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REAL ESTATE EXAM PREPGEORGIA REAL ESTATE EXAM GLOSSARY
Blockbusting
Blockbusting is inducing or attempting to induce owners to sell or rent by suggesting that people of a protected class are entering or may enter the area and that negative consequences will follow.
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Fair housing
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GLOSSARY TERM GUIDEBuild the complete exam definition
Learn the rule, separate it from the nearest distractor, then apply it to a Georgia fact pattern.
What does Blockbusting mean?
Blockbusting is inducing or attempting to induce owners to sell or rent by suggesting that people of a protected class are entering or may enter the area and that negative consequences will follow.
How do you separate the nearest exam answer?
Blockbusting targets owners with fear to generate transactions. Steering directs prospects, while redlining restricts services or credit by area or protected-class patterns.
What changes or stays the same in Georgia?
The federal prohibition applies in Georgia even if the predicted price change or neighborhood claim is framed as market advice.
An agent tells homeowners to list immediately because families of a particular race are moving nearby and values will supposedly fall.
No actual demographic change or completed sale is required for the prohibited solicitation technique.
Memory cue: No actual demographic change or completed sale is required for the prohibited solicitation technique.PASS GEORGIA
REAL ESTATE EXAM PREPGEORGIA REAL ESTATE EXAM
GLOSSARY TERM GUIDERetrieve the rule under exam conditions
Answer before reading the explanation. Then explain why every distractor belongs to a different term.
Which statement correctly explains Blockbusting?
- A
Steering is guiding a housing prospect toward or away from neighborhoods, properties, or communities because of the person's protected-class status or the protected-class composition of an area.
- B
Blockbusting is inducing or attempting to induce owners to sell or rent by suggesting that people of a protected class are entering or may enter the area and that negative consequences will follow.
- C
Redlining is denying, limiting, pricing, or discouraging lending, insurance, brokerage, or other housing-related services because of the racial, ethnic, protected-class, or geographic character of an area rather than legitimate individual risk factors.
- D
The federal Fair Housing Act prohibits discrimination in covered housing sales, rentals, advertising, financing, brokerage, and related services because of race, color, religion, sex, familial status, national origin, or disability.
Blockbusting is correct. Blockbusting is inducing or attempting to induce owners to sell or rent by suggesting that people of a protected class are entering or may enter the area and that negative consequences will follow. Blockbusting targets owners with fear to generate transactions. Steering directs prospects, while redlining restricts services or credit by area or protected-class patterns. The federal prohibition applies in Georgia even if the predicted price change or neighborhood claim is framed as market advice.
Mark each box only when you can perform the skill without looking.
I can define the term in one precise sentence.
I can separate it from the closest look-alike.
I can explain the Georgia rule or confirm that the national rule applies.
I can answer the practice check and explain every option.
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REAL ESTATE EXAM PREPGEORGIA REAL ESTATE EXAM
GLOSSARY TERM GUIDEConnect the term to the wider exam
Use these relationships to move from isolated recall to a connected exam model.
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Official exam administration and content-outline source.
https://test-takers.psiexams.com/api/content/bulletin/4672Federal source for protected classes, prohibited conduct, accommodations, and modifications.
https://www.hud.gov/helping-americans/fair-housing-act-overview