: Viral TikTok accuses Zillow and competitors of manipulating the housing market. Here’s what’s really going on

Are companies like Zillow ZG and Redfin RDFN manipulating home prices by purchasing properties across the country? That’s what one real-estate agent claims in a video that went viral on the social-media platform TikTok — but real-estate experts say the reality is much more complicated.

In a video that’s garnered more than 2.4 million views on TikTok, Nevada real-estate agent Sean Gotcher criticizes the “iBuying” business model, where companies buy and sell homes for a profit. In the video, he proposes that a nameless company…