Fair Housing
Blockbusting is best defined as:
ABuying distressed properties at below-market prices
BInducing homeowners to sell by suggesting that members of a protected class are moving into the neighborhood✓ Correct
CRefusing to make mortgage loans in certain geographic areas
DLimiting the number of properties shown to a buyer
Explanation
Blockbusting (also called panic selling) is the illegal practice of inducing property owners to sell or rent by implying that the entry of a protected class into the neighborhood will cause property values to decline.
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