The Best WordPress Real Estate Themes

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

The Best WordPress Real Estate Themes

Most people who are looking to buy real estate will do research online before anything else. For this reason having an effective web presence is essential for real estate agents and brokers. Several years ago it was costly to set up a professional-looking real estate website that could be maintained by the agent or an assistant, with no web development skills required. Today, however, there are much better options.

WordPress, the most popular (and free) content management system in the world, is a viable option for anyone in the real estate industry because of the quality themes that have been developed specifically for the industry. For less than 0 a high-quality theme can be purchased that will allow any agent or broker to maintain a website that is attractive and effective.

Here we’ll take a look at 15 of the best themes that have been created for the real estate industry.

wpCasa (€59)

wpCasa is a great option for having a feature-rich real estate website powered by WordPress. It’s actually a theme framework that can be used on it’s own, or you can select one of the available child themes if you want a different look. The theme framework uses somewhat of a minimal design style (although it still looks great), so it is a good starting place if you want to customize the appearance of theme.

wpCasa comes with several important features that make it extremely useful and effective. It uses a responsive design, so the site will look good on any device. You’ll also have control over the layout thanks to drag and drop widgets. The property editor makes it easy to add listings, and it even offers optional IDX/MLS integration. The advanced search makes it easier for visitors to find the right property.

ElegantEstate ()

ElegantEstate, from ElegantThemes, is a beautiful and functional real estate theme. It comes with 5 different color schemes, a powerful theme options panel, shortcodes, page templates, and more. The listed price is for membership to ElegantThemes, not just for this theme, so you would get access to all of their themes (more than 70) for this price.

HomeQuest ()

HomeQuest is a beautifully-designed theme from ThemeFuse. It features a powerful search and filter module to help visitors find the perfect property. It also comes with a unique one-click auto install to make it easier and faster to set up the site.

AgentPress (.95)

AgentPress has been one of the most popular real estate themes for quite some time. It is designed and developed by StudioPress and uses their popular Genesis theme framework. AgentPress will give any real estate agent a professional-looking site that is easy to manage. The theme includes features like 5 color schemes, 6 layout options, custom header, custom background, and more.

deCorum (€39)

deCorum, from ThemeShift, features an attractive clean design, custom properties search, extensive layout options, custom widgets, page templates, and more.

deCondo (€39)

deCondo, also from ThemeShift, includes a featured properties slider, a custom search panel, Google Maps integration, image galleries, and more.

deCasa (€39)

deCasa, another theme from ThemeShift, also includes the featured properties slider, a custom search panel, Google Maps integration, image galleries, and more.

Open House Real Estate ()

Open House is available for purchase at ThemeForest. It includes a powerful custom search, Google Maps integration, loan calculator, unlimited color schemes, shortcodes, and more.

Locality ()

Locality, available for purchase at ThemeForest, uses a stylish design. It’s features include a homepage slider, advanced search, custom widgets, theme options, and more.

Freehold ()

Freehold, sold at ThemeForest, is a versatile and stylish real estate theme. It features a responsive design, unlimited color schemes, advanced search, Google Maps integration, and more.

WP Pro Real Estate 2 ()

WP Pro Real Estate 2, available at ThemeForest, features a responsive design, unlimited skins and custom backgrounds, drag and drop slider, customizable homepage, custom widgets, and more.

WP Pro Real Estate 3 ()

This theme has basically the same features as WP Pro Real Estate 2, but uses a different design.

WP Pro Real Estate 4 ()

This themes also has basically the same features, just with a different design.

Light House ()

Light House, sold at ThemeForest, uses a clean and minimalist design. Its features include multiple color schemes, property slider, property search, page templates, and more.

Pure Paradise ()

Pure Paradise, available at ThemeForest, features a very clean design, responsive layout, unlimited colors, unlimited backgrounds, theme options panel, page templates, shortcodes, and more.