Real Homes – WordPress Real Estate Theme

Real Homes is a handcrafted WordPress theme for real estate
websites.It offers purpose oriented design with all the
useful features a real estate website needs. Real Homes theme
facilitates its user on front end as well as on admin-side and
makes properties management a breeze.

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Demo User Access
Info

User Name & Password = demo
( This user has contributor role )

More About
Features…

Advanced, Yet Easily Customizable Properties Search

Advanced properties search provided in Real Homes theme is
powerful and fully customizable to fulfill various needs. You can
select which fields you want to display and what data will be
displayed in those fields.

You can display multiple location fields to provide search
behavior like State > City > Area. You can change the values
of price fields. You can modify the search behaviors and values for
beds and baths fields. In short you can fully customize the search
form to match your own needs.

Up to 4 Locations Dropdowns are Supported

Real Homes theme supports up to 4 location dropdowns to produce
search fields like
Country > State > City > Area. These dropdowns
works for locations hierarchy automatically. The numbers and labels
of these dropdowns are fully customizable from customizer
settings.

Flexibility to Use Search Form Over Image

Search form over image module can be enabled for homepage to
replace slider area with a graceful looking search form over a
background image. Real Homes also provides related customizer
settings to fully customize image, search form fields, text, colors
and margins.

Google Maps with Properties Markers

Real Homes includes Google Maps API integration that enables you
to display Google Maps with properties markers on search results
page, properties display pages, property detail page, home page,
Contact page and taxonomy archive pages.

Compare
Properties

Real Homes theme includes compare properties feature that allow
your website visitor to add properties to a compare pool and later
on compare those properties side by side. Visitor do not need to
login to use this feature. Check out theme demos for real
experience.

List and Grid
Layouts

Real Homes theme provides page templates to display properties
in list layout and grid layout. These templates are also supported
with meta boxes to filter and sort properties based on your
requirements. So basically you can create any type of custom list
of properties based on your own custom criteria.

Multiple
Gallery Templates

Real Homes provides multiple templates to display your
properties in the form of a gallery. Each template contains a quick
filter based on property statuses.

Comprehensive, Yet Easy to Use Customizer Settings

Real Homes theme provides a wide set of customizer settings that
will help you configure and customize stuff around your website
more easily.

You can customize the price format to any currency in the world.
You can customize the URL slugs to your required ones. You can
customize all the important stuff related to your website using
customizer settings and without going into code.

Easy to Use Meta
Boxes

Real Homes provides a rich set of meta boxes that are super easy
to use. The goal of these meta boxes is to make it easier for you
to add and modify a property.

Additional
Details

Real Homes provides an easy to use interface to
add/modify/remove additional details related to a property. This
feature can be used in many ways especially to add a certain type
of information for which there is no other meta box available.

Floor Plans

You can add floor plans related to a property using an easy to
use interface provided on property add/edit page on admin-side.

Property
Attachments

You can provide various types of files ( pdf, office documents,
images etc ) as attachments to a property.

Similar
Properties

Real Homes theme provides similar properties module on property
detail page which displays properties similar to current
property.

Sub Properties

Real Homes theme provides a sub properties module on property
detail page to display any sub/child properties ( like apartments
in a building ). Each child property works as a full property
independently.

Google reCAPTCHA

Real Homes provides Google reCAPTCHA API integration support on
all the contact forms in theme to prevent spam.

Simple Login & Register OR Social Login Using Any Social
Network

You can provide user registration, login and forgot password
features on your site to let users access member only features.

Real Homes comes with simple login and registration features
from start but Social Login feature was introduced in version 2.6.1
and allow you to integrate any social network with your website for
this purpose. Consult the related section in documentation for more
details.

Easily Customizable Front End Property Submit

This theme provides front end property submit template and
related configurations. So you can restrict certain level of users
from accessing administrator dashboard and provide them an
interface on front end to submit properties. Later on website
administrator can review and publish the submitted properties. You
can also configure the settings to auto publish a property as soon
the user pays a certain fee.

