- Hey guys, what's up?
This is Seth from the RETipster blog
and in this video we're gonna talk about
10 of the best real estate WordPress themes
on the market today.
And if you've got a website that's
currently running on WordPresss,
or if you're thinking about building a new website,
we're just gonna cover some of the different features
and benefits that these different themes have to offer
and why you might want to consider some of these options
for your website.
Stick around.
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Okay, so if you're a small business owner
there's a fair chance you've got a website
that may be running on WordPress.
And WordPress is one of those options
that's relatively easy to work with,
as far as websites go.
I wouldn't say it's necessarily the easiest thing
if you're a beginner or if you have no website experience,
but if you know even a little bit about it
WordPress is fairly easy to work with.
And when it comes to WordPress sites
typically what people will do is they will go out
and they will find either a free theme
or they will go out and pay money for a theme.
The nice thing about a good WordPress theme
is that if you have no coding experience,
if you have no idea what you're doing, like me,
a theme will fill in a lot of those gaps
and just give you a basic framework
from which you can then continue building your website.
It will sort of control the look, and the feel,
and the font, and the color, and just the layout.
A lot of different things that would otherwise
take a lot of work to do if you didn't have this theme
to sort of get you to that next step.
And as far as themes go,
there's lots and lots of options out there.
When it comes specifically to a real estate website,
it's usually a good idea to just go ahead
and pay for a premium theme,
and usually the cost we're talking about
is $100 or less than that.
So it's not crazy expensive
considering what it can do for you.
And if you have no idea where to find a good theme,
whether you're an investor, or an agent,
or a property manager, or a landlord,
or any of these things,
then I think you're gonna find this video helpful
because we're gonna talk about 10 options out there.
And they're definitely not the only options.
But these are 10 solid options that can
really take a lot of the guesswork
out of your design process.
And as I went out searching for these themes
I tried really hard to only pick ones
that had very very high ratings and good reviews.
So I think no matter what you choose from this list
you're probably gonna have some pretty good luck
and a pretty good experience with it,
so let's dive into it and I'll show you what I found.
Alright so the first one on this list
is a theme from a company called Studio Press.
It's called AgentPress Pro.
And I've actually worked with this theme
for a number of years now.
As you can see here, the price is $99.95.
The thing I like about this theme
is that I think they call it a widgetized layout.
So basically in WordPress they have these things
called widgets and you can set them in different places
on your website.
So for example, this thing right here is a widget.
If you didn't want this showing on your website
you could just remove it completely
and not have it be there.
If you didn't want this picture in the background
you could remove that as well.
These things right here, these are widgets.
So if you wanted to, you could remove these
and not have those there.
This is a widget, this is a widget over here,
this is a widget as well.
So it's just a really nice layout if you want
to pick and choose which one of these elements
to have show on your website.
They've got this nice thing down here
where you can give a little bit of information
about yourself.
If you're an investor or an agent
and you wanna just explain more about your background,
and your qualifications you can do that.
Nice little social media icons.
Let's take a look at one of these property listings
so we can see what those look like.
Looks pretty nice.
I believe this one,
and for that matter most of these themes we're going through
have IDX integration, which means, basically,
have a live feed to show certain properties
from MLS listings if you wanted to.
Or you could just skip that altogether
and just post properties on here
that are off the MLS and you just have them
privately on this website if you wanted to.
This theme has a few different color options
if you want it to be green, for example,
I use this theme on my buying website land
and green kinda goes well with land,
so that's the color that I've got going on mine.
Looks kinda like this with a land picture in the background.
Or you could do gold, or you could do red.
Some pretty nice options.
This is also a mobile responsive theme,
so it's gonna look really good whether you're viewing it
on a desktop computer, on an iPad, or on your mobile phone.
The next one on this list is called Agent Focused Pro
and again this is also from Studio Press.
And this one, it's actually somewhat similar to Agent Pro,
just in terms of the look and feel
but it has some elements that make it
look a little bit different.
