Real estate portals: development services and successful examples
A real estate portal is a multifunctional digital space where real estate companies, their employees, individual agents, and customers can smoothly interact with each other and close property-related deals. Itransition builds robust real estate portals that offer broader capabilities than real estate websites and can connect you and your clients, support an extensive user base, and optimize communication and task management processes.
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Real estate portals: market stats
of all homebuyers used the internet in their home search
Statista
of millennials are comfortable buying a home online
Zillow
of homebuyers used a mobile or tablet device in their home search
National Association of Realtors
Main features of real estate portals
Search filtering
Convenient search filtering according to customer requirements.
Wishlist support
Ability to create wishlists of real estate offers users like and want to come back to later.
Multiple languages
Ability to use a property portal in one’s native language, facilitating decision-making.
Excursion planning
Scheduling virtual and personal tours by customers and tenants through an integrated portal calendar.
Mobile-friendliness
Responsive mobile interface with quick access to the portal and its unique features at hand.
Billing options
Availability of different payment options to choose from.
Geolocation-based search
Easy navigation to search and view properties on a visual map.
Listing categorization
Multiple listing services, including categorization by property type, number of rooms, and parking space for quick property search.
Profile management
Managing profiles and data on contact information, properties for sale by owners, and documents.
Media management
Managing media files, including high-quality photos and videos for a more detailed property overview.
Multichannel communications
Ability to address brokerage services and contact local agents and owners in real time via chat, mail, or phone.
Flawless navigation
Smooth navigation of visitors to pages of interest through an interactive menu with headings and submenus.
Tenant reporting
Adding and managing tenant reports to help other sellers and agents verify their tenant data.
Personalization
Creating brand uniqueness through templates, layouts, and design components of a data-driven real estate portal.
Performance tracking
Analyzing the number of visits, traffic, wishlists, and customer engagement on your real estate pages.
User management
Managing customer, seller, agent, and broker profiles.
Role-based access
Creating user groups and granting secure access to data based on roles.
Rating management
Controlling reviews, ratings, and feedback from users.
Custom dashboards
Managing portal performance from a single source through an organized custom admin dashboard.
Property listings
Adding, editing, approving, and rejecting properties, from real estate providers, agents, owners, sellers, and lenders based on certain criteria.
Seamless onboarding
User-friendly sign-in, verification, and access distribution for sellers, brokers, customers, and agents.
Categories management
The ability to add new property auctions, homes, and apartments open for sale or rent, as well as edit and delete information about them by category.
Document management
Documentation processing and approval of legal papers of ownership, identification, proof of residency, and payments of both sellers and buyers.
Search engine visibility
Reaching the top of search results and increasing organic traffic through portal optimization, keywords, quality content, and visuals.
Loan calculator
A quick calculation of loans and interest to buy real estate.
Video tours
Collection of real estate videos for a detailed presentation of offers to buyers.
Multiple user management
Ability to manage multiple users simultaneously from one place.
VR features
Virtual tours allow potential buyers to experience the property from the inside as if they were physically there.
Neighborhood guides
Guides with constant data updates on neighborhood, township, and amenities in real estate listings for faster decision-making.
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Our real estate portal development services
We develop bespoke and platform-based portals for the real estate industry. We can integrate portals with different systems and provide post-development services such as migration, support and maintenance.
Platform-based portal development
We are well-versed in real estate platforms and can build a portal that will fully cover your needs. Our team will advise you on suitable platforms, configure the system, add the necessary features, and implement the solution in your business environment.
Custom real estate portal development
We create custom real estate portals that meet your requirements and corporate identity. Once developed, our team will implement the portal in your corporate environment and perform the necessary configurations and integrations.
Migration
We will move your real estate portal from a restrictive legacy system to a future-proof environment. Itransition will implement and configure the new platform, migrate all data from the portal, and integrate it with other enterprise software you need.
Modernization
We сan boost the performance of your real estate portal, modernizing it according to the best real estate market practices. Our team can speed up a real estate solution, refactor its source code, deploy new features, and update the UX/UI design.
