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buyer's market

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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 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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Despite the anxiety among investors that the bull market has to end, and all the headwinds that can be pointed to that may cause a correction if not a bear market, 10 out of 11 sectors in the S&P 500 just beat earnings estimates.

— Eric Rosenbaum, CNBC, 21 Aug. 2026
Growth will almost certainly cool, but earnings rising 12% instead of 30% would hardly make a compelling case for a bear market.

— Andrew Graham, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of bear market

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One of the best-performing stocks of the AI bull market also sports the third-lowest multiple in the S & P 500, with only Charter Communications, a struggling cable and broadband company, and General Motors, a cyclical automaker, cheaper.

— Isabella Gao, CNBC, 31 Aug. 2026
Back then, bond investors were enjoying the spoils of a multi-decade bull market.

— Greg Ritchie, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of bull market

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