Directorist dRealEstate – Real Estate WordPress Theme for Business Directory

A real estate portal with no listings attracts nobody

Building a property portal usually gets stuck on the same thing: the site looks great, but the visitor arrives, filters by bedrooms and finds nothing, and the agent or owner who should be posting sees no reason to do it.

The hard part of this business is not design, it is getting supply and demand at the same time. The theme takes care of the visible part; you have to bring in the listings, and whoever posts wants to see that someone is looking.

A search with the filters buyers and renters actually use

The home page opens with a rent or sell selector and an address search. The extra filters show the usual housing criteria:

• Property type and category.
• Minimum and maximum price, and distance.
• Bedrooms, bathrooms and garages.
• Area and year built.
• Features such as air conditioning, swimming pool, built-in wardrobes, school, supermarket or nearby transport.

There is a button to clear all filters. The home page cards are split into properties for sale and for rent, with featured and popular badges, star ratings and a monthly price on rentals.

Map, categories and locations to browse the directory

Directorist dRealEstate comes with two different home pages and the pages a directory needs to work:

• Listings in grid or list view, and a detail page for each property.
• Map views in two or three columns.
• Categories and locations in grid or list view.
• Author profile, a page to add listings and a user dashboard.
• Blog with or without a sidebar, contact page, about page and a 404 page.

To build the home pages it includes its own elements: search, listings, category and location carousels, reviews, info boxes, calls to action, counters, testimonials and brand logos.

Pop-up sign-up and content only for logged-in users

Login and registration open in a pop-up, with the option to sign in with Facebook and checkboxes to accept the privacy policy and the terms. The demo also shows a notice for content visible only after logging in and a request-a-tour button. It is useful if you want to capture registered users, but check in the demo where those requests go before promising them to an agent.

The demo categories and texts have to be redone

What you see in the demo is a sample showcase, not a portal ready to open. Split the work like this:

• Already solved: search with filters, cards, map, category and location pages, listing submission and sign-up.
• Up to you: the sample categories mix homes with bowling alleys, cemeteries, buffets or farms, so keep only the types in your market.
• Up to you: the testimonials and the Latin filler text get replaced with real opinions and copy.
• Up to you: the properties, photos, featured cities and contact details are samples.
• To check: the demo uses dollars, square feet and kilometers; if you work in euros and square meters, verify that you can change it.

Frequently asked questions about Directorist dRealEstate

Is it suitable for a single agency?

It can be used that way, but if you will only publish your own portfolio, part of the listing submission and author profile structure will be surplus.

Does it separate rent and sale?

Yes. The home page has a rent or sell selector and shows the listings in different blocks, with the monthly price on rentals.

Does it have a map view?

Yes, with two layouts: map in two columns and in three columns.

What elements does it include to build the home pages?

It includes its own elements (search, carousels, reviews, testimonials and others) to build them. Check in the demo which ones each home page uses to decide which is closest to what you want.