Let\'s compare the most popular Real Estate web platforms, namely Zillow, Trulia, Realtor, Rightmove, and Zoopla.
All of them provide the following features:
Registration
Search filters
Listings + photos
Maps
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Let\'s go further and discuss those features in details:
Registration - Usually, real estate platforms offer two types of registration: via email and via social login (using information from a social networking service such as Facebook, Twitter, or Google+). You can provide both registration options to let users choose.
Filters - Think about how you could make searching for the right house as easy and comfortable as possible. Think not only about realtors but also about buyers. We’ve looked through three real estate platforms – Zillow (US), Trulia (US), and Rightmove (UK) – to learn which filters are essential.
The core search filters on these three platforms are:
Listing type (buy, sell, rent)
Location
Price
Number of bedrooms
Home type
Listings feed - There are two main listing feed designs: a list and a map. You can combine both on your platform, like Zillow did, so users can choose the most convenient format for them.
Maps - It’s hard to imagine a real estate platform with no maps, as the location of a house may be one of the most important pieces of information for prospective buyers. Maps should be intuitive and easy to use. People are quite used to Google Maps, so it’s a common solution to implement the Google Maps APIs in real estate websites. Besides, you can create a custom view with Google Maps, adding your brand’s colors and icons. You can also add lines to define neighborhoods or regions.
To learn how to implement those features, read our full guide: https://yalantis.com/blog/how-to-build-a-real-estate-web-platform/
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