re: Are real estate companies colluding to drive up the price of houses?

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One out of every four homes purchased over the past three or so years have been by investment firms.

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Well this depends on the area of the country (Phoenix, Atlanta, Charlotte, Orlando, Tampa, etc) those stats may be +/- 10% but overall across the US it is far, far less.
Less than 1% of the housing stock in the US is currently unoccupied. We have a shortage of over 7 million houses right now and at the same time we have over 3 million people coming into the US annually.

The total number of single family residential real estate owned by institutions/corporations (i.e. Apollo, Black Rock, etc.) is less than 200,000 single family homes nationally or roughly less than 1% of the entire US housing stock.

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What is “overpaying” , the market is determining what a house is worth.

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People offering above asking after interest rates have doubled.

"The market" was also determining what a house was worth 2008 as well. Different circumstances I know but the root of the problem is still the same. People buying homes the banks say they can afford but in reality they can't.

buyer and seller agents both want the max that the other party is willing to accept. It's more money for all 4 parties.

If you list a home and it sells within 2 days and you haven't had an offer review date about 5 days post listing, you are probably selling your house short of potential.

Most selling brokers want to list on a Tuesday or Wed, open house on the weekend and review on Monday.

Regardless of asking price whether it be too high or low, the market will quickly dictate true value, you just have to give it a week to work itself out.

Desirable, well maintained and updated homes and properties are worth their weight in gold due to limited or no supply.

Makes sense

The lower end is going to be more susceptible to the increase in rates