Sentence examples for scant inventory from inspiring English sources
And with lingering low mortgage rates and scant inventory, many buyers in the $1 million to $2 million housing market are frustrated.
Nonetheless, the open house was busy, Mr. Sylvester said, and he was not surprised to learn that the owner had an acceptable offer so quickly, because there had been such scant inventory available for sale in recent months.
At a time when low interest rates and scant inventories of available apartments are helping sellers draw 100-plus crowds to open houses, their neighbors are becoming fed up with what they see as marauding hordes invading their privacy.
For single-family residences, which make up a scant third of the inventory, prices range from $900,000 for a house that needs upgrades to about $6 million for new custom construction.
Other physical losses, including destroyed furniture, computer systems and lost inventories, are pegged at a whopping $12 billion, although there is scant information in the report on how that number was determined.
And among the self-employed, those who are doctors, lawyers or other highly paid professionals with scant paper trails — due to the fact that they provide a service and don't have a detailed inventory of inputs — tend to be the most agile tax evaders.
The inventory of homes for sale is two and a half months, which Jeffrey G. Otteau, a real estate industry consultant, described as scant.
