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Who controls Google's AI Overview for Luxury Real Estate Advisory, Los Angeles?
facebook.com holds the strongest AI opening share on the Luxury Real Estate Advisory Los Angeles market across the 6-run window (August 31 – September 6, 2026), recording 18.18% of all AI Overview openings observed over the period.
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- Market
- Luxury Real Estate Advisory
- Location
- Los Angeles
- Observed period
- Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026
- Run type
- Period run · 6 comparable runs
- Queries
- 105 queries per run
- Search engine
- Device
- Desktop
- Source location
- United States
- Reading
- Ranking Top 10 · AI Overview
“On the Los Angeles luxury real estate AI opening-control rail, platforms — not specialist operators — open the answers.”
Quick answer
youtube.com sits 1.01 percentage points behind at 17.17%.
Key reading
Luxury Real Estate Advisory · Los Angeles · AI Overview · Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026
Across the 6-run window, the Los Angeles luxury real estate AI opening-control surface is structurally distributed. facebook.com holds the rank-1 position in the period-wide ranking at 18.18%, but youtube.com trails by only 1.01 percentage points at 17.17%, and ownluxuryhomes.com records 11.11% — meaning the top 3 actors together hold more than the remaining 7 combined. Below that tier, the 9 sources behind facebook.com range from 17.17% down to 4.04%. The panel carries a mix of social platforms and niche domains, with the only specialist operator on the governed panel — List Sothebys International Realty — sitting at 6.57%, 11.62 percentage points behind the rank-1 actor on AI opening share on this market.
Core metric
AIO opening control — top 10 · Luxury Real Estate Advisory · Los Angeles · AI Overview · Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026
Observed metric
AIO opening control — top 10
| Actor | Rank | AIO opening share | Presence |
|---|---|---|---|
| facebook.com | #1 | 18.18% AI opening share | opening in 6/6 runs |
| youtube.com | #2 | 17.17% AI opening share | opening in 6/6 runs |
| ownluxuryhomes.com | #3 | 11.11% AI opening share | opening in 6/6 runs |
| List Sothebys International Realty | #4 | 6.57% AI opening share | opening in 6/6 runs |
| usrealtytraining.com | #5 | 5.56% AI opening share | opening in 5/6 runs |
| Zillow | #6 | 5.56% AI opening share | opening in 4/6 runs |
| linkedin.com | #7 | 4.55% AI opening share | opening in 5/6 runs |
| realtrends.com | #8 | 4.04% AI opening share | opening in 4/6 runs |
| rubyhome.com | #9 | 4.04% AI opening share | opening in 4/6 runs |
| scottgoshorn.com | #10 | 4.04% AI opening share | opening in 4/6 runs |
How the actors read on the surface
Luxury Real Estate Advisory · Los Angeles · AI Overview · Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026
facebook.com holds the strongest AI opening share on this market in the period-wide ranking, at 18.18%. As a social platform rather than a specialist operator, it opened AI answers on 6 of 6 comparable runs — one of 4 actors on the panel to do so across the full window.
youtube.com records 17.17% AI opening share on this market, sitting 1.01 percentage points behind facebook.com on AI opening share on this market. Another social platform, it also opened AI answers on 6 of 6 comparable runs, matching the rank-1 actor on presence frequency.
ownluxuryhomes.com records 11.11% AI opening share on this market and sits 7.07 percentage points behind facebook.com on AI opening share on this market. A niche domain rather than a platform, it opened AI answers on 6 of 6 comparable runs — one of 4 actors on the panel to appear across every run in the window.
List Sothebys International Realty
List Sothebys International Realty is the only specialist operator on the governed top-10 panel, recording 6.57% AI opening share on this market. It sits 11.62 percentage points behind facebook.com on AI opening share on this market, yet it opened AI answers on 6 of 6 comparable runs — the fourth and final actor to appear in every run of the window.
usrealtytraining.com records 5.56% AI opening share on this market and sits 12.63 percentage points behind facebook.com. A niche domain, it opened AI answers on 5 of 6 comparable runs.
