> Both things can be true Another thing that can be true is that a company can be engaged in an illegal attempt to fix prices and still fail to raise prices, e

> Both things can be true Another thing that can be true is that a company can be engaged in an illegal attempt to fix prices and still fail to raise prices, e.g. because they stupidly got half the landlords together to withhold units which only caused those landlords to have a higher vacancy rate while the other half got to enjoy a lower vacancy rate, leaving the average the same but costing the conspirators money because they had disproportionately more empty units. Attempting to fix prices is still illegal even if your attempt blows up in your face and costs you money instead.