Does the Greystar lawsuit settlement mean the RealPage lawsuit is over?

RealPage lawsuit update: three landlords remain

The states can keep pursuing their rent-pricing claims against RealPage and three landlord defendants. Judge William L. Osteen Jr. denied their motions to dismiss in the Middle District of North Carolina, as Carolina Journal reported.

At this stage, the judge treats the complaint’s factual allegations as true and asks whether they state a legally sufficient claim. The opinion lets the claims proceed; it does not decide whether the defendants actually broke the law. For renters concerned about coordinated prices, that keeps the dispute open rather than delivering a refund.

The parties’ different positions explain why a settlement headline can be misleading. The ruling addresses the government case, not every private lawsuit involving the same companies.

Why states say the software inflated rent

The states allege that competing landlords shared confidential rental information through RealPage instead of setting prices independently. Their amended complaint describes nonpublic rent and occupancy data feeding software recommendations, alongside features they say discouraged price cuts. The dispute is about how competing landlords arrived at prices.

That is why the case involves antitrust law, which concerns competition between businesses. The allegation is that a shared pricing system helped rivals coordinate rents. A landlord using software, by itself, is not a court finding that your rent was illegally inflated.

RealPage denies wrongdoing. In announcing its DOJ settlement, the company said the agreement involved no admission of liability and no financial penalties or damages. That response concerns its federal settlement, not a ruling clearing it of the states’ allegations.

Why the DOJ deal did not end the states’ case

The judge found that the DOJ agreement did not eliminate the states’ remaining claims. The opinion explains that the agreement leaves some alleged conduct outside its restrictions and that the states cannot enforce the federal decree themselves. The decree also has a limited duration.

The DOJ settlement announced in November 2025 required changes to the pricing system, including these restrictions:

1. Stop using competitors’ nonpublic, competitively sensitive information to determine rental prices.
2. Use competitors’ nonpublic data for training only when it is at least 12 months old and is not from active leases.
3. Remove or redesign features that constrain rent decreases.

The Greystar lawsuit settlement is a separate money claim

The money claim comes from a different case. Greystar is among the landlords participating in proposed private settlements totaling $359,925,000 in Tennessee federal court. The official settlement website lists the settling defendants; RealPage itself is not among the companies funding these settlements.

Yes, the RealPage rental settlement is legitimate: it has a court-authorized notice in In re RealPage, Inc., Rental Software Antitrust Litigation (No. II), No. 3:23-md-03071. But the settlements have preliminary approval, not final approval. The scheduled approval hearing is October 15, 2026.

An eligible renter must submit a valid claim to be considered for payment. The administrator’s claim deadline is January 29, 2027. The court’s extension order moved the separate objection and exclusion deadlines to September 22, 2026, which has already passed. That distinction matters: the open claim window does not mean the window to opt out is still open.

These class action settlements could pay eligible renters if approved. The September 30 states-case ruling does not approve them, establish your eligibility or set your payment.

Who may qualify, and what records count

You may qualify if you directly paid rent for an eligible multifamily property during the class period. A lease or rent-payment records can support a claim that needs documentation showing your own direct payments at each address.

The administrator’s property lookup is the place to check your rental address. A building’s name or a landlord’s brand alone does not confirm your claim. The form also includes exclusions, including defendants and people with accepted, timely requests to leave the settlement class.

The court’s supplemental notice says you do not need to send supporting documents if the administrator has filled in your claim form. You still need to submit the form to be considered for payment.

Supporting documents, when required, need to cover at least one month and year during the lease period at each claimed address, under the claim form. Bank statements can have unrelated transactions redacted. Roommates claim their own directly paid portions, rather than each claiming the whole household’s rent.

1. The rental was in the United States or its territories.
2. You paid rent on a multifamily residential lease from October 18, 2018 through November 21, 2025.
3. You paid an owner, manager or owner-operator directly.
4. The property was subject to a license for RealPage’s Lease Rent Options, YieldStar or AI Revenue Management.

Dates that matter for renters

The next scheduled settlement event is the October 15 approval hearing. The official administrator’s dates distinguish that hearing from the later claim deadline; the claim form requires online submission or receipt by the deadline, not simply a postmark.

1. November 24, 2025

   DOJ announces its settlement with RealPage.

2. September 22, 2026

   Extended private-settlement exclusion and objection deadlines expire.

3. September 30, 2026

   Judge denies dismissal of the states’ claims against RealPage and three landlords.

4. October 15, 2026

   Private-settlement final approval hearing is scheduled.

5. January 29, 2027

   Private-settlement claims must be submitted online or received by mail.

What to verify before a claim

Start with the settlement’s eligibility rules and proof of your direct rent payments. The claim form makes payment eligibility subject to verification, so a familiar landlord name is only a starting point.

A settlement also affects legal rights. The notice explains that class members who did not validly exclude themselves give up specified claims against the settling defendants, and doing nothing brings no payment from these settlements. A lawyer can explain how those releases apply to an individual dispute.

For a separate lease, eviction or current-rent problem, a real estate lawyer can address that issue. When choosing a lawyer, ask whether they handle rental disputes or antitrust settlement questions like yours.

1. Whether your property and tenancy dates match the settlement class.
2. Whether the administrator has filled in your claim form or asks for supporting records.
3. Whether your claim can meet the January 29, 2027 submission or receipt deadline.
4. Which claims the settlement releases and whether that affects another dispute.