# Has Housing Bottomed? Are Realtors Being Replaced by AI?

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Podcast: [this Week in Real Estate](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-real-estate-1143209)
Published: 2026-06-03T18:51:00+00:00
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## Resource

AI is changing the way buyers search for homes, and this week may be one of the clearest signs yet. In this episode of *This Week in Real Estate*, we're breaking down Realtor.com's new AI home search tool built with Google, Google's new 24/7 AI home-hunting capabilities, and what it means when buyers can search smarter, faster, and with less direct agent involvement. We'll also talk about one reporter's experience using AI to buy a home without a traditional Realtor, and why that story should get every real estate agent thinking about their value proposition, buyer consultation process, and how they show up before the client ever books a showing. Then we're moving into one of the biggest housing market signals of the week: Berkshire Hathaway's $8.5 billion acquisition of Taylor Morrison. Is this just a major homebuilder deal, or is Warren Buffett's company signaling that the housing market may be closer to the bottom than buyers and sellers realize? Plus, we'll cover the latest MLS and portal drama, Realtracs keeping Zillow's Nashville listing feed live, why Realtor associations may need to consolidate, and why the spring housing rebound never really happened. On the market side, sellers are pulling homes off the market at near-record rates, listing prices are seeing their sharpest drop in years, mortgage rates are easing slightly while buyers retreat, down payments are falling, investor purchases are at their lowest level since 2020, and pending sales are slipping again. AI disruption, builder confidence, seller reality checks, mortgage rate whiplash, and another strange week in the housing market. Let's get into it. RUNDOWN & ARTICLE LINKS: Links will be added here after the live show. Topics in this episode: Realtor.com launches AI home search with Google Google AI…

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