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buyer's market

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Recent Examples of buyer's market Redfin defines a buyer's market as one with at least 10% more sellers than buyers. — Diana Olick, CNBC, 19 Nov. 2025 While the Sunshine State can solidly be considered a buyer's market, as homes are taking the longest in the country to sell and inventory has risen by double-digits in recent months, locals are just not earning enough to afford the properties for sale. — Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025 Housing inventory has grown beyond pre-pandemic levels, creating a buyer's market with more options and negotiating power. — Collyn Wainwright, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025 While the affordability crunch is expected to continue thwarting many Americans' hopes of getting on the property ladder, experts expect prices to fall in some parts of the country this year, potentially turning into buyer's markets. — Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for buyer's market

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Right now, the market is actually still extremely healthy, and Omaha's in a seller's market.

— Better Homes & Gardens, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 July 2026
The traditional real estate industry rule of thumb has been that a seller's market is one with less than 4 months of supply of homes to buy, while a buyer's market is 6 months or greater.

— Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2026

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Investors worried that higher rates could lead to an economic slowdown and potentially a recession, pushing the Dow and the other major averages to fall into bear market territory.

— Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 29 July 2026
That time period covers the dotcom collapse, the global financial crisis, the COVID crash and the 2022 bear market.

— Frank Holmes, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026

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