Best Real Estate Association Websites of 2021

Each year at 立博客户端app下载, we look forward to highlighting some of the top Real Estate Association websites. These best of websites really raise the bar on design, navigation, functionality, and user experience. Let's take a look at what makes these sites the best of the best!

Table of contents:

• Coastal Carolinas Association of REALTORS®
• Lexington-Bluegrass Association of REALTORS®
• Greater Nashville REALTORS®
• REALTORS® Broward | Palm Beaches | St. Lucie
• Columbus REALTORS®
• Monmouth Ocean Regional REALTORS®
• REALTOR® Association of Pioneer Valley
• California Association of REALTORS®
• Greater Bergen Association of REALTORS®
• Upstate Alliance of REALTORS®
• Southern Maryland Association of REALTORS®

Coastal Carolinas Association of REALTORS®

How this website stands out

The hero video drone footage of the Grand Strand Island truly encompasses the region and sets the tone for the site being very engaging and user friendly. This real estate association also opted to use a mega menu navigation to give more of a description for each page on the website. 

Our favorite feature

The New Member Resources section on this site is a very uniquely designed guided library for onboarding new members. One design component includes a custom-built carousel of 8 helpful video resources meant to be watched in order. 

Lexington-Bluegrass Association of REALTORS®

How this website stands out 

The homepage on the Lexington-Bluegrass Association of REALTORS® (LBAR) website boasts a full-screen slider of still images and videos with a very clean main and utility navigation. Throughout the homepage are customizable panels that can be easily updated with new content or images as needed. 

Our favorite feature

LBAR has a one-of-a-kind feature only found on their website. This can only be accessed when a member is logged into their account but there is a full, customized member dashboard that pulls data from Rappitoni. (IMS replacement dashboard) Members have customized news articles, quicklinks, and calls-to-action.

Greater Nashville REALTORS®

How this website stands out 

This real estate association’s website instantly stands out with great uses of their branding colors, bold typography along with right and left justified grid boxes throughout the homepage. 

Our favorite feature

Real estate associations have a lot of information they need to share with members and consumers. Oftentimes important information gets buried on sites instead of front and center. Greater Nashville REALTORS® uses a mega menu, which is expandable and displays a two-dimensional dropdown layout to display all their services, membership details, resources, and content.

REALTORS® Broward | Palm Beaches | St. Lucie 

How this website stands out 

The use of white space gives REALTORS® Broward, Palm Beaches and St. Lucie's website a spacious, well-balanced feel. All of the branding colors are used creatively in the main navigation and when users hover over each category.

Our favorite feature

The Corporate Board 2021 landing page takes board bios to another level with personalized videos for each incoming leader. This is a great and engaging way for members to get to know up-and-coming leaders. 

Columbus REALTORS®  

How this website stands out 

Scrolling hero images across the homepage on Columbus REALTORS® has a mixture of high-quality photos and videos with a customizable banner overlay. Additionally, as you scroll down the homepage to featured events and market statistics, the page showcases lots of whitespace with large typography.

Our favorite feature

Columbus REALTORS® has a custom store with business essentials, brochure boxes, and marketing supplies that is operated through 立博客户端app下载’s Freedom Software.

Monmouth Ocean Regional REALTORS®

How this website stands out 

You will instantly notice when scrolling on the homepage the fixed-position navigation on Monmouth Ocean Regional REALTORS® website. This is a clean, consolidated way to display the menu as users scroll down pages. With this navigation, Monmouth created a streamlined sitemap for user experience.  

Our favorite feature

The Find an Affiliate Directory offers a detailed way for members to search. This directory can be used by searching by name, company name, city or Real Estate Services and also shows affiliate profiles. 

REALTOR® Association of Pioneer Valley

How this website stands out 

Large, scrolling images pan across the hero slider of the Pioneer Valley area. There is a great use of white space across the homepage. Upcoming events are front and center under the hero images in a grid. When hovered over, these grid boxes pop up and site visitors can click on the call-to-action to read more. 

Our favorite feature

The REALTOR® Association of Pioneer Valley website boasts a full API integration with the RAMCO membership system. This special 立博客户端app下载 integration is the same that is on Greater Nashville REALTORS®, Raleigh Regional Association of REALTORS®, and many others.

This integration allows members to access a customized Member Dashboard of RAMCO data directly from the website, without having to navigate to a third-party website or double login. Using a floating Member Login