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AI reshapes Bay Area real estate market amid privacy, trust concerns

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Two of the Bay Area’s biggest stories are coming together: artificial intelligence and housing. In a recent “Making it in the Bay” report, a closer look at the local market reveals that real estate is going high-tech, introducing new features alongside new privacy concerns. While it is often noted that local housing prices are high because of AI companies, the technology itself is now actively changing the way people buy and sell homes in the Bay Area. “AI does not make you a lawyer,” one voice noted during a Commonwealth Club forum hosted today by the California Center for Real Estate. At the event, tech workers and real estate agents discussed the integration of AI products from companies like San Francisco-based Qualia. Charlotte Brown, vice president of product at Qualia, highlighted the positive reception from their users. “A lot of the feedback we got from people using our product was, ‘Oh, this is the assistant that I’ve always wanted,’ they feel like someone had their back, bec

First report: The Likes of Blackstone and Brookfield Are Using AI to Build Real Estate Tech In-House — commercialobserver.com, 8d