Zillow records 5.56% AI opening share on this market, matching usrealtytraining.com on the primary metric but appearing in fewer runs — it opened AI answers on 4 of 6 comparable runs. It sits 12.63 percentage points behind facebook.com on AI opening share on this market.
linkedin.com records 4.55% AI opening share on this market and sits 13.64 percentage points behind facebook.com. A social platform, it opened AI answers on 5 of 6 comparable runs — the third platform on the panel alongside facebook.com and youtube.com.
realtrends.com records 4.04% AI opening share on this market, sitting 14.14 percentage points behind facebook.com. It opened AI answers on 4 of 6 comparable runs.
rubyhome.com records 4.04% AI opening share on this market, matching realtrends.com and scottgoshorn.com on the primary metric. It opened AI answers on 4 of 6 comparable runs and sits 14.14 percentage points behind facebook.com on AI opening share on this market.
scottgoshorn.com records 4.04% AI opening share on this market, also sitting 14.14 percentage points behind facebook.com. It opened AI answers on 4 of 6 comparable runs, rounding out the governed top-10 panel.
Pattern on the observed surface
Luxury Real Estate Advisory · Los Angeles · AI Overview · Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026
The opening-control panel is top-heavy but not concentrated
The opening-control panel is top-heavy but not concentrated around a single actor. The top 3 actors together hold more than the remaining 7 combined, yet the gap between the rank-1 and rank-2 positions is only 1.01 percentage points — a narrow margin that keeps the top of the panel contested. Below the top 3, the panel flattens: the 9 sources behind facebook.com range from 17.17% down to 4.04%. The surface mixes social platforms (facebook.com, youtube.com, linkedin.com) with niche domains and one specialist operator, giving the AI opening-control rail a platform-heavy character unusual for a luxury real estate market. 4 of the 10 actors on the panel opened AI answers in all 6 comparable runs; 6 opened AI answers in fewer runs.
Why this reading matters
Luxury Real Estate Advisory · Los Angeles · AI Overview · Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026
facebook.com holds the rank-1 position on this AI opening-control rail in the period-wide ranking — a social platform occupying the primacy slot on a luxury real estate surface in Los Angeles. The only specialist operator on the panel, List Sothebys International Realty, sits at 6.57%, 11.62 percentage points behind. When AI Overviews answer luxury real estate queries in this market, they reach for general-purpose platforms before specialist sources.
Market implication
Luxury Real Estate Advisory · Los Angeles · AI Overview · Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026
The observed AI opening-control surface for Luxury Real Estate Advisory Los Angeles is structurally distributed across the 6-run window. No single actor has secured a commanding share of AI answer openings, and the primacy slot is held by a social platform rather than a specialist real estate source. This observation signals that the AI opening-control rail on this market draws from a broad, platform-mixed pool — a surface pattern worth monitoring for any operator seeking to understand how AI Overviews source their opening answers on luxury real estate queries in Los Angeles.
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- Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026
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- September 8, 2026
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Who controls Google's AI Overview for Luxury Real Estate Advisory, Los Angeles? Source: https://theobservatory.io/articles/luxury-real-estate-los-angeles-ai-overview-control-august-31-to-september-6-2026 Scope: Luxury Real Estate Advisory · Los Angeles · AI Overview · Google · Desktop Family: Ranking Top 10 Observed: Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026 (2026-08-31/2026-09-06) Published: September 8, 2026 Method — How readings are scoped: https://theobservatory.io/method#standards Method — Run metadata: https://theobservatory.io/method/panel#run-metadata Method — Source protocol: https://theobservatory.io/method#source-protocol Method — Corrections and right of reply: https://theobservatory.io/method#corrections Public table: https://theobservatory.io/articles/luxury-real-estate-los-angeles-ai-overview-control-august-31-to-september-6-2026/data.csv Citation text: https://theobservatory.io/articles/luxury-real-estate-los-angeles-ai-overview-control-august-31-to-september-6-2026/citation.txt Reuse terms: https://theobservatory.io/terms facebook.com holds the strongest AI opening share on the Luxury Real Estate Advisory Los Angeles market across the 6-run window (August 31 – September 6, 2026), recording 18.18% of all AI Overview openings observed over the period. Key facts: • facebook.com: 18% AI opening share · opening in 6/6 runs • youtube.com: 17% AI opening share · opening in 6/6 runs • ownluxuryhomes.com: 11% AI opening share · opening in 6/6 runs Published table — AIO opening control — top 10 (Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026 · 105 queries per run · 6 comparable runs): Rank · Actor · AIO opening control 1. facebook.com — 18.18% AI opening share · opening