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September 3, 2026

AI boom heats up Bay Area housing market as wealthy buyers drive demand for high-end homes

  • The buying spree is part of a nationwide trend of sales of upper-end properties largely holding up better than sales of less expensive homes.
    • By ALEX VEIGA
    AP Business Writer

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    In the San Francisco metro area, sales of luxury homes soared 39.3% in the first half of this year compared to a year earlier.

    LOS ANGELES — Here's another place the AI frenzy is making itself felt: the market for luxury homes.


     
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