Blockbusting


Definition of "Blockbusting"

Johanna Beasley
  Benchmark Realty LLC

Illegal practice of inducting panic selling in a neighborhood for financial gain. Such selling may arise because of the threatened move to the area of a particular racial or ethnic group.


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