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Harris said most developers buying up lots aren’t huge companies looking to turn Altadena into a community of tract homes.—Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2025 Sterling Bay began buying up riverfront properties between North Avenue and Webster Avenue about 10 years ago.—Brian J. Rogal, Chicago Tribune, 15 May 2025 Thompson’s momentum carried him far left, leaving tons of real estate wide-open for New York’s captain to buy up.—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 2 May 2025 This would discourage entities from buying up hundreds or thousands of homes and turning the masses into renters.—U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for buy up
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