Flood of AI Cash Is Forcing Bay Area Homebuyers To Boost Down Payments by $200K To Compete

The latest technological revolution has upended the San Francisco Bay Area’s housing market, where AI pioneers flush with cash are offering massive down payments to lock down increasingly scarce premium properties. To track this phenomenon, the Realtor.com® economic research team studied down paymen

HGTV Star Alison Victoria Unveils Las Vegas Villa Where She Is Planning ‘Forever’ Future With Her Boyfriend After Quitting Chicago for Good

It was love at first sight for HGTV star Alison Victoria when she was first introduced to her Las Vegas–area home, where she is now committing to a “forever” future for herself, her design career, and her boyfriend, Brandt Andersen. The 44-year-old home design guru instantly knew the 1990s-built, fo

AI paralysis is real. Here’s how to move past it

The conversation around artificial intelligence has reached a tipping point. For many professionals, the barrier is no longer skepticism. It’s saturation. AI is everywhere. Headlines, product demos, internal meetings and daily workflows. And yet, despite constant exposure, a large number of people r

The insurance market at halftime: What builders need to know for the rest of 2026

The spring housing market came in with genuine momentum. Mortgage rates had moderated. Affordability was improving at the margins. Pent-up buyer demand was real. And running beneath all of it, quietly reshaping what buyers could actually afford, was the continued rise of homeowners insurance costs.