Can AI Help You Buy or Sell a Home?
It’s often said that artificial intelligence (AI) is the future and will change how we do everything. But can AI really help you buy or sell a home? Let’s find out.
What is AI?
AI is technology that enables computers to simulate human intelligence. It can gather information, learn from it, and even make decisions.
You may already use AI in your daily life.
For example:
- Alexa can tell you today’s news.
- ChatGPT can instantly find you a Victoria sponge recipe.
- Google Assistant can help manage your schedule.
But can AI take the hard work out of finding or selling a home?
Can AI Help You Find a Home?
To test this, we ran a simple experiment. We asked popular AI tools to find us a house to buy in our area. Here’s what happened:
- Alexa: Could find us almost anything—except houses.
- Siri: Only gave us directions to the place we were searching for.
- ChatGPT: Provided a list of property listings from sites like Rightmove. However, some didn’t match our requirements at all.
- Grok (X’s AI tool): Gave us lots of area information but no actual listings. It suggested using property platforms instead.
- Gemini (Google’s AI): Didn’t even provide area insights—just recommended using an estate agent.
Conclusion? AI didn’t make our property search easier. In some ways, it made it harder.
Can AI Help You Sell Your Home?
If AI struggles to help buyers find the right home, it’s hard to see how it can help sellers either.
While AI may improve in the future, it’s not yet capable of replacing the expertise of a real estate agent.
Why Human Estate Agents Still Matter
An experienced local agent:
Understands the area deeply.
Knows what buyers are looking for.
Can market your home effectively.
Provides a personal, tailored approach.
Thinking of Buying or Selling?
Until AI catches up, working with a real human expert is still the best way to buy or sell a property.
📞 Get in touch today to speak with one of our local estate agents!
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