Fair Housing

A real estate agent who tells a buyer 'you wouldn't want to live in that neighborhood' without explanation may be engaged in:

AAppropriate client counseling
BBlockbusting
CSteering✓ Correct
DRedlining

Explanation

Directing a buyer away from a neighborhood based on unstated (likely protected class) reasons is steering. Even subtle comments that discourage buyers from considering certain areas based on demographic composition constitute illegal steering under the Fair Housing Act.

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