How a Secret Rent Algorithm Pushes Rents Higher - ProPublica
WEBOct 15, 2022 · RealPage hired Roper as its principal scientist in 2004 to improve software it had bought from Camden Property Trust, a large investor-backed owner and manager of apartment buildings.
What Is RealPage? DOJ Sues Software Firm Using Algorithm …
WEBAug 27, 2024 · As sky-high rents and a housing shortage become major issues in the 2024 presidential election, the U.S. Justice Department has sued software company RealPage, alleging its algorithm enabled...
Feds accuse RealPage of price-fixing rent - Courthouse News …
WEBAug 23, 2024 · RALEIGH, N.C. (CN) — The Justice Department on Friday sued RealPage, a company that provides pricing software to apartments, arguing its software is depriving renters of fair competition and creating collusion between landlords.
Is Your Rent an Antitrust Violation? - The Atlantic
WEBAug 10, 2024 · In an interview with ProPublica, Jeffrey Roper, who helped develop one of RealPage’s main software tools, acknowledged that one of the greatest threats to a landlord’s profits is when nearby...
Feds accuse RealPage of price-fixing rent - TucsonSentinel.com
WEBAug 26, 2024 · Jeffrey Roper, a principal scientist who joined the company in 2004, helped to design one of RealPage’s revenue management systems, YieldStar.
DOJ Files Antitrust Lawsuit Against RealPage — ProPublica
WEBAug 23, 2024 · The civil lawsuit, filed in federal district court in Greensboro, North Carolina, accuses Texas tech company RealPage of taking part in an illegal price-fixing scheme to reduce competition among...
Industry Insiders Rebut Claims of RealPage Rental Cartel - The Real Deal
WEBSep 18, 2023 · In the ProPublica article, Davidoff and Roper — who served as chief scientist for RealPage from 2004 to 2012 — discuss the history of revenue management software. But they claim the story...
RealPage’s rent pricing software warrants court scrutiny - Dallas News
WEBAug 27, 2024 · Federal prosecutors are suing RealPage, accusing the company of violating antitrust laws by acting as a middleman for landlords in a scheme to fix apartment prices.
RealPage antitrust lawsuits allege collusion among corporate …
WEBFeb 3, 2024 · There's almost no way it can't," said Jeffrey Roper, a former RealPage employee and inventor of YieldStar. YieldStar is one of three key revenue management tools offered by RealPage. The...
RealPage faces class-action lawsuit in wake of ProPublica expose
WEBOct 21, 2022 · One quote from Jeffrey Roper— the main architect of RealPage’s software— from ProPublica’s investigation will now be a part of the lawsuit against the company.
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