How to Use asking price in a Sentence

asking price

noun
  • The first buyer who walked in bought the house for the asking price.
    — Marni Jameson | Contributing Writer, NOLA.com, 15 Sep. 2020
  • Which one sells faster, and for closer to or above asking price?
    — Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • At this point in the cycle, that asking price may be a bit too steep.
    — C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 5 Feb. 2025
  • Or at least the asking prices on homes for sale are being lowered.
    — Terry Savage, Chicago Tribune, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Was their inaction a sign of asking prices around the league?
    — Colton Pouncy, New York Times, 5 Nov. 2025
  • There should be plenty of teams willing to meet the asking prices.
    — Chris Branch, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2026
  • West Ham’s asking price is going up.
    — Liam Twomey, New York Times, 24 June 2026
  • The lot lingered on the market for a few years and then the asking price dropped.
    — Marissa Gluck, Los Angeles Times, 20 Nov. 2023
  • The Elwoods had to pay over asking price to close the deal on their house.
    — Claire Pedersen, ABC News, 14 Sep. 2021
  • But will this display be enough to drive up the asking price from the Rams?
    — Tyler Small, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
  • If sold for the asking price, this home will break the record as the most expensive sale in the area.
    — Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 10 May 2022
  • Make the value of the offer seem higher than the asking price.
    — Allan Dib, Forbes, 22 June 2021
  • But Modell says if the asking price is too much, the Browns will pass.
    — Doug Lesmerises, cleveland, 3 Mar. 2021
  • The Blues are right to have high asking prices for players such as Thomas.
    — Jeremy Rutherford, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
  • One of the other teams will snap and decide to meet Suárez’s asking price.
    — Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2026
  • The Seahawks tried to re-sign Clowney, but his asking price was too high.
    — oregonlive, 12 Sep. 2020
  • Dubas was surprised by the asking prices around the league and even more surprised some teams met those asking prices.
    — Josh Yohe, New York Times, 27 June 2026
  • The Rangers’ asking price presumably starts with at least a first-round pick and good prospect, if not more.
    — Peter Baugh, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
  • In April 2022, 71% sold above asking price.
    — Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Dec. 2025
  • And less than two-thirds of them are even worth as much as the M5’s $2 billion asking price.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 25 Jan. 2024
  • The buyer sent a larger amount than the asking price and asked that a mover be paid through Zelle to ship the item.
    — cleveland, 10 Feb. 2022
  • No one else came close to the asking price (six players, including three high-level prospects).
    — Brittany Ghiroli, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Both completions and asking prices came in slightly ahead of forecasts.
    — Royston Wild, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
  • On average, homes were selling for 23% above the asking price.
    — Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2026
  • In the show, Ashe acquires it for the full $20 million asking price in an all-cash deal.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 24 Apr. 2026
  • The muted demand forced some sellers to pull their listings off the market or slash their asking prices.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Then there are the eye-popping asking prices on the World Cup secondary market.
    — Sean Gregory, Time, 27 May 2026
  • The asking prices for the seven homes totaled over $100 million.
    — Claudia Williams, Architectural Digest, 18 June 2026
  • That puts pressure on sellers to lower their asking price to be more competitive.
    — Lauren Sommer, NPR, 12 Nov. 2025
  • Homes are staying on the market longer, and bidding wars have eased, with just 14% of homes selling above asking price.
    — Jessica Lautz, Fortune, 8 Apr. 2026

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