Definitions

seller's market

NOUN

advantageous position for those selling

Synonyms

WEAK

bull market bullish market consumer demand land-office business roaring trade short supply steady demand

Example Sentences

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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

Late December is, by definition, a seller’s market for appreciated assets.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 26, 2025

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