Fair Housing Law on the North Fork
January 17th, 2009 category: Buyers, Real Estate News
Recently, I read a blog in which the author (not a real estate agent) was discussing a housing possibility with a friend.
When the friend mentioned the area of interest, the author offered her own input, which was that this particular neighborhood had a crime issue. When recent crimes were provided to the homebuyer, they made the decision to look elsewhere, based on the authors/friend’s input.
The question posed by the author was, “Why didn’t their real estate agent tell them about the crime level”?
When you’re seeking a home with a real estate agent, fair housing laws apply; offering an opinion on crime, the make up of locals (race, religion, etc.), or any other effort to dissuade/encourage a purchase based on what appear to be simple questions can end up being in violation of fair housing laws, or viewed as “steering.”
Here are some links to Fair Housing Laws and Community links.
Office of Fair Housing (HUD)
As a real estate company, we offer links to sites offering crime statistics; many sites offer population data. Providing legitimate go-to’s for consumers is perfectly legal; offering an opinion is most definitely not.
These controls are in place to protect consumers from opinions that may or may not be valid, and offer fines to real estate agents that violate these laws, in order to minimize discrimination in any form with housing.
Information offering crime statistics, school “report cards”, the location of child predators, and general population info is readily available to ALL home purchasers, when considering areas of interest, and should be considered “due diligence” on the part of the home buyer.
Links or data sources are permitted by your real estate agent, so if you have an area of interest, request legitimate data before embarking on a search in which you might discover something contrary to your home purchase goals in advance.
To check out all available properties on the North Fork of Long Island, click “north fork homes”, enter your area of interest and any parameters, and click “go”- properties for sale include Riverhead, Aquebogue, Baiting Hollow, Calverton, Jamesport, Laurel, Mattituck, Cutchogue, Peconic, Southold, Greenport, East Marion, Orient, and Orient Point, NY.
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