Fair Housing
A Texas real estate agent who makes statements designed to induce homeowners to sell by implying that the ethnic composition of a neighborhood is changing is engaged in:
ALegal market analysis
BBlockbusting (panic selling), which is a Fair Housing Act violation✓ Correct
CTargeted marketing to increase sales
DProviding valuable neighborhood information
Explanation
Blockbusting is the practice of inducing homeowners to sell by making representations about the entry of members of a protected class into the neighborhood, suggesting that property values will decline. Blockbusting violates the Fair Housing Act and state law.
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