Since Real Homes version 2.6.0 you can show/hide any field on
property submit form. This will help you hide the fields you think
you do not need on your website.

My
Properties List on Front End

Real Homes theme provides a template to display properties
related to current user on front end. This template can be used to
preview property, edit property, make a payment for property or
even removing a property. A user can pay through paypal to get his
submitted property published. Payment feature can be enabled or
disabled from customizer settings.

Favorite
Properties

A visitor can add properties to his favorites collection, So
that he can visit his/her favorites properties later on.

Visitor do not need to login to use this feature as if he/she is
not logged in then the favorite properties information is stored in
cookies. But if the user is logged in then this information is
stored in database as user meta.

Front End Profile
Edit

Real Homes theme provides a front end profile edit page. This
page enables a user to edit his profile information without going
to dashboard.

A user can later on choose to display this information with his
submitted property as agent’s information is
dispalyed in theme’s demo.

Filterable FAQs
Support

Real Homes theme provides FAQs support using plugin developed by
Inspiry Themes. So you can add FAQs to your website and even make
them filterable.

Translation Ready, RTL Supported and WPML Compatible

Real Homes theme is translation ready and you can translate it
to any one language ( LTR or RTL ) without the need of a plugin.
But, If you want to build a multi language website then you can use
a plugin like WPML with this theme.

iHomefinder Optima Express IDX Compatible

Real Homes is compatible with iHomefinder Optima Express IDX
plugin and you can test its and . Please note that Real Homes theme
supports iHomefinder Optima Express IDX plugin as an additional
feature.

So, it is a complete theme even without iHomefinder Optima
Express IDX plugin and that plugin is not required for basic
functionality of this theme. Kindly check out screen shots to
understand what this theme offers without iHomefinder Optima
Express plugin. You can add, modify, remove, search and list
properties with the basic features of this theme and without any
extra plugin.

dsIDXpress
Compatible

This theme is compatible with dsIDXpress plugin and you can test
its and . Please note that Real Homes theme supports dsIDXpress
plugin as an additional feature.

So, it is a complete theme even without dsIDXpress plugin and
that plugin is not required for basic functionality of this theme.
Kindly check out screen shots to understand what this theme offers
without dsIDXpress plugin. You can add, modify, remove, search and
list properties with the basic features of this theme and without
any extra plugin.

Revolution Slider Plugin Included

You can build any type of slider using Revolution Slider plugin
that comes included as part of this theme’s main
pack. If you only want to use properties slider then there is
already a slider available for that.

Child Theme
Included

Real Homes theme main package contains a ready to use child
theme to make it easy for you to get started with modifications and
keep updating the parent theme whenever the new update becomes
available.

One Click Demo
Import

Real Homes theme provides one click demo import feature to help
you quickly setup your site like the theme demo and learn all the
things by observing how those are done on demo site.

Comprehensive Documentation

Real Homes theme provides an easy to understand but detailed
documentation. It will guide you at almost every step, Either it is
a configuration OR adding some sort of contents OR installing a
compatible plugin.

Custom Widgets

Real Homes theme provides various custom widgets like Advance
properties search widget, Feature properties widget, Featured
properties related to a particular agent and property types
widget.

Pre Purchase FAQs

We have multiple agents in our agency and we want our agents to add
properties. But we do not want to allow anybody else to register,
So what is the solution for this ?

A real estate property is like a post in WordPress and You need
to simply create users for your agents with author role. You can
know more about roles from . So, You do not need to enable
registration for public and manually added users with author role
will be good enough to add properties using WordPress dashboard.
You can pass documentation’s add property link
to your agents for guidance.

How to create RSS feed for properties ? and How to send its email
to potential customers.

You can use ?feed/?post_type=property? after your website URL to
get property feeds. for example:

Demo Example:

Later on you can use Google feed burner and create a feedburner
widget on your website for people to subscribe.

Following plugin might also help in this regard.

How can I import properties from my existing database using XML or
CSV files?

