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home buyer

home buyer

17 2.0
A person who buys a house or flat to live in
  • noun
  • /hoʊm ˈbaɪər/
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  • My husband and I are looking to be first-time home buyers, and both our credit scores are less than stellar.
  • first-time home buyer
  • prospective home buyers
  • new home buyers

She's you know, she's offering a first time home buyer's tax credit, small business loans.

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Examples

  • The seminar provided useful tips for home buyers to navigate the complex housing market.

  • The low-income home buyer can have just as nice a house as anybody else.

  • As you know, home buyers have needs that go beyond just a house.

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  • A property that looks good to potential home buyers will attract them to come look at it in person.

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  • Are there tax incentives for home buyers to build green?

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  • There are a lot of options that a home buyer should know before applying for a loan.

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  • That means that when rates go up, the pain of higher rates is shared more evenly between new home buyers and existing home owners.

  • Lenders typically require home buyers to put 20% down when applying for a mortgage.

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  • A good place for first-time home buyers to start is looking for the financing options that suit their needs.

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  • Most of the buyers in Canton are first-time home buyers, single individuals, or newly married couples.

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Synonyms

buyer
vshome buyer
431 1.0

A person who pays money to get goods or services

is used only for buying to live in not for general purchases
purchaser
vshome buyer
29 2.8

A person who buys goods or property

is specific to buying to live in rather than any purchase
homebuyer
vshome buyer
12 2.8

A person who buys a house or apartment

refers only to a person buying to live in the property

Antonyms

41 1.8

A person who pays to use a house, car, or other property owned by someone else

How Committed

homeowner
216 2.5
home buyer
17 2.0

Surface Forms

home buyer singular
home buyers plural

Morphology

home + buyer

The meaning 'a person who buys a house or apartment' is directly and transparently derivable from combining 'home' (house/apartment) with 'buyer' (someone who purchases). This is a straightforward noun–noun compound following common English (and cross-linguistic) compounding patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand it.

Etymology

The compound home buyer comes from a simple idea: home means a place to live and buyer is someone who pays for something. So a home buyer is 'a person who buys a house or apartment to live in'.