The AI boom didn’t kill Silicon Valley — it supercharged its housing market

The AI boom has become a boon to the Bay Area’s luxury home market as homebuyers are able to bring more cash to closing than a few years ago, according to a new report from Realtor.com. Buyers made a median down payment of 35% of the purchase price for a luxury home in the greater San Francisco area in 2025, up 6.6 percentage points from a few years ago, the Austin-based real estate site reported on Thursday. That means buyers are bringing about $198,000 extra to closing for a $3 million entr...