Elegant Themes has grown over the last year or so to be one of my favorite premium WordPress theme developer. Nick Roach, the developer, has done an outstanding job of creating smooth and clean looking themes that cleverly incorporate a high-quality back end control panel.
This real estate premium WordPress theme that he has released is no exception. The creative detail is smooth and clearly very well thought out. The presentation of the listings is clear and getting everything set up on the back end is a snap. My only disappointment is that he isn’t using the newly released feature in WordPress 3.0, custom post types, to make the organization cleaner, like WooThemes. But, with that said, this theme can be had for much less too.
Let’s take a look.
Features
- Opera compatible
- Netscape compatible
- Safari compatible
- WordPress 3.0 compatible
- Five Color Schemes
- Threaded Comments
- Optional Blog-style Structure
- Gravatar ready
- Firefox compatible
- IE8 + IE7 + IE6 compatible
- Advertisement Ready
- Widget ready sidebars
- Theme Options Page
- Custom thumbnail images
- PSD files
- Valid XHTML + CSS
- Smooth tabless design
Pricing
Standard Lifetime Annual Membership: $39
Developer Lifetime Membership: $89
Demo & Live Preview | Purchase License
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Without explanation of my 6 month hiatus, I’m gonna dive right in and let you dream of the exotic trips my affiliate fortune has afforded me. Heh.
This new real estate theme from WooThemes is quite a twist from what they’ve done in the past. Known for their simple elegance, overwhelming functionality and comprehensive control panel, WooThemes has really outdone themselves this time. Of course, coming from a real estate background, there has been some essential things overlooked, but their clever use of the newly released WordPress 3.0 feature, custom post types, is clever to say the least. And of course, if you’re a developer, take a look at the search functionality in the back end. This wasn’t an easy thing for them to formulate, and it works quite well. It goes without saying, that so far, the real estate application is one of the coolest implications of using custom post types.
WooThemes is known for their simple and smooth designs, so if you are wanting something a little more flamboyant for your real estate company, you’ll have to dive into some customizations on this. But, as far as the functionality, this these is a gem. It all seems to work smoothly. So, enough chatter, here is what it looks like.
Features
- Multiple layouts
- Advanced search functionality
- Ability to handle rental and for sale properties
- Featured property content rotator on home page
- WordPress 3.0 compatible (obviously)
- Creative use of Custom Post Types
- All browser compatible
- Auto-sizing thumbnail images
- Awesome back end control panel
- Custom page templates
- And so many more cool things!
Pricing
Single License: $200
Single License Club: $125 upfront and $15 per month
Developer License Club: $200 upfront and $20 per month
Demo & Live Preview | Purchase License
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Holding tightly to the niche of one of the few quality real estate theme developers, Gorilla Themes has released Broker, their latest premium WordPress theme. One of the defining differences between Gorilla Themes and the other real estate themes available on the market is that these themes have a built in listing input framework in the back end to work with. Putting in real estate listings is as simple as putting in a new post with special custom fields in the post editor that allow you to put in all the details: square footage, bedrooms, bathrooms, description, etc.
Another distinguishing difference between these premium WordPress themes and others is the multi-faceted ways in which you can search through real estate listings. There is a whole control panel page dedicated to organizing your search boxes. Of course all the code is well marked and easy to navigate if you like to get your hands dirty!
Feature List
- Multi Category Search
- Show Breadcrumb Filtered Results
- Build your own search in 3 steps
- Single or Multi Agent theme
- Native WordPress Galleries
- Automatic Google Maps Integration
- Native WordPress Thumbnail Resizing
- Featured Property Slideshow
- Batch Image upload for Listings
- Individual Agent Photo Upload
- Logo Uploader
- Page templates included
- Sidebar and footer widget ready
- Banner Advertisement management
- Google Adsense ready
- Individual Agent pages with Agent bio
- 2 Color Styles
- Unlimited photo galleries
- Social Network Integration
- XHTML and CSS Valid
- IE6, IE7, IE8 Firefox and Safari compatible
- Extensive help and tutorial included
- Related properties for each agent
- Integrated Blog Page
- Finance Calculator
Pricing
Single-use License: $79.95
Multi-use License: $139.95
Demo & Live Preview | Purchase Basic License | Purchase Developer License
In the ever growing world of using WordPress as a cms for real estate agents, another fantastic theme has been released. Gorilla Themes has just released a dynamic and thorough theme by which agents can use to showcase listings, rental properties, display their agents, and have a blog, all within the same WordPress installation. Offering 6 different color choices, your desired look and feel is sure to be met.
Homeowners WordPress Real Estate features custom plugins and scripts that make add/delete/modify listings an easy task with an included photo gallery for up to 12 pictures with a lightbox effect and automatic Google Map integration as soon as the address is entered on each individual listing.
Agents (Authors) will have access only to their own listings and the add listing management for their account making this theme an ideal affordable solution for Realtors and Real Estate agencies.
The theme can be used as a single or multi-agent website with individual Agent-Realtor pages with listings and biography information, Agent photo uploader, no custom fields, financing calculator, unlimited dropdowns and 6 different color styles.
Some of the many features include:
- U.S. and European Markets compatible
- Google Maps Integration
- “No Custom Fields”
- Single or Multiple Agents
- Individual Agents page with listings and bio
- Unlimited dropdowns for category search
- Contact agent from property page
- Logo Uploader
- Easy Listings Management (Custom Script)
- Widget Ready
- Custom Plugins
- Photo Gallery (up to 12 images)
- Agent Photo Uploader
- IE6, IE7, Firefox and Safari compatible
- XHTML and CSS valid
- Extensive help and tutorial included
- Advertisement Banner Management
- Ad your Adsense or Image Link Code
- Turn all-or-individual banners on/off
- Image Auto Resizer (for thumbnails)
- Gravatar Support
- Financing Calculator
- Threaded comments
So, what’s the bottom line?
Basic License: $69.95
Developer License: $169.95
Demo & Live Preview | Purchase Basic License | Purchase Developer License
