@cnn: Just a few years ago, San Francisco was a poster child for post-pandemic urban decline. Now, the AI boom is turning the city and its suburbs into the hottest housing market in the country. Tech workers armed with cash and increasingly valuable stock options are flooding the market, driving up prices on homes and rental properties alike. The median home in San Francisco is now selling for $1.7 million, the fastest price growth the city has seen in nearly a decade, according to Redfin. 📸: Josh Edelson/AFP/Getty Images; Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images; Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images; Michaela Vatcheva/Bloomberg/Getty Images; David Paul Morris/Bloomberg/Getty Images; Heather Diehl/Getty Images; David Paul Morris/Bloomberg/Getty Images; Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images; Dado Ruvic/Reuters

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