Clear lead capture on every page
A home-valuation request, a showing request, and a phone number that follows the visitor down the page, not buried on a contact tab.
Real Estate Website Design: A Site That Turns Searchers Into Showings
Real estate website design is building an agent or brokerage site that does one job well: turn buyers and sellers into calls, booked showings, and home-valuation requests, not just display listings. Ziwi builds websites for realtors and brokerages on WordPress, you own the login and the domain from day one, and every build follows the same conversion checklist.
$0
Build fee with an ongoing plan kept 12 months. The free website offer.
$1,000
Templated site outright, made yours. One-time, you own it.
$2,500
Custom site, built from scratch around your brokerage.
3days
Standard delivery, kickoff to live.
Every build gets rebuilt around your business, your photos, and your service area.
The checklist
What a real estate website actually needs
Listing and search integration
Your active listings, and where it fits your business, a property search connected to your MLS or IDX feed so buyers browse on your site instead of a portal.
Neighborhood and area pages
The local pages that let you rank for the places you actually sell, and that give sellers a reason to trust you with their block.
Reviews and proof, placed where sellers look
Sellers choosing an agent lean on reputation; put it where the decision happens.
Speed and mobile-first design
Most real estate searches happen on a phone, and a slow site loses the visitor before your first listing loads.
Three ways to build
Free with a plan or paid outright: which is right for you?
Free website with a plan
$0build fee
Start maintenance and hosting at $99 a month or Ziwi Care at $299 per location, keep it 12 months, and we waive the full $1,000 website build fee. Built and written for your business, live in 3 days, and yours outright.
Templated site
$1,000one-time
Starts from a designed site in our library, rebuilt around your brokerage, your photos, and your service area. A proven layout at the lower price.
Custom site
$2,500one-time
Built from a blank page around your brokerage, for brand or layout needs a template cannot fit. Same conversion standard, fully yours.
Every price is published in full on the website design pricing page. Read the deep dive on what makes a real estate website convert.
The honest comparison
Ziwi, a freelancer, or a DIY builder?
| Feature | Freelancer | DIY builder | Ziwi |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upfront cost | Varies, often quoted after a call | Low monthly that adds up forever | $0 with a plan, or $1,000 flat, published |
| Copy written for you | Rarely included | You write it yourself | Written for your business and area |
| Mobile-first and tracking | Depends who you hire | Templates, tracking DIY | Standard on every build |
| Time to live | Weeks to months | Your nights and weekends | Live in 3 days |
| Ownership | Depends on the contract | Locked to the platform | You own every pixel |
| After launch | Hourly, if available | Support forums | Optional care plans from $99/mo |
Every number is published on the pricing page. Read the deep dive on what makes a real estate website convert.
The process
How it works: live in 3 days
You run your business while we build. One kickoff, one review call, and a site that goes live the same week it started, written, tracked, and ready from day one.
Day 1
Pick your design
Choose from the design library, or brief us for a custom build.
Days 2-5
We build and write it
Copy, photos, pages, tracking: handled. You run your business.
Day 6
One review call
Walk the site together, mark the changes, we make them same-day.
Day 7
Live
Launched, tracked, and yours. Keep it anywhere you want.
Standard delivery is 3 days, kickoff to live.
The library
Real estate builds from the library
Every build starts from a designed site at this level, then gets rebuilt around your business, your photos, and your service area.
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Questions
Frequently asked questions
How much does a real estate website cost?
With an ongoing plan kept for 12 months, the build fee is $0 (the free website offer). Otherwise a designed template is $1,000 and a fully custom design is $2,500. Add-ons like a logo and Google Business Profile setup are priced separately and published on the pricing page; nothing is quoted only after a sales call.
Can you connect my MLS or IDX listings?
Where it fits your business and your local MLS rules, yes; we build the site to display your listings and, where appropriate, a connected property search so buyers browse on your site instead of a portal. We scope the exact integration during discovery.
Do I own my real estate website after Ziwi builds it?
Yes. You get your own login, your own domain, and your own hosting account information. The site is yours from launch, not something you keep paying to access.
What is the difference between the template and custom options?
A template starts from one of our existing designed sites and is made yours; custom is designed from scratch around your brand. Both are built to the same conversion standards. Choose based on whether you have specific brand needs a template cannot fit, or on budget and speed.
How long does it take to build a real estate website?
Three days from kickoff to live, as standard. If the production queue ever means a different date, we tell you before you start, not after.