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  sellers' market

  noun

  a market in which goods and services are scarce and prices relatively high.
• seller's market
  seller's market

  A market in which demand exceeds supply. As a result, consumers have to pay more for goods. (Compare buyer's market.)

sellers' market

American  

noun

1. a market in which goods and services are scarce and prices relatively high.

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sellers' market British  

noun

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

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seller's market Cultural  

1. A market in which demand exceeds supply. As a result, consumers have to pay more for goods. (Compare buyer's market.)

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For example, it’s still a sellers’ market in the Midwest and Northeast, according to most Coldwell agents.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 23, 2026

“The main constraint in this quest for AI dominance is access to power, creating a sellers’ market for those with unencumbered, gigawatt-scale generation deliverable in the next 24 months,” wrote John C. Hodulik of UBS.

From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2025

So right now, it’s a sellers’ market, and being a cash buyer will allow you to stand out among the rest.

From Slate ● Jun. 21, 2022

Indonesia’s ban is set to shift demand to Malaysia, making it a rare sellers’ market, Nageeb said.

From Reuters ● Apr. 25, 2022

Did many of them attribute this to the fact that there was a "sellers' market" caused by the conditions over which the individual business man had no control?

From The Foundations of Personality by Myerson, Abraham

“When we look at that really intense seller’s market that we had when rates were very low and homes were moving very quickly, sellers didn’t have to necessarily do those types of things,” Lautz said.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 3, 2026

Home sales have limped along since rising prices and mortgage rates snuffed out the pandemic’s ultrahot seller’s market several years ago.

From Barron's ● Feb. 10, 2026

Hostile policies hold the promise of a seller’s market.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 18, 2025

I thought I might buy a house here after a year or two, but then the interest rates shot up, along with it still being a seller’s market, so it doesn’t really seem feasible.

From Slate ● Feb. 23, 2024

Herds were sold weeks before their arrival, others were met as far south as Camp Supply, and it was easily to be seen that it was a seller's market.

From Reed Anthony, Cowman by Adams, Andy