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Your Listings Vanish on Page 3. Zillow Owns Page 1.

If you're an agent closing 12+ deals a year but watching every Google search send buyers to the portals instead of your site, you've hit the organic ceiling.

We build real estate sites with neighbourhood pages, property schema, GBP optimization, and citation management -- built to drive map pack rankings and buyer leads.

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Real Estate SEO

Real estate SEO is the practice of structuring an agent or brokerage website so search engines surface its pages for neighbourhood, listing, and buyer-intent queries before the major portals do. It combines technical markup, Google Business Profile management, hyperlocal content, and citation consistency to generate map pack placements and organic rankings. The goal is a direct pipeline of buyer and seller leads that does not depend on paid portal placement or referral fees.

What is holding your current website back?

Common gaps we find in nearly every audit.

Your listings rank on page 3 while Zillow and Realtor.com hold the top six organic spots for every neighbourhood search in your market.
Risk: Buyers never reach your site, so your transaction history, reviews, and local expertise produce zero inbound leads and every deal starts with a cold outreach or portal referral cost.
Your Google Business Profile is unclaimed or has inconsistent NAP data across dozens of directories, so Google discounts your local authority.
Risk: Competitors with weaker sales records but cleaner profiles outrank you in the Map Pack, capturing the high-intent traffic that converts at the highest rate of any real estate search channel.
Your website has no neighbourhood or community pages, and your listing detail pages carry no structured schema markup.
Risk: Search engines cannot match your pages to specific location queries or display rich results like price, bed count, or availability, making your listings invisible to buyers using precise search terms.

How We Build This Right

Every safeguard, built in from Day 1.

Accurate NAP Consistency

We audit and correct your name, address, and phone number across Google, Apple Maps, Bing Places, and major real estate directories so citation signals reinforce rather than contradict your local authority.

Schema Markup Standards

All property and local business structured data follows schema.org and Google's developer guidelines, ensuring rich result eligibility without triggering manual actions for spammy markup.

GBP Policy Adherence

We configure your Google Business Profile within Google's guidelines for real estate professionals, including correct category selection, service area setup, and review response practices that protect your listing from suspension.

What We Build

Purpose-built features for your industry.

Neighbourhood Page Architecture

We research and build a set of location-specific pages targeting the exact community and suburb queries buyers use, each supported by unique market data, school information, and commute context rather than thin duplicated copy.

Property and Local Business Schema

We implement RealEstateListing and LocalBusiness structured data on every relevant page so Google can surface price ranges, listing status, and agent details as rich results without requiring a click to your site.

Google Business Profile Optimization

We complete every GBP field, add service area boundaries, upload original property photography, set up Q&A entries, and establish a review acquisition process tied to your closing workflow.

Citation Audit and Syndication

We identify every directory listing carrying your information, correct inconsistencies in name, address, and phone, and submit accurate data to the core aggregators that feed hundreds of downstream sites used by search engine local algorithms.

Built on a Modern, Secure Stack

Next.jsSupabaseVercelGoogle Business Profile APIJSON-LD SchemaSemrushAhrefsGoogle Search Console

Our Development Process

From discovery to launch. Quality at every step.

01

Technical and Local Audit

1 week

We crawl your existing site, pull your current GBP data, and run a full citation audit to document every indexing error, missing schema element, and NAP inconsistency before any work begins.

02

Keyword and Content Architecture

1-2 weeks

We map neighbourhood, listing-type, and buyer-intent queries to a revised site structure, defining which pages to build, consolidate, or rewrite and what internal linking pattern connects them.

03

On-Site Implementation

2 weeks

We publish neighbourhood pages, apply property and local business schema, correct technical issues identified in the audit, and build the internal link structure across your listing and location pages.

04

GBP and Citation Deployment

1-2 weeks

We fully optimize your Google Business Profile, submit corrected citations to core aggregators, and set up rank and Map Pack tracking so you can monitor position changes against the portals by neighbourhood.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Early map pack improvements typically show up within 4-8 weeks of GBP optimization and citation cleanup. Neighbourhood pages usually start ranking for long-tail queries within 2-3 months. Competitive head terms like 'real estate agent [city]' can take 6-12 months depending on how crowded the market is. We validate high-value keywords with paid search first -- so we know real demand exists before we invest in it.
Neighbourhood pages are dedicated landing pages built around hyper-local buyer queries like 'homes near top-rated schools in Shoreditch' or 'walkable communities in Austin.' They include structured data, interactive maps, school ratings, and market stats. These pages pick up long-tail traffic that aggregators routinely miss -- and they convert at 2-3x the rate of generic listing pages because they match what specific buyers are actually searching for.
Property schema uses JSON-LD structured data to tell search engines exactly what's in your listings -- price, location, bedrooms, availability, images. That enables rich snippets showing property details directly in results, which lifts click-through rates. And in 2026, schema also feeds AI tools like ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews, making your listings citable in conversational search.
US real estate SEO means going up against Zillow and Realtor.com through IDX integrations and MLS data. UK agents face Rightmove and Zoopla dominance, which calls for portal gap strategies and citations on Yell.com and FreeIndex rather than Yelp. UK schema should include EPC ratings too. Both markets need GBP optimization, but UK agents tend to get more traction from Trustpilot reviews alongside Google reviews.
Reviews matter more than most agents realize. They influence map pack rankings and buyer trust -- and in 2026, AI search tools factor in review sentiment when recommending agents. Agents with 4.8+ stars and 50+ reviews consistently outrank those with thinner profiles. We deploy automated review request workflows and response protocols to build your review profile steadily, without it feeling like a campaign.
Solo agents can handle the basics: claim your GBP, keep NAP consistent, ask for reviews. But building server-rendered neighbourhood pages with proper schema, managing 100+ citations, and fixing Core Web Vitals takes real development work. Platforms like Real Geeks ($299/mo) are a reasonable starting point. Brokerages competing across multiple markets typically get better ROI from an agency that combines technical SEO with custom development.
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