Openhouse (currently the highest rated and best selling WordPress Real Estate theme (realestate) with 5 stars average and over 350 ratings) is a very powerful and flexible Real Estate theme. It includes a very powerful and flexible Search, where you can search by location, number of baths, beds, max price, min price, and property type. The Location search alone is unique in that you can have multiple levels of locations. Check out the demo for an example. The theme has features not seen in any other theme, like search results “Google Map”, “Compare” feature, and more. This theme also includes a fully featured Loan calculator which can be shown or hidden in Theme Options. It even has a link to generate a complete amortization table which you can print out. The color scheme choice is unlimited. Simply supply a color, and the whole site changes, including all gradients and effects.
Other than property listing-type posts, this theme supports any other type of posts. You can have both a regular Blog, AND a news Blog. Each one can have unlimited subcategories.
Your blog and page content can visually be taken to the next level using our custom Shortcode tags. For example, easily add multi-column text, toggle boxes, drop caps, button links, and more quickly and easily.
The theme comes bundled with an alternate version that works directly with the dsIDXpress plugin. So now your site can pull in unlimited listings automatically. However, items in the slideshow must be posted manually.
Notable Features (OpenHouse Real Estate Theme):
Note: the header “floor plan” background can be removed in Theme Options. Or make it any image you want!
- NEW ! Compare listings. Check the boxes next to each search result and compare them all side by side. Maximum of 5. (standard version only)
- NEW ! Search results Google Map. Shows pins for the current pages results right on map. Click map to see info window with details and click to see full detail page. (Option to disable this feature)
- NEW ! Related listings section on detail page (listings with same Property Type)
- Theme Options screen: Color pickers, upload buttons, etc. View video
- Detailed columns for listings view in WP dashboard. View Video (same as above)
- Alternate Fully Localized & Translation Ready version. .po file included. Recommended plugin is qTranslate because you only need to post 1 property listing per language. wpml.org plugin on the other hand requires a listing for each language! Note: Loan Calculator is NOT translatable.
- “Open House” date and time, displayed on slider as a banner, and mentioned on detail page. Self manages itself… does not display once Open House date expires.
- Google Maps support for each listing. (Uses newest version 3 API )
- Optional Agent support. Add your agents with the Agent “Post Type”. Include all Agent info and any amount of text. Attach an Agent to a Listing. Agent “page” lists all Agents, and when clicked you go to the Agent’s dedicated page where full info is shown, and all listings for that Agent is displayed. Each Agent has their own custom contact form that is shown in the Listing detail pages.
- Optional buy/rent search option.
- Option to have plain photos in slideshow, with no property information.
- Bundles with alternate dsIDXpress plugin version. See demo site.
- WP 3 .0 support for Custom Post Types. Instead of entering a “Post” for a listing, you enter a new “Property Listing”. Very intuitive. View Video (same as above).
- WP 3 .0 support for new Menu system.
- Print stylesheet, and print icon in Detail page
- Optionally “Browse By” Location, price range, or property type, in the menu. Customize this in Theme Options.
- Order the Browse pages by price, date, or random
- Unlimited color schemes. Just choose any color and you’re done! Gradients change also. Try the interactive demo. It works like magic!
- Powerful Property Listing Search (no plugin needed). Search by location, beds, baths, min/max price, and property type.
- Option to have a second level of location search. See demo for an example. Select a State from the list and see a secondary location appear under it. With a little easy coding, you can extend it to unlimited levels of locations.
- Optional Login form for people to post their own listings (Agents, home sellers, etc.)
- 27 individual slideshow transitions
- Image preloaders for slick page loading
- Optional secondary logo in top right (for example, the broker’s logo)
- Agent photo and caption on homepage
- Nice jquery tooltips on hovering over social media icons.
- Video support (opens in lightbox when thumbnail is clicked)
- Google Street View for each listing (optional)
- “Reduced” and “Sold” banners. PSD files included so you can make your own. Forum has instructions to code in custom banner types.
- Contact form on each listing page. Optionally have form sent to specific Agent. (if Agent is specified for a listing)
- Loan Calculator (can be removed in Theme Options)
- Amortization Table in the Loan Calculator results.
- Social media icons on homepage (different than ones in Listing and blog pages)
- Link to “All Properties” in menu
- Cufon font styling
- CSS3 Progressive Enhancement
- Jquery enhanced interface (Slideshows, dropdown menu, etc.)
- Special typographic effects (see the sample posts and pages in the demo)
- Multi-column text (2, 3, 4 columns in any config)
- Toggle boxes (expand/contract)
- Drop Caps
- Text highlighting
- Link buttons (adapt to color skin)
- Back to Top links (with animated scrolling to top)
- Divider Lines
- 10 Widget Enabled areas (6 if you don’t include the optional widgetized footer)
- 6 Custom ‘Page Templates’
- Hide or show just about any element in the site
- Customize the wording of any header or element.
- PSD files included
- Extensive HTML documentation (live and always up to date). Read the docs now by clicking the Documentation menu in the demo.
- Video screencasts in documentation for the tricky parts.
- Can be adapted to be used for non-real estate sites. (PHP, HTML , and CSS knowledge necessary. Customizations can be done for a fee.)
- Support Forum to get your questions answered quickly.
