.” The swimsuit additionally claims that Zillow’s actions constituted a breach of contract that resulted within the firm being unjustly enriched.
The plaintiff is demanding a jury trial and asking the court docket for damages, disgorgement of any earnings Zillow obtained by the alleged conduct, and for a everlasting order enjoining Zillow from participating within the alleged conduct sooner or later.
Zillow didn’t return HousingWire‘s request for remark.