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Real Estate Glossary

Blockbusting

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Written by Kevin Coulston

This illegal practice causes homeowners in a neighborhood to sell their properties by making representations of the prospective entry of members of a minority group–of a different race or national origin in particular–into the neighborhood. This is also known as panic peddling.

This illegal practice causes homeowners in a neighborhood to sell their properties by making representations of the prospective entry of members of a minority group–of a different race or national origin in particular–into the neighborhood. This is also known as panic peddling.

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Kevin Coulston