homebuyer

noun

home·​buy·​er ˈhōm-ˌbī(-ə)r 

variants or home buyer

plural homebuyers or home buyers

: a person who is buying or intends to buy a home

programs for first-time homebuyers

The housing market may feel out of whack to home buyers coping with fast-rising home prices …

—Aarthi Swaminathan

Examples of homebuyer in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Not all demand is up equally — wealthy homebuyers in the Bay Area and South Florida helped push home prices and sales up, according to Redfin. — Kelsey Neubauer, CNBC, 15 July 2026

Epperley says this is not an overnight fix and implementation of the various new laws will depend on the speed of builders, lenders, and homebuyers. — Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 July 2026

Time to rethink Of course, there are plenty of hurdles for homebuyers besides the sticker price. — Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 13 July 2026

Those trends are shrinking the market of first-time homebuyers. — Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 11 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1896, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for homebuyer

• amplifier
• clarifier
• classifier
• gasifier
• magnifier
• modifier
• multiplier
• occupier
• pacifier
• purifier
• qualifier
• quantifier