Thesaurus results for SELLER'S MARKET

seller's market

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as in buyer's market

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Recent Examples of seller'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 Overall, though, Wisconsin remains a seller's market. — Francesca Pica, jsonline.com, 25 Nov. 2025 Despite the advantage for buyers, several Valley cities are already shifting toward a seller's market, a trend that could expand. — Catherine Reagor, AZCentral.com, 7 Oct. 2025 Less than four months of inventory indicates a seller's market; more than six signals a buyer's market. — Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for seller's market

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In a buyer's market, sellers are more likely to cut prices, provide rate buydowns or cover closing costs to incentivize home shoppers to seal the deal.

— Kelsey Neubauer, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2026
Buyers may have negotiating leverage With a buyer's market comes more leverage to get a better deal.

— Tim Maxwell, CBS News, 30 June 2026

Definition of buyer's market

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Meta stock plunged after the hyperscaler drifted into negative free cash flow, while China entered bear market territory with Alibaba’s stock dropping 6%, as investors questioned the return on its AI investments.

— Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 22 Oct. 2026
Strategy briefly departed from that stance earlier this year, however, selling Bitcoin on four separate occasions during a bear market that pushed the cryptocurrency’s price as low as $58,000 in June.

— Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of bear market

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To be clear, this remains a bull market, the S&P 500's uptrend unbroken, with constant rotations between AI tech and remainder of the market fitfully supporting the tape, with pullbacks limited to 3% for half a year.

— Michael Santoli, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2026
The bull market of the early 2010s was called the most hated rally in history.

— Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of bull market

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