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  buyers' market

  noun

  a market in which goods and services are plentiful and prices relatively low.
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  buyer's market

  A market in which supply exceeds demand. As a result, suppliers usually have to lower their prices, thus favoring the buyer. (Compare seller's market.)

buyers' market

American  

noun

1. a market in which goods and services are plentiful and prices relatively low.

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buyers' market British  

noun

1. a market in which supply exceeds demand and buyers can influence prices

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buyer's market Cultural  

1. A market in which supply exceeds demand. As a result, suppliers usually have to lower their prices, thus favoring the buyer. (Compare seller's market.)

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Etymology

Origin of buyers' market

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

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The Dodgers’ front office capitalized on a fruitful buyers’ market, completing trades with six different teams in July.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2023

But if these homeowners bet right, and home prices drop significantly, they could see their money go much further than it does right now when or if they end up shopping in a buyers’ market.

From New York Times ● Jun. 24, 2022

"The current labour market is a sellers' market, not a buyers' market, meaning jobseekers hold all the cards and it is down to the employers to make themselves as attractive as possible to new talent."

From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2022

Housing inventories, though slightly larger, are still well below the six-month mark that signals a buyers’ market.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 8, 2019

What a prophetic commentary it would have made on the "buyers' market" which followed the armistice.

From The Masques of Ottawa by Bridle, Augustus

Until then, for buyers, the ever-shifting rates mean that even with more leverage, it still doesn’t feel like a buyer’s market.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2026

He doesn’t describe it as a buyer’s market, per se, but he noted that buyers are getting some power back after it was in the hands of sellers for years.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 3, 2026

But the war in Iran, skyrocketing gas prices and other economic jitters are making homebuyers nervous, Redfin says, adding that it’s a buyer’s market, with sellers outnumbering buyers by more than 40%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026

But that’s only in a buyer’s market for those who can afford to buy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 24, 2025

What’s surprising is that the bias against FHA borrowers has persisted even in today’s buyer’s market, when desperate sellers are offering discounts and other incentives to close the deal.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 12, 2025