Even in this age of social media, having a real estate blog is still one of the best ways Realtors can demonstrate their expertise to potential clients. Coming up with great real estate blog topics can be challenging, which is why I’m giving you my top 100 real estate blog ideas (with 30 live examples) that you can write about on your website. I’ll also share some crucial tips and tricks I’ve learned as a writer to ensure your audience will click on and read your blog articles.

100 Viral Real Estate Blog Ideas

1. Home Renovations That Offer the Best ROI for Resale

Example title: 10 Home Renovations That Will Get You a Good ROI at the Closing Table

Here’s a real estate blog idea that most homeowners thinking of selling will find irresistible. After all, renovating their older home will cost them tons of money, and most homeowners don’t have a clue if they will ever get any of that money back at the closing table. Address it in an epic real estate blog post and collect them as leads.

2. Before & After Renovation Examples

Example title: Before & After: This Humble Bungalow in ______ Was Transformed Into a Luxe Retreat

People love Cinderella stories, so writing about local homes transformed by tasteful renovations is a great way to get readers hooked up on your real estate blog. The more specific you can get here, the better. Check sites like Sweeten or RenoNation for examples of local renovations and see if you can get a quick comment from the homeowner, architect, or interior designer.

3. How to Fix & Flip Homes

Example title: How to Fix & Flip Homes in __________

With the popularity of real estate reality TV shows growing every day along with news coverage, writing real estate blog posts that educate your audience on investing is a great way to increase traffic and conversions. If you’re serious about working with new (or seasoned) investors, writing an epic in-depth e-book explaining the fix-and-flip process in detail would make a great lead magnet.

4. Home Staging Mistakes to Avoid

Example title: 9 Embarrassing Home Staging Mistakes That Can Hurt Your Home’s Value

Home staging mistakes is a fantastic real estate blog idea because it’s something every homeowner thinks they can do independently, by themselves. The reality, of course, is that home staging can be very difficult and extremely expensive. This is definitely something that most homeowners don’t even realize until they actually try to stage their own FSBO!

5. Highlight Successful Women in Real Estate

Example title: 5 Women Who Are Changing the Way _________ Real Estate Sells

According to one study, women make the decision of which home to purchase 91% of the time. That means celebrating women’s role in the real estate industry is not just a nice thing to do, but also a savvy marketing decision. A real estate blog post highlighting women’s achievements in your local property market is a great way to do just that.

6. Real Estate Negotiation Tips

Example title: 5 Negotiation Secrets Smart Buyers Use to Get Better Deals

Since most buyers or sellers have minimal experience in negotiating, offering them a peek inside the actual process of negotiating a deal can make for a real estate great blog post idea. If you really want to wow them with your skills, try using actual examples and real life stories from your own real estate career.

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7. How to Choose a Mortgage or Hard Money Lender

Example title: 10 Tricks to Choosing the Right Mortgage Lender in ________

Since the mortgage process is still pretty intimidating for most new home buyers, a guide on choosing a mortgage lender will be a welcome topic for new buyers reading your real estate blog. If you’re targeting investors or even would-be investors, a guide to picking a suitable hard money lender can also work.

8. An Overview of Virtual Staging Software

Example title: How Virtual Staging Software Can Drive Traffic to Your Home

This one falls into the “looks easy until you actually do it” category for homeowners. Virtual staging looks like magic, but once they try to do it, they will realize that hiring a professional like you to market their home might be a far better investment.

9. Tongue-in-Cheek ‘Behind the Scenes’ Posts

Example title: 13 Common Lies Realtors Tell New Buyers in _________

Since Realtors still have a reputation for dishonesty, unfortunately, pulling back the curtain and dishing on what really goes on in the industry is a great way to disarm your real estate website visitors. Just remember to keep the rating as PG, and don’t accuse any fellow agents or brokerages by name.

10. Open House Food Ideas

Example title: 20 Open House Food Ideas to Make Your Open House a Success

Another subtle way to show off your marketing skills is writing up a short article on popular open house food ideas. This is a great way to impress homeowners.

11. A List Post or Explainer Article on Dual Agency

Example title: 5 Reasons Dual Agency Can Be a Mistake in _________

Dual agency is one of those real estate topics that seems easy to understand at first but gets more complicated as you dig in. That makes it a perfect blog post to show off your sales expertise. Just make sure to be clear about the complexities of dual agency. List the pros and cons honestly.

12. A 101-Level Crash Course in Real Estate Investing

Example title: Investing in ______ Real Estate 101

Since everyone wants to make a great investment, a crash course in real estate investing is a great idea for a real estate blog post. You can explain some common industry terms and investment strategies and then discuss which one works best in your farm area.

13. A Guide to Evaluating & Purchasing Rental Properties

Example title: 15 Tips for Buying Rental Properties in _________

Since the real estate investment niche is red-hot these days, an expert guide to purchasing a rental property in your farm area can get you clicks and conversions on your real estate blog. If you’re not an expert in rental property, work with a colleague who is, or a local investor to write this one.