Our real estate portal solutions
Types of real estate portals
Property management portal
Such portals help property owners manage their properties and all real estate-related work such as buying, selling, renting, maintenance, and other monetary details of tenants and buyers.
Real estate marketplace
The real estate marketplace connects homeowners and buyers. Home sellers can post a home sale offer, identify the home value, set a price, and find customers. Meanwhile, buyers can search for homes and explore their features.
Property renting portal
Such portals deal with rental properties. As listing sites, they focus on clients who want to rent real estate for various purposes for the long-term, whether for a vacation or a business trip.
Real estate promotional portal
This portal promotes available real estate. Information about all housing societies is kept in one place and helps residents and investors estimate their affordability and potential value.
Real estate investing portal
Such portals help investors keep up-to-date with the latest information before investing. Here, investors can learn about ownership interests, housing ventures, foreclosures and bank-owned properties.
Realtor portal
Realtor or partner portals collaborate with real estate agencies and display available property listings. Realtors show what properties they hold and the services they provide.
Agent portal
Real estate agents can create and update information about their services, promote their expertise, attract clients, and settle deals.
Real estate portal integrations
Real estate portal integrations
ERP
Real estate portal integration with a corporate ERP system helps automate and organize data and manage core business processes for optimal performance.
CRM
CRM integration helps portal owners manage relationships and interactions with existing and potential clients. It allows companies to streamline sales processes.
PIM
PIM integration helps keep real estate data consistent across business systems and reduces repetitive data entry. Users can view only current real estate listings for sale, purchase, and rent.
IDX
The internet data exchange (IDX) plugin enables real estate professionals to add MLS listings to the portal. All data is stored in one place for easy listing searches.
Data analytics
Data analytics helps monitor portal performance, user engagement, and customer behavior changes. Visualization and modeling tools provide the ability to identify market trends.
CMS
CMS integration helps administrators manage, add and modify content. This streamlines the site administration process, making it more efficient.
Google Maps
Portal integration with Google Maps allows buyers and renters to track the exact property location, get directions, and view the surrounding area.
Social media
Integration with social media to share information and announcements with customers and interact with the audience. This increases the company's visibility and media recognition.
Boost your business performance with an effective portal solution
Benefits of real estate portals
Increasing brand awareness
Increasing brand awareness
A real estate agency’s internet presence, whether through portals or the best real estate websites, shows the business as a brand, increasing its visibility and attracting more clients.
Increased safety
Increased safety
Portal solutions ensure data safety through data encryption and hashing, role-based access, authentication measures, and secure sync between the database and the portal.
Enhancing network
Enhancing network
Real estate portal streamlines interactions with different property owners, contractors, and sales agents. Expanding the network contributes to the long-term benefit.
More trust
More trust
Having a visible brand increases trust in a real estate builder or landlord. People who prefer to rent or buy properties tend to trust businesses with an online presence.
Improved customer experience
Improved customer experience
A customer-centric client portal for real estate facilitates property search, enables clients to get timely consultations, and streamlines decision-making.
Robust databases
Robust databases
A real estate portal gives access to a detailed client, agent, and broker database, keeping all the necessary details in one place.
24/7 self-service
24/7 self-service
Users can access all the relevant data on-demand and reduce the workload of customer support specialists.
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Your questions about real estate portals
Why create a real estate portal?
Creating a real estate portal will help you gain access to a vast database of clients, increase the number of real estate transactions, create a community around your brand, attract more partners, and settle more deals.
What is the cost of real estate portal development?
The cost of developing a real estate portal can exceed that of real estate sites and depends on:
- client's requirements
- implementation of additional functions
- development time
- design
- technologies
- business systems integration
However, each case is different, and you can contact our consultants to discuss all the details.
Can you build a mobile-friendly real estate portal?
Mobile friendliness is an essential feature for most popular real estate websites and property portals, as many users consume information on the go using real estate apps on their tablets and smartphones. We can create and customize a real estate portal optimized for mobile devices or develop a separate mobile app.
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