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Recent Examples of buyer's market 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 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 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 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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On April 8, the broad S&P 500 index finished that session below the 5,000 mark and within inches of the threshold for a bear market, a term used to describe a 20% drawdown from a recent high.

— Alex Harring,Luke Fountain, CNBC, 2 July 2026
Microsoft and Meta are in a bear market after losing a fifth of their value from their peaks.

— David Goldman, CNN Money, 26 June 2026

Definition of bear market

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More than $800 billion tracks the index, including the Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ), which is one of the most popular securities traded each day and is seen as a barometer for the artificial intelligence bull market.

— Yun Li, CNBC, 27 June 2026
Morgan Stanley called the sell-off healthy, noting that seeing tech’s leadership change could extend the bull market rather than ending one.

— Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 11 June 2026

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