14. Questions to Ask When Hiring a Real Estate Agent

Example title: 17 Questions to Ask When Interviewing a New Realtor

Wouldn’t it be great if you could tell someone which questions you want them to ask you in an interview? Well, if you write this blog post, you can! You can use this post to educate home buyers on what to look for in a Realtor, and also subtlety play up your strong suit. For example, if you have a lot of local experience, spend more time telling them why this is so important in your post.

15. Home Staging Tips & Tricks to Sell Faster

Example title: 25 Interior Paint Colors That Will Help Your Home Sell Quicker

If you’re working in a relatively upscale neighbourhood, then chances are your homeowners will look at beautifully staged local listings and might even start to get intimidated. How will their home compete with these beautiful spaces online?

The trick with this blog post idea is to make sure to interview (or research) actual experts who really know a thing or two about interior design and how it might affect their listing. Again, just be careful about making any promises here. Avoid saying things like “this paint color WILL increase your listing price” and instead say something like, “One study showed this paint color helped XX homes sell faster.”

16. In-depth Neighbourhood Guides for Relocation Buyers

Example title: An In-depth Guide to [Neighborhood] for New Homeowners

While ranking on Google for neighbourhood guides will be extremely difficult in many cities, in-depth neighborhood guides make excellent lead magnets, e-books, or social media content. The trick here is to go truly deep. Most agents will write fluffy overviews, if anything, so make sure to get into the nitty-gritty of what moving to your neighbourhood will be like.

17. Hyper-local New Homebuyer’s Guide

Example title: A New Homebuyer’s Guide to Moving to [Your Farm Area]

Are you working with new home buyers? If not, you’re missing out. Many first-time buyers these days have excellent income and credit, and all they really need is someone to walk them through the transaction. If you get it right, you could have an evangelist for life.

18. Monthly or Quarterly Aggregated Market Reports

Example title: Aggregated Market Report for [Your Farm Area, Month Year]

While most property agents post some kind of market report on their blogs, most are pretty thin and not actually useful for their readers. If you want to stand out, then take the time and effort to make your monthly or quarterly local market reports as in-depth and as nerdy as you can manage.

19. Local Listing(s) of the Week

Example title: 30 Drop-dead Gorgeous Modern Homes in [Your Farm Area]

This is a fun one and can help you build relationships with local listing agents. Try to choose three to five listings every week that might fit a specific theme your audience will like for more impact. For example, if you’re working in Punggol, waterfront listings would be fun to write about. If you’re working in Manhattan, then you can’t go wrong writing about penthouses.

20. A Property Marketing Case Study

Example title: Case Study: How 5 [Your Farm Area] Luxury Homes Sold 20% Over Asking

This real estate blog post requires a little more research and, of course, access to actual data and assets such as before-and-after images. But if you either have a few listings under your belt where marketing made the difference, or know an agent who does, then this is a great post to show off your marketing knowledge to your readers.

21. How Economic News Affects Your Farm Area

Example title: What the [Latest Economic News] Means for [Your Farm Area] Homeowners

While your wealthy clients might read the Wall Street Journal every morning, most of the economic news won’t be directly relevant to their real estate portfolio. That’s why taking that news and contextualizing it for them is another excellent way to use your blog to offer something of value for your audience.

22. A Guide to Local Architectural Styles

Example title: A Cheat Sheet to the Architectural Styles of _________

When people start thinking about buying or selling a home, they generally go into education mode. Learning about local architectural styles is a great way to get them to click on your posts on social media.

23. An Interview With a Lawyer on Common Local Legal Issues

Example title: A Lawyer Explains the Legal Issues of Foreigners Additional Buyers Stamp Duty

Real estate lawyers also want to show off their local expertise to your audience because your leads might potentially be their leads too. Are you starting to notice a trend here with interview articles? If you’re just jumping in on this real estate article idea, then here’s a quick recap: Interviewing local experts can help build relationships that lead to referrals down the road.

24. A Guide to Local HOA Covenants

Example title: 5 Common HOA Covenants & What They Really Mean

If you want to get confused (and angry), ask someone what they think about their homeowners association (HOA). For most people, HOAs are right up there with the IRS when it comes to confusing and potentially expensive adversaries. That’s why a friendly explainer piece on HOA covenants can help new homeowners or anyone who never lived under their rules feel a little more comfortable about them.

25. An Explainer on What Listing Agents Do

Example title: 20 Hidden Ways Listing Agents Help _______ Homeowners Sell Faster & for More Money

Justifying your own job might seem a little desperate, but if you focus on the positive and talk about some uncommon but essential ways you can help them, you just might end up with a popular blog post.

26. Affordable Curb Appeal Ideas for Your Local Market

Example title: 108 Affordable Curb Appeal Ideas for [Your Farm Area] Homes

Curb appeal is one of those things that most homeowners don’t quite understand. They THINK they do, but when it comes down to pulling out their credit card or rolling up their sleeves, they will inevitably head to Google. Or if you have a well-written article, your real estate blog.

27. A Guide to Up & Coming Micro-Neighbourhoods

Example title: 6 Neighborhoods in ________ Set to Take Off in 2022

While every agent in your farm area is probably writing about the hot new neighbourhood, writing about smaller micro-neighbourhoods with appealing qualities is a great way to show off your local market knowledge.

