Do you have proof or at least some evidence?

.... I'm not the person you're asking but I can give curious anecdata on a home purchase....

When I bought my home, I had a purchase agreement that said 'I will pay up to 1500$ cash if the property assesses for less than X' (X being the amount I told the realtor I was willing to pay.)

And the property happened to assess EXACTLY for X.

Collusion in markets is nothing new, and even when we regulate people find ways around it.

It is very telling especially in light of the Palantir manifesto, that all of this technology is being applied against individuals instead of towards ensuring business compliance.

	▲	gerdesj 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Hmmm. Property purchase agreements are rather different in your neck of the woods than mine! Here (UK) we do have a bit of variety, thanks to devolution and bloody mindedness. I'm talking about English here (possibly Welsh too), rather than British (England + Wales + Scotland) or even UK (England + Wales + Northern Ireland). Wales is actually a bit more complicated than that but let's keep it simple. Here (England), you advertise a house price and invite buyers. You generally engage one or more estate agents (realtors) I think it is called an "invitation to treat" in legal terms. ... negotiations ... Once a price is "agreed", contracts are drawn up by both sides and "exchanged". When the exchanged contracts are both accepted, then the contract is binding on both sides. Basically: the Buyer will Buy and the Seller will Sell etc. I think the US is fairly similar in that you do have to agree to something before it becomes a binding agreement.