Fair Housing
A Virginia real estate agent who shows minority buyers properties only in certain neighborhoods while showing white buyers a wider range of properties is engaging in:
ALegal market segmentation
BSteering — an illegal fair housing violation✓ Correct
CProper fiduciary duty by matching buyers to neighborhoods
DLegitimate targeted marketing
Explanation
Steering is the illegal practice of directing buyers toward or away from neighborhoods based on race or other protected class characteristics, violating the federal Fair Housing Act and Virginia Fair Housing Law.
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