75% Expect AI, Only 16% Trust It

This Cotality stat blew my mind. 75 percent of homebuyers now expect AI to be part of the home buying process, according to the Cotality AI in Housing 2026 report released last week. But here’s the twist. Trust in AI to actually help them find a home fell from 30 percent in 2025 to just 16 percent in 2026. A 14-point collapse in one year. Buyers want the speed, they just don’t trust the results. HousingWire reported that 44 percent of buyers would actually pay extra for a human to verify AI’s work…READ MORE»