Company that makes rent-setting software for landlords sued for collusion

RealPage worked with some of the nation’s largest landlords to raise rents, says lawsuit.

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In a whole lot of industries, there is a sort of "soft cartel" anyhow. I mean, I do hope they bust this app and the landlords using it, but. . .

In most industries, there is at the minimum, all participants tracking the pricing of "the market" and raising prices accordingly.

I mean yeah and that's fine for commodities and luxury goods. Setting price at the maximum that the market will bear isn't a problem for widgets and doodads and fancy purses. Housing is a need though which makes price fixing more of a hostage situation.