How to Use asking price in a Sentence

asking price

noun
  • The game’s entertainment value well exceeds the asking price of nothing.
    Gene Park, Washington Post, 14 June 2022
  • The biggest driver of the increase was for apartments, whose median asking price was up 21% over last year.
    Joe Taschler, Journal Sentinel, 10 June 2022
  • Landlords are walking away with rents roughly 11% above the asking price on average, according to the report.
    Trey Williams, Fortune, 8 June 2022
  • In those instances, landlords received an average premium of nearly 11% above asking price.
    Tiffany Ap, Quartz, 6 June 2022
  • Renters paid an average of 11% over the landlord's asking price in May, an amount that has been going up in the few months since Miller has been tracking it.
    Anna Bahney, CNN, 9 June 2022
  • Rising mortgage rates drove buyer urgency and the resulting price growth, with about 70% of U.S. homes selling for more than asking price this spring.
    Brenda Richardson, Forbes, 7 June 2022
  • While Cutler did not receive his full $11 million asking price, per TMZ, the $7.9 million sale was all cash.
    Michelle Duncan, Architectural Digest, 8 Aug. 2024
  • If that’s the asking price, the Rams won’t be in the mix.
    Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2022
  • There is no word on the asking price for the restaurant.
    William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al, 1 June 2023
  • The lot lingered on the market for a few years and then the asking price dropped.
    Marissa Gluck, Los Angeles Times, 20 Nov. 2023
  • That is, of course, if the hefty $19.4 million asking price is met.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 8 Sep. 2022
  • And less than two-thirds of them are even worth as much as the M5’s $2 billion asking price.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 25 Jan. 2024
  • The listing does not offer an asking price for the sale.
    Amanda Yeager, Baltimore Sun, 19 Mar. 2024
  • The median asking price for a rental in May was over $3,100.
    Christine Armario, Washington Post, 11 July 2022
  • Homes are less likely to sell for far more than asking price.
    Hope Hodge Seck, Washington Post, 20 Apr. 2023
  • The asking price had been set at €8 million or close to 8.8 million USD.
    Lauren Beale, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
  • About 45% of homes in the Twin Cities sold above the asking price in June, according to Redfin data.
    Sami Sparber, Axios, 27 July 2024
  • It’s been on the market — and pulled — twice since January 2021 but the asking price has remained the same.
    Megan Jones, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2023
  • Chung, Edgar-Jones and Ramos, too, just boosted their asking prices.
    Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 22 July 2024
  • If the asking price on Giolito is too stiff, what about Lance Lynn?
    Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 12 July 2023
  • No news yet on asking prices, which makes sense; sales might not start until 2024.
    Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 13 June 2023
  • The median asking price now clocks in at $2,975, which is still nothing to scoff at.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 20 Dec. 2022
  • Yun said 8% mortgage rates would bring the housing market to a halt and may even sink asking prices.
    Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Will homes still sell for $1 million over asking price?
    Kellie Hwang, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 June 2022
  • Is a great ‘Horizon’ VR game enough to justify a high asking price?
    Britton Peele, Dallas News, 6 July 2023
  • The big reason, to date, is that the asking prices for the kind of players the Lakers are interested in have been seen as too high.
    Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb. 2024
  • The asking price for the properties — which totals about 1.3 acres — has not yet been made public.
    Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 17 Nov. 2022
  • The Carosellas had their third offer accepted in June for about 3.3% above the asking price.
    David Harrison, WSJ, 18 Aug. 2022
  • Prices on the resale market fluctuate, and so a ticket might not be sold at the asking price.
    Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Generally, that meant reducing their asking price, offering a home warranty or setting a flexible closing date.
    Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 22 July 2024

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