For example, the featured listings kind of give
a little bit more prominence to the pictures,
so if you've got really good, high-resolution,
high-quality pictures, those are gonna look great here.
It's also not back if you have certain communities
or groups of properties you're trying to advertise.
From one I can see this one just sorta
looks a little bit more visually pleasing,
just in terms of bigger pictures
and a greater focus on whatever images you have uploaded.
Let's take a look at what these listings look like here.
This is what the pages look like
when you are highlighting a certain community, for example.
Or if you wanted to list just a specific property
those listings look like this
with this big beautiful image here at the top.
So this is another thing to keep in mind.
If you don't have good high-resolution images
of your properties then this might not
be the best theme for you because this sort of
capitalizes on beautiful imagery,
so if you don't have that or if you
can't bring that to the table,
then it's probably going to do you more of a disservice
because it's highlighting the lack of pictures
or the low quality, poor pictures that you might have.
This one also has a nice property map
that integrates Google maps, so that's kinda cool.
And again this one is mobile responsive,
just like the Agent Pro theme.
It also has IDX integration, so you can list properties
directly from MLS.
In terms of customizing the theme,
you can add your own unique logo.
And the colors you can set them to be pretty much
whatever you want them to be,
so those are kind of the highlights of this theme.
Alright now, moving on to the next one.
This theme is called HomePRO, from Template Monster.
And this one is 75 bucks.
If we take a look at the demo,
this is kinda how it looks.
Again this is also mobile responsive,
as are pretty much all of these themes.
This is another theme that really makes a big deal
out of whatever images you upload,
so if you've got really good high-quality images,
say if they're professionally taken,
or if you just have images that are really high-resolution,
those can be very very ideal for this type of website.
And again, if you don't, then this might not
be the best theme for you
because this kind of capitalizes on those
big beautiful images, assuming you have them.
It's got a pretty nice layout.
If we take a look at one of these property listings
we can see more about how those look.
It's pretty easy to navigate through here
and take a look at the different pictures.
It has a nice slider feature here,
so that looks pretty nice.
You can get a good summary of each property,
and it's all laid out really nicely with good fonts.
You've got Google map integration here at the bottom as well
with a nice big profile picture of the agent or investor
or whoever the sales person is.
Phone numbers, social media links, all that stuff.
So I thought this one was an all around good theme.
And again, just to give you an idea of what this thing
looks like on a tablet,
this is kinda how it's spaced out.
Or like this if it's being viewed on the wide angle.
And on a mobile phone it looks like this as well.
So pretty much any kind of device you're looking at,
it's gonna look good.
So thought this was a great theme.
Could definitely be worth checking out.
Move on to the next theme here.
This one is from Theme Forest.
This one is called Home Town, and it looks like this.
It's got a nice slider feature here at the top
so you can kinda take a look
at different properties that way.
Something I thought was really interesting
about this particular theme
is that you can actually use it for a collaborative
real estate listing site.
So say if you are running a real estate agency
with several different agents or
several different investors or sales people,
or even if you're running any kind of community
where other people are going to want to
participate in your website.
You can actually open this up so that a lot of people
can add their own listings.
And in return for that, say if you've got a website
that has a lot of traffic or it's gonna get a lot of traffic
you can charge people to post their properties
on your website.
Or you can just let 'em do it for free.
It's kinda up to you.
But I just kinda thought that was a really cool feature
that I had never really seen in a theme like this before.
It's also got some really nice search functionality
if you want to get really specific
about the types of properties you're looking for.
And again, this is what the listing pages look like.
You can add video if you want.
Get a good look at the images.
You can click on them to see bigger versions of the images.
See all the information down here
that's all tabbed out nicely.
Map information, contact form, pretty nice theme.
I was pretty impressed with it.
I haven't actually worked with this
or tried to use it myself in any capacity,
so I don't know if it's super complicated to work with
on the back end,
but just in terms of the basic,
bare bones infrastructure it gives you,
it looks like it can put out a pretty nice end product.
So definitely one worth checking out
depending on what your needs are.
Next one on the list.
