Many agents spend thousands of dollars building a website which yields them only a few clicks a month.
There’s a secret.
Most agents aren’t aware of the fact that there’s a low price, easy to use alternative. It’s much cheaper and effective to do this than pay someone thousands of dollars to do pretty much what you can do for a few hundred bucks.
Here are the top 7 real estate WordPress themes you should consider:
1. WooThemes – Estate | Demo | Download
The great thing about the Estate Theme is it’s simplicity. Your website’s purpose is to give people the ability to search for homes, this theme does just that. When combined with a powerful IDX, this is probably the best and easiest blogs to use and maintain. WooThemes also provides a flexible framework which means that you can do a lot of customizing. I’d recommend you outsource the customizing, using a is using a services such as elance.com.
2. Templatic – Real Estate Theme | Demo | Download
I’ve seen the Templatic theme in action and it’s very good. The design of the site looks very “web 2.0″ and the functions are easy to use. Since the site is designed for an agent/company, you’ll have to make a couple changes to it for use as your personal website.
3. StudioPress – AgentPress Theme | Demo | Download
The Studio theme is terrific, it is a simple and easy to use theme that looks good. It does not include many bells and whistles, but it’s structured on a very powerful framework, which allows plenty of customization.
4. Thesis Theme – Real Estate | Demo |Download
The Thesis Theme is one of the most popular amongst savvy bloggers. Their framework allows for maximum customization. Even though this is much pricier than the others, this theme is definitely a good investment. If you’re really about customization, then this is probably the blog design for you.
5. ThemeShift – De Casa Theme | Demo | Download
De Casa is a very simple and clean theme with a lot of handy features like a search panel, multi-agent support and a professional property exposée that lets you easily setup your real estate website.
6. ElegantThemes – Elegant Estate| Demo | Download
The Elegant theme makes browsing your listings easy, and adds special integration features for property info, photos, Google Maps and more.
7. Gorilla Themes – MainStreet Theme | Demo | Download
You can build your own multi-category search section menu with custom labels-choices and unlimited drop-down menus presented in a professional module.Write your listing address and have the automatically Google maps integration do the rest to show you the exact location of your listing in the property page.
Conclusion
For some of you, money isn’t as important as time so it maybe better or easier to just hire someone to do what you want. For everyone else, these are great alternatives you can use to get started to at least have a good “presence” online. These websites also provide some good support in case there is any confusion as to what goes where and how. Out my experience with WordPress and real estate websites, The Woo Theme for real estate is the best bang for the buck.
Which theme are you currently using for your blog?