real estate market
Home buying arena
The real estate market is the collective activity of buying, selling, and renting property—land and buildings.
Like other markets, it fluctuates with supply, demand, and economic conditions: The real estate market has cooled since interest rates rose.
The term often appears in discussions of housing prices and investment: They got into the real estate market at just the right time.
- buyersThose who obtain goods
- housing demandDesire for residential units
- housing shortageLack of available dwellings
- residential propertiesBuildings for inhabitation
- curb appealProperty's visual attractiveness outside
foreclosures · commercial properties · urban planning · zoning laws · mortgage lenders · tax policies · brokers · sellers · developers · housing bubble · monetary policy · interest rates · rental units · property values · home equity · construction costs · inflation rates · investors
- modern economicsGDP, GDP growth, recession, inflation, interest rates
- marketsmarketplace, bazaar, souk, vendors, food stalls
real estate marketstock market
Securities trading venue
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real estate marketdigital economy
Internet-driven commercial activity
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