This one is also from Theme Forest.
Currently at 59 bucks.
This one actually has a bunch
of different layouts you can use.
Say, for example, if you wanted to have one
big beautiful image at the very top of the website
you could totally do that with one of these options.
It's a pretty nice inviting layout
where you can just click on this to see the listings
right off the bat.
Here's another example of what that could look like
for more listings like this.
If we check out what these listings look like.
This kinda gives you an idea.
And again, given the huge placeholder
that it gives us for these images
you're gonna wanna make sure that you've got
some good high-resolution pictures
because if they're low-resolution
or if they're not very good,
it's gonna sort of bring down the look and feel
of your whole website.
So definitely use this, but be sure you've got
some great pictures to feature because if not
it could hurt more than it helps.
One thing I notice about this one
is that in order to see all the information
you kinda have to scroll down a little ways.
So you have to do a little bit of searching,
but again it gives you a lot of options
for including a lot of details,
assuming people are actually gonna scroll down.
If you wanna take a look at some of the
other layouts they have.
We've got this one as well.
This one has some smaller pictures up here
with some search functionality right at the top.
Or this one here just starts
with the map at the very top,
so really lots of flexibility with this theme option.
If you want to get a high quality theme
but you're not quite sure what the final look and feel
should look like on your website
this might be a good pick just because if you don't like
how one version of the site looks
you can always switch it to one of these other ones
pretty easily.
So WP residence theme could definitely be one
that's worth checking out.
Moving on to the next on here.
This one is called DreamVilla.
Again, this one's also from Theme Forest
and I thought this one was pretty cool
because the idea behind this theme is only to be used
to advertise a single property.
So say, for example, if you've got a vacation
or rental home, or a single property that's going to
be advertised again and again on an ongoing basis,
this could be a really good fit for that
because you can just get one URL,
just name it after the address of your property,
or something like that,
and you can just put all the information about that property
on here and it allows you to either create a full website
like this with a navigation bar,
or if you want you can just have it be a one-page site,
so there's really nowhere to go
other than simply scrolling down like this.
And it has all the information about the property.
If we stretch this out a little bit
it shows a little bit better.
Pretty nice ideal fit for anybody who's trying to just
put all the information about one property out there.
It's just a really nice idea
that if you've got a single property
that needs to get a lot of air time
and not get lost among dozens of other listings
you might have on your market.
The next theme on this list is another one
that is also built to advertise a single property.
And this one's pretty sharp.
It starts off with this huge picture up at the top,
and you can check out other pictures
by clicking here at the bottom.
Just gives you a really nice look at the property
and any features that it has.
It has all the basic information right here.
Click on this to schedule a showing.
You continue to scroll down,
you can get all the basic details about it
and click on these pictures here
just brings us a larger version
so we can see more information and details.
We've got this thing where we can contact the agent
and it brings us to this contact page.
And keep in mind, you don't necessarily need
to be an agent to use this.
Say if you're a landlord or a property manager
or an investor and you just want somebody to contact you,
you can just skip the whole agent terminology
and just put your own information here.
It's also got a nice place for a video tour
if you want to add one of those to the website.
Section here for frequently asked questions.
Maps and videos.
Just a lot of good information baked in here.
And if you've just got one property
that you want to draw a lot of attention to
and give it the air time it deserves,
this could be a great option to work with.
The next theme on the list here
is called Real Places, again from Theme Forest.
And this one has got a few different formats
that you can show it in.
I'm gonna click on this one here and just show
what this one looks like.
It's really good at showing property images
that are interactive and have these nice
little design elements right next to them.
I thought that was pretty sharp.
This is another one of those examples where
assuming you've got the high-quality pictures
and all the information here,
it's gonna make you look very very credible,
like you're on your A-game, like you've spent tons of money
to have a top notch designer put this together for ya.
It's got all the information you'd ever want
here at the bottom.
Social media buttons, all this other information.
Nice search ability up here.
I just thought it was a really nice theme.
Let's check out one of these listings
and just see what those look like.