in 6/6 runs — #1 2. youtube.com — 17.17% AI opening share · opening in 6/6 runs — #2 3. ownluxuryhomes.com — 11.11% AI opening share · opening in 6/6 runs — #3 4. List Sothebys International Realty — 6.57% AI opening share · opening in 6/6 runs — #4 5. usrealtytraining.com — 5.56% AI opening share · opening in 5/6 runs — #5 6. Zillow — 5.56% AI opening share · opening in 4/6 runs — #6 7. linkedin.com — 4.55% AI opening share · opening in 5/6 runs — #7 8. realtrends.com — 4.04% AI opening share · opening in 4/6 runs — #8 9. rubyhome.com — 4.04% AI opening share · opening in 4/6 runs — #9 10. scottgoshorn.com — 4.04% AI opening share · opening in 4/6 runs — #10 Reading basis: This card observes the AI Overview opening-control rail for Luxury Real Estate Advisory Los Angeles in Los Angeles on Google desktop across 6 comparable scheduled runs in the observation period August 31 – September 6, 2026. The panel ranks the top-10 actors by cumulative AI opening share over the period, aggregated from 105 observed queries. Per-actor metric values represent the sum of each actor's opening counts across all comparable runs divided by one single period-wide denominator. AI Overview opening-control evidence was available on 6 of 6 runs in the window. Limitations and non-claims: — Observes the observed AI answer surface only; within a defined scope and window. — A period aggregate (6 comparable runs) — not a claim about bookings, revenue, or market share. — Scoped to Luxury Real Estate Advisory Los Angeles, September 2026; not generalisable beyond this market and window. — The Observatory · Luxury Real Estate Advisory · Los Angeles · AI Overview · Google · Desktop · Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026 Based on governed AAI Kernel evidence. Capture identifier: pr_1788722415138_g6cdb4. Cite freely with attribution. Published by The Observatory. Source footnote: Sourced from a published AAI MIB card. The Observatory publishes this card’s public findings; values are as observed on the search surface, not business-market claims. Attribution: Published by The Observatory · Based on an AAI Kernel capture · governed by The Observatory editorial system Cite: According to The Observatory (September 8, 2026), Who controls Google's AI Overview for Luxury Real Estate Advisory, Los Angeles?. https://theobservatory.io/articles/luxury-real-estate-los-angeles-ai-overview-control-august-31-to-september-6-2026 This record is the published reading and its public table/slice as served on the card — not the complete underlying capture or provider dataset. Observed by The Observatory. Not an endorsement, recommendation, market-share claim or commercial ranking. Free reuse, including commercial republication, under The Observatory’s Terms. Retain attribution, source link, scope and date. Revision: 463400f53291b61b
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FAQ
- What does 'AI opening share on this market' measure?
- It measures how often a given actor is cited at the very opening of an AI Overview answer across the market's observed query set. It captures the primacy slot — who AI reaches for first — not general citation frequency or organic search ranking.
- Does this card prove a longer-term trend or business-market position?
- No. This is a period observation across 6 comparable scheduled runs (August 31 – September 6, 2026). It does not establish a longer-term trend, and it does not measure general citation share or organic visibility. AI Overview opening behavior is volatile across queries, models, and dates.
- Why do platforms appear at the top of a luxury real estate opening-control panel?
- The card observes what AI Overviews actually cite at the opening of their answers. In this window, AI reached for facebook.com and youtube.com more often than for specialist real estate domains. The card does not explain why — it records what the surface shows.
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Luxury Real Estate Advisory · Los Angeles · AI Overview · Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026 · what this card does not claim
- Observes the observed AI answer surface only; within a defined scope and window.
- A period aggregate (6 comparable runs) — not a claim about bookings, revenue, or market share.
- Scoped to Luxury Real Estate Advisory Los Angeles, September 2026; not generalisable beyond this market and window.
Method & source
This card observes the AI Overview opening-control rail for Luxury Real Estate Advisory Los Angeles in Los Angeles on Google desktop across 6 comparable scheduled runs in the observation period August 31 – September 6, 2026. The panel ranks the top-10 actors by cumulative AI opening share over the period, aggregated from 105 observed queries. Per-actor metric values represent the sum of each actor's opening counts across all comparable runs divided by one single period-wide denominator. AI Overview opening-control evidence was available on 6 of 6 runs in the window.
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Period observation across 6 comparable scheduled runs (August 31 – September 6, 2026). AI Overview opening-control evidence available on 6 of 6 runs. This observation does not establish a longer-term trend. No claim about general citation share or organic visibility.
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