Case file / Algorithmic price coordination
RealPage
YieldStar
The DOJ alleges RealPage's YieldStar revenue-management software let competing landlords share sensitive data and coordinate rent increases across 16-plus US metro markets, functioning as algorithmic price-fixing.
Status: DOJ settlement framework (Nov 2025); actions ongoing
The alleged harm
- /Alleged rent increases of 5-10% above market in deployment cities
- /Affected Phoenix, Atlanta, Seattle, Denver, Nashville, Dallas and more
- /Aggregate harm alleged in the billions of excess rent
On the record
| U.S. DOJ v. RealPage (complaint) | M.D. North Carolina | 23 Aug 2024 |
| DOJ settlement framework | DOJ | Nov 2025 |
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