blockbusting

blockbusting
block·bust·ing n: profiteering by inducing property owners to sell hastily and often at a loss by appeals to fears of lowered values because of threatened minority encroachment and then reselling at inflated prices
◇ Many states have statutes prohibiting blockbusting by real estate agents.

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

blockbusting
v. The inducement of people by a real estate agent to sell real property quickly, and frequently for less than what the property is worth, by spreading rumors about ethnic minorities moving into the neighborhood and thereby generating business for the real estate agent. This practice is outlawed by many state laws as well as by the federal Fair Housing Act of 1968.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary. . 2000.


blockbusting
The practice of illegally frightening homeowners by telling them that people who are members of a particular race, religion, or national origin are moving into their neighborhood and that they should expect a decline in the value of their property. The purpose of this scheme is to get the homeowners to sell out at a deflated price.

Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.


blockbusting
The practice of illegally frightening homeowners by telling them that people who are members of a particular race, religion, or national origin are moving into their neighborhood and that they should expect a decline in the value of their property. The purpose of this scheme is to get the homeowners to sell out at a deflated price.

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