Looks pretty good.
Go ahead and click on these and look at other pictures here
like this if we click on these pictures here
it'll show us larger versions of them.
Got the agents or the salesperson's information
over here on the right.
Let's scroll down, see more info about it.
We got a video here, Google maps, mortgage calculator.
Pretty much all the basics you'd want.
And if you want to give your visitors the ability
to download a PDF of information on the property
you can do that as well.
Pretty cool; lots of nice features that you can use.
And I just thought it was a really nice option
to be aware of.
Another really sharp theme I came across
was this one called Bellaina,
I think I'm pronouncing that right.
This one is also from Template Monster.
Perfect rating all at five stars.
So pretty much everybody who's left a review so far
has loved it.
If we check out the demo we can kinda get an idea
for what this thing looks like.
Got some nice map stuff going on here.
And some good search functions.
Nice big image header up here at the top.
We can go ahead and click on the stuff
and take a look at the listings.
Let's see what these listings look like.
Looks like a pretty clean design and layout.
It's not terribly busy, but it's got enough information
to just show us what we need to know about the property.
I believe both this theme and the Home Pro theme
are built on what's called the cherry framework.
Which, I don't have a ton of experience with,
but it looks like it's a pretty good layout
and it seems to work pretty well.
A few similarities between this one and the Home Pro theme,
but all in all it's pretty unique in and of itself.
And has some really nice features that can be used.
If we go back here to the home page
and just keep scrolling down we kinda
see how it shows these huge pictures of each property.
So again, if you've got good images of the properties
you're trying to see this could be a great way
to showcase those.
And again, this one is mobile responsive
just like pretty much all these are.
So if we view them on different devices
you can kinda see how it looks good
pretty much no matter what you're looking at this website on
and if we check out what it looks like for a mobile phone
it's pretty easy to use.
Everything's easy to read.
Seems to work pretty well.
So, if you want to check this one out
for your real estate website I think it could be
a pretty solid option for ya.
Then the final one here on the list
is called the Landmark from Theme Forest.
And this is one of the cheaper
themes on this list at 39 bucks.
This theme has a five star review,
which is really not that common to have a perfect score.
So, I thought that was kinda notable.
If we take a look at the demo here
we can sorta get some ideas for how it can look.
And there's some different layout options available here.
This right here is one option,
again you're gonna wanna make sure you have
a really nice, high-quality, high-resolution picture here
to make your whole website look great.
And keep in mind, if you don't necessarily have
a good picture for one of your actual properties,
you could always check out a website
like unsplash.com that has thousands of very high-quality,
high-resolution open source images
that you don't have to pay anything for.
So just keep that in mind.
If you're looking at one of these themes
but you're not quite sure if you can find
a great picture to use, definitely check out unsplash.com.
There is just a ton of free value there
in the pictures that they have available.
Want to check out some of these other template options.
Let's check out the home map vertical.
This kinda gives you an idea for how this looks.
There's no properties in here
so it's not really showing us much of anything,
but overall it's just got a really nice layout.
It's pretty easy to follow.
It looks a little bit busy here,
but it provides a lot of helpful information
for people who wanna find out more about your properties.
They should be able to find everything here,
assuming you put the information in.
It's also got a spot here for a video,
Google maps as well.
Nice little mortgage calculator here at the side.
Some good search functionality.
Personal profile information.
So, if you're just getting started
and you're on a shoestring budget,
and you want the most theme that you can get
for the least amount of money,
this could be a pretty good fit.
Just given that it's one of the least expensive options here
on the Theme Forest marketplace.
So there you have it.
Those are the 10 best real estate WordPress themes
that I know about.
If you want to check out any of those
I'm gonna have affiliate links to each one of these themes
beneath this video.
So be sure to click those links
if you wanna support the RETipster blog.
And if you do end up working with any of these themes,
be sure to leave me a comment below
and let me know how it went.
If you have any suggestions for other themes
I didn't list here definitely let me know about that too.
Thanks for watching.
Wish you all the best with your website
and I'll see you next time.