Best Real Estate Team and Broker Websites in 2019
Updated January 22, 2019; Originally published July 3, 2018
RealTrends publishes an annual ranking of the top teams in real estate by transaction sides.
Here on Hooquest, I review and learn about different real estate broker websites. So I am of course curious – what are the top teams in America using for their website?
I took a look at all 250 top teams. For the 206 of them that I could identify their website provider, I noted it.
The results probably won’t shock you, but are very interesting nonetheless!
BoomTown crushes it. Real Estate Webmasters is in a comfortable second place, but still at a fraction of the market share that BoomTown boasts.
Below are these top platforms and websites with a brief summary.
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BoomTown – 26%
Wow! 54 of the top 260 real estate teams in America use BoomTown for their website/CRM combo. If that isn’t a ringing endorsement of the platform, then I don’t know what is. BoomTown! is the king of the hill when it comes to top producing teams, and it is not close. Their sites are almost all the same and designed for one thing and one thing only: converting a high volume of leads.
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Real Estate Webmasters – 9%
With a solid grip on second place is “REW”, or Real Estate Webmasters. Unlike BoomTown, REW makes a greater focus on SEO and ranking on Google, and is a completely different solution to BoomTown! Real Estate Webmasters is one of the most expensive options on this list, but also arguably the best.
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Brivity – 4%
Brivity has exploded onto the scene. It is a venture by the ubiquitous Ben Kinney real estate group. It is a complete solution, boasting landing pages, real estate listing alerts, CRM, and marketing tools.
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Placester – 4%
Placester is a well known website brand that starts with website options that are affordable for agents as well as teams. With numerous templates and custom options, you won’t have any issues standing out. It is not a complete platform, and can be integrated with your favorite CRM and marketing tools.
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CINC – 4%
Commissions Inc (CINC) is an established, respected platform with a popular and powerful backend. It is similar to BoomTown but has more customizability on your site’s front end. It is another very popular option for teams who are crunching through a high volume of leads.
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Homes.com – 3%
Homes.com is similar to Zillow. And like Zillow, they have their own real estate agent website service. Unlike Zillow, their website seems pretty popular with some of the top teams in America. Their service has numerous tools like CMA and neighborhood reports, social media services, and, of course, advertising opportunities on their search platform for buyers and sellers.
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Real Geeks – 3%
Another company gaining more and more accolades and traction is Real Geeks, who creates performing websites with a functional backend for one of the most affordable prices of those on this list. Their lean sites also successfully rank on Google, unlike most of the other platform options.
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Curaytor – 2%
Curaytor is an up-and-coming brand that focuses on marketing. They’ve built an entire culture around the founder, Chris Smith, and have even begun to branch out beyond real estate to other small business classes. They are especially focused on social media marketing and Facebook ads, if that is your core competency.
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Agent Image – 2%
For agents looking for a semi-custom or even full custom website, Agent Image is a website design company that has both templated packages or bespoke beauties. They are not a complete platform, but that might be perfect for a team that uses their own separate CRM or wants to piece together the best-in-class technology in each category. Agent Image has some classy looking and custom options that might be ideal for agents specializing in luxury homes.
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WolfNet – 2%
WolfNet is both an IDX provider and a real estate website builder. You can use just their IDX feeds for your own site, or have them build your site themselves. They are not an all-in-one solution, so you can pair it up with your favorite CRM.
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Sierra Interactive – 2%
A small company making a big splash is Sierra Interactive, who is one of best bargains for an all-around solution that teams love and that can rank well on Google. It includes an agent website and clean CRM backend.
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Boston Logic – 2%
Boston Logic is owned by the CRM PropertyBase, a Salesforce-based CRM. They sell both separate websites that can work with your other tools, or a complete platform with the PropertyBase backend. Their backend boasts marketing automation, market reports, and team features.
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Ylopo – 2%
Ylopo seems to be trending and I hear more and more about this newer company. Their sites are bold and modern, and designed to serve as your complete all-in-one platform. They include the CRM, IDX home search on a branded website, and paid lead generation and real estate marketing. They have an additional feature called Listing Rocket designed to promote your listings.
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kvCORE – 2%
kvCORE, formerly Kunversion, is an action-packed office website that allows you to manage everything from your team to your social media. It’s designed to be shared with your lender partners, and has a fully integrated website and lead management system with all the bells and whistles.
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WordPress
Over 46% of the top 250 team websites were built on WordPress.
That is not a surprise considering the #1 platform, BoomTown, builds their sites on WordPress, accounting for a big chunk of those WordPress sites.
Agent Image also builds their sites on WordPress.
How I Researched the Sites
As for the website provider, I generally found their name in the footer of the website. Some like Commissions Inc and Curaytor can be confirmed on the website’s Terms and Conditions or Privacy Policy pages.
To see if it is a WordPress site or not (as well as other things they may have like chatbots, plugins, and IDX) I snoop them out on BuiltWith.com.
For example, below is a website that I can tell is both a WordPress site and uses Diverse Solutions IDX for their listings.
Conclusion
If you are exploring real estate team websites, I review the best platforms and websites. But checking on what the big boys and girls in real estate are doing is a great clue as to which systems are working for the pros.
It also speaks to the dominant prospecting style. BoomTown is King, and BoomTown users thrive on numerous Internet leads with a robust followup and long sales cycle. I guarantee you that the top real estate agents with BoomTown don’t complain about leads, because they know how to work them.
Was Chime not a factor in 2019?
i’ve been checking out your site a lot. Thank you for the work you do.
Though founded in 2016, Chime was a newer player then and not on my radar yet. I’ve definitely found they are a popular option at the moment and would be a contender.