You can import properties into Real Homes theme for free using
plugin and it’s add-on for theme. For more
details you can consult .

Theme Support

We have dedicated support staff and support for all our themes
is provided through .

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Updates Log

Version 3.8.3 – Updated on 15th February
2019

• Added – WhatsApp share option for
  property.
• Added – Color settings for modern sticky
  header.
• Added – Setting to change Agent word on
  modern property detail page.
• Improved – Property gallery slider for
  modern to better handle portrait images.
• Improved – Share by email option for
  modern.
• Improved – Modern
  homepage’s code
• Improved – Contact page’s
  address field support for HTML tags.
• Fixed – Property colored label support for
  modern properties search results.
• Fixed – Login related bug in modern while
  using reCAPTCHA
• Fixed – Properties count on modern my
  properties page.
• Fixed – Map info window on classic property
  detail page.
• Fixed – Wrong phone number bug in classic
  that appears on iPhone.
• Removed – Google+ share option with respect
  to Google policy.
• Improved – Couple of other minor
  things.

Version 3.8.2 – Updated on 30th January
2019

• Fixed – Header styling issues from
  customizer.
• Fixed – Console messages due to duplicate
  form IDs.
• Fixed – Submit property
  template’s location field appearance.
• Improved – Couple of other minor
  things.

Version 3.8.1 – Updated on 28th January
2019

• Fixed – [Any] option repetition bug in
  location search field.

Version 3.8.0 – Updated on 26th January
2019

Important Note:We have made a directional change
in development of Real Homes theme and moved plugin territory
functionality to a new plugin named “Easy Real
Estateâ€. So make sure to install and activate it after
this update. Normally you will get an auto install message that you
can follow, But if you have dismissed plugin install dialog then
this might not appear for you. So make sure to install it by
visiting Appearance > Install Plugins page. Also make sure to
re-save permalinks settings after this update to avoid 404
errors.

• Major Addition:Added Elementor Page Builder
  Support and provided 14 Real Homes based widgets that can be used
  on any page.
  1. Properties Grid Widget
  2. Featured Properties Carousel Widget
  3. Agents Grid Widget
  4. Partners Widget
  5. News Grid Widget
  6. Section Title Widget
  7. Big Single Testimonial Widget
  8. Call to Action Widget
  9. Call to Action 2 Widget
  10. Classic Slogan Widget
  11. Classic Properties Grid Widget
  12. Classic Featured Properties Carousel Widget
  13. Classic Features Widget
  14. Classic News Grid Widget
• Added – 2 new Elementor based demo
  imports.
• Added – Two new header design variations for
  Modern.
• Added – Transparent and Solid header design
  options for responsive header in Modern.
• Added – New full width property detail page
  layout for Modern.
• Added – Full width properties grid template
  for Classic and Modern.
• Added – Half Map with properties layout
  support for Classic.
• Added – Floor Plans support for front end
  property submit form.
• Added – Support of new Lightbox named
  ‘Venobox’
• Added – Support for all Gutenberg
  Blocks
• Added – REST API support for Property and
  related meta.
• Added – REST API support for Agent and
  related meta.
• Added – REST API support for Agency and
  related meta.
• Added – Sticky header support for
  Modern.
• Added – Retina logo support.
• Added – Retina logo support for
  partners.
• Added – Banner support for Modern
  homepage.
• Added – Option to switch phone icon with
  WhatsApp icon in header.
• Added – More customizer settings to further
  help with customizability.
• Improved – Property featured image rendering
  in Google Maps information box to improve maps performance.
• Improved – Compare properties module to
  display message when more than 4 properties are added to
  comparison.
• Improved – Customizer settings.
• Improved – WPML language switcher support
  for Modern.
• Improved – Mailchimp for WordPress styles
  for overall theme.
• Improved – Property detail
  page’s gallery code.
• Improved – Meta-boxes code.
• Improved – Various other minor things across
  the theme.
• Fixed – OpenStreetMap’s
  appearance bug in meta boxes.
• Fixed – Prices fields bug for Search Form
  Over Image in Classic.
• Fixed – 4 columns search results
  template’s grid styles issue.
• Fixed – Price postfix bug on front end
  property edit page.
• Fixed – dsIDXpress styles inconsistency that
  appeared after their recent update.
• Fixed – Various other minor issues that are
  hard to track in such a big update.

