Getting a home mortgage used to take weeks of phone calls and paperwork. Now, real estate search platforms like Zillow and Redfin offer comprehensive, nearly one-click homebuying. What are the hidden costs of trusting these industry giants with every step of the process?Today on <a href="https://www.levernews.com/subscribe-to-lever-time/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=lever-time">Lever Time</a>, producer Natalie Bettendorf speaks with Lever reporter Helen Santoro about her investigation into how these one-stop real estate shops may actually be hurting homebuyers — and the U.S. economy.You can read Helen’s story <a href="https://www.levernews.com/one-stop-real-estate-is-a-trap/">here</a>, and a follow-up story <a href="https://www.levernews.com/the-corporate-home-search-site-making-housing-unaffordable/">here</a>.<a href="https://www.levernews.com/the-zillow-and-redfin-convenience-trap/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=lever-time#transcript">Click here</a> for a full transcript of the episode.Get ad-free episodes, bonus content and extended interviews by becoming a member at <a href="https://www.levernews.com/join/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=lever-time">levernews.com/join</a>.To leave a tip for The Lever, <a href="https://secure.actblue.com/donate/lever-time-donate?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=lever-time">click here</a>. It helps us do this kind of independent journalism.

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