28. Common Questions Sellers Ask

Example title: 15 Common Questions Home Sellers Ask Real Estate Agents

Making a list of the ten most common questions you get asked and answering them in a detail real estate blog post is a great blog post idea.29. Common questions buyers ask

29. Common Questions Buyers Ask

Example title: 20 Most Common Home Buyer Questions Answered by an Expert

Just like the above example, making a list of the ten most common questions you get asked and answering them in a detail real estate blog post is another great blog post idea.

30. Common Questions Relocation Clients Ask

Example title: What Relocation Clients Should Know about Moving Services

Another way to do this is list down common questions moving and relocation clients face.

More Real Estate Blog Ideas… (which are pretty straightforward)

31. A guide to buying foreclosures (or bank auctions)
32. Why hiring an agent is important
33. Perils and Pitfalls of buying or selling without an agent
34. Real life horror stories of DIYers and FSBOs
35. A guide to DIY Buyers
36. Why Property Portals' Home Value Estimates are not accurate
37. The perils of for sale by owner
38. Weekly starter home wrap-up post
39. Interview a local developer
40. Interview a local mortgage broker
41. Interview a local day care owner
42. Interview a local home inspector
43. Interview a local property developer
44. Interview a local interior designer
45. Interview a local moving company
46. Interview a local school teacher
47. Monthly wrap-up of major sales
48. A guide to the best coffee shops in XX
49. A guide to your favourite restaurants in XX
50. A guide to local parks
51. A guide to local school districts
52. A guide to local dog runs
53. A guide to local child care centres
54. A guide to after school child care
55. A guide to local tuition centres
56. Renting vs buying
57. Overview of the closing process
58. Tips for getting offers accepted
59. Fun historical facts about your farm area
60. When to refinance
61. How to get prequalified for a mortgage
62. Weekly wrap up of luxury listings
63. News about new developments
64. Local politics and how it might affect your farm area
65. Best colours to paint a home to sell faster
66. What to do with pets when showing your home
67. Tips for a successful open house
68. Gardening and landscaping tips
69. How to save money on cooling bills
70. How to make a 'green' and sustainable home
71. Yearly maintenance schedule
72. Zoning laws for additions or renovations
73. Highlight local artists
74. Highlight local art galleries
75. Highlight a local photographer
76. Highlight a local interior designer
77. Highlight a local architect
78. Tips for packing for a move
79. Tips for hiring a long-distance mover
80. Tips for hiring a contractor
81. Tips for hiring painters
82. Tips for hiring a landscaper
83. Moving checklist
84. Prelisting checklist
85. Closing checklist
86. Guide to local wildlife
87. Guide to local attractions
88. Guide to local beaches
89. Guide to local boating activities
90. Guide to local amenities
91. Rank the best supermarkets
92. Rank the best bakeries
93. Rank the best schools
94. Rank the best local eateries
95. Rank the best restaurants
96. Rank the best neighbourhoods
97. Rank the best local companies to work for
98. Rank the best heritage buildings
99. Rank the best tuition centres
100. Rank the best local malls

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7 Expert Real Estate Blogging Tips & Resources

Now that you’re (hopefully) inspired to start blogging, here are some insider tips and tricks I’ve learned over the years that will help you get more page views and visitors.

1. Write By Hand 3 Different Versions of Your Headline & Pick the Best One

The headline is by far the most important element of your blog post. It’s the first and sometimes only thing your audience will see before they decide to click on it and read it. So take the time to learn how to write headlines that get clicks. Here are some simple formulas you can use.

2. Use H2 Headings to Break Up Your Posts Into Bite-sized Chunks

Since your readers are busy, do them a favor and break up your blog posts into bite-sized chunks using H2 subheadings. Most people are going to skim your posts anyway. Make it easy for them. Using H2, H3, and H4 subheadings is also a best practice for real estate SEO.

3. Include Internal Links to Other Related Blog Posts

This will not only help your reader quickly get to related posts, but will help Google crawl your site and might help you rank better.

4. Do Keyword Research to Find Out What Your Audience Is Searching for on Google

If you want a chance of ranking your real estate blog posts on Google, you need to research what keywords your audience is searching for in the first place. You can start by checking out some other successful real estate blogs in your farm area. Which articles do you think are most helpful for buyers and sellers? If you want to get serious and do professional keyword research, check out our in-depth guide below.

5. Use Descriptive Language & Write Short Sentences & Paragraphs

Long paragraphs are like homework, and you have about 10 seconds to capture your reader’s attention before they click back over to Facebook. Worse, they take forever to scroll through on mobile.

6. Read Your Writing Out Loud Before Hitting Publish

Editing your own writing can be tricky, but one way to make it easier is to read your entire post out loud and see if you stumble. If you can read through it without stumbling, then chances are so will your readers.

7. Always Put the Reader First

Always put your reader first. Make sure to focus on their needs and experience rather than search engine optimization (SEO), selling, trying to sound clever, or anything else. Always remember your blog is for your readers, not to stroke your ego!

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