Fair Housing
Blockbusting (panic selling) is best described as:
ABulk purchasing of foreclosed properties in a neighborhood
BInducing homeowners to sell by suggesting that protected-class persons are moving into the area, causing property values to decline✓ Correct
CRefusing to make loans in certain geographic areas
DAdvertising a property as exclusively available to members of a specific religion
Explanation
Blockbusting is the illegal practice of inducing owners to sell by making representations that persons of a protected class are moving into the neighborhood, implying that property values will fall.
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