Version 3.7.1 – Updated on 4th December
2018

• Tested with WordPress 5.0 ( RC3 ) and fixed related
  issues.
• Fixed few styling issues
• Fixed search form over image section’s price
  field issue.

Version 3.7.0 – Updated on 13th October
2018

• Developed a purpose oriented CRM ( Customer Relations
  Management ) Plugin for Real Homes to help our customers get more
  out of their business leads.
• Added – drag & drop fields manager for
  search form.
• Added – property features field support for
  Modern search form.
• Added – customization option to display
  custom number of fields in top row of search form ( Modern ).
• Added – Agents widget.
• Improved – Property print styles and added
  QR code support.
• Improved – Property submit code to not
  accept empty values in additional details.
• Fixed – Add to favorite button functionality
  for homepage properties pagination ( Modern )
• Improved – Various minor things across the
  theme.
• Updated – Translation files.

Version 3.6.1 – Updated on 2nd October 2018

• Major improvements in Classic’s blog
  layout.
• Added – Thumbnails based property images
  slider support for Modern.
• Improved – Modern properties search results
  page to have layout without map.
• Improved – WPML Language switcher for both
  design variations.
• Improved – Various minor things across the
  theme.
• Added – Spanish language translation files
  pack ( Human Translated ).
• Added – French language translation files
  pack ( Human Translated ).
• Added – Italian language translation files
  pack ( Human Translated ).
• Added – German language translation files
  pack ( Human Translated ).
• Added – Portuguese language translation
  files pack ( Human Translated ).
• Added – Turkish language translation files
  pack ( Human Translated ).

Version 3.6.0 – Updated on 12th September
2018

• Big Addition: Added OpenStreetMap support for all map
  places in Modern & Classic.Including admin side
  property add/edit page and front end property submit and edit
  page.
• Added – Homepage sections manager for
  Modern.
• Added – Blog/News sections for Modern
  homepage.
• Added – Ajax based pagination for homepage
  properties in Modern.
• Added – Ajax based property removal for My
  Properties page template for Modern & Classic.
• Added – Custom text color and background
  color options for homepage sections for Modern.
• Added – REST API support for property,
  agent, agency and partner post type and related taxonomies.
• Added – Multiple new translation files to
  cover certain parts of theme. Like separate file for Classic and
  Modern etc.
• Fixed – Duplicate reCAPTCHA on agent single
  for Modern.
• Fixed – Mailto link on agent single for
  Modern.
• Fixed – Display Email’s
  inconsistent behavior on Contact page for Classic.
• Fixed – Inconsistent behavior of featured
  properties on top option in search results for Modern &
  Classic.
• Fixed – Special character decoding issue for
  property marker mouse over title in Google Map.
• Improved – Search form over image section
  for classic by adding parallax to it.
• Improved – Maps related code in overall
  theme.
• Improved – Titles and headings markup of
  pages and posts.
• Improved – Meta boxes code especially
  related to property.
• Improved – Maps related customizer settings
  and moved them to a separate section under main panel.
• Improved – Contact related customizer
  settings and moved them to a separate section under main
  panel.
• Improved – Google reCAPTCHA related
  customizer settings and moved them to a separate section under main
  panel.
• Improved – Various other things related to
  Customizer settings.
• Improved – Homepage code for Modern
  especially with respect to RTL and Parallax.
• Improved – Homepage slider for mobile
  devices.
• Improved – Dropdown select box styles.
• Improved – WPML configuration file.
• Improved – SVGs in couple of places.
• Deprecated – Quick CSS customizer
  setting.
• Updated – Translation files.

Photos License

Photos used in this theme are for demo purposes only and are not
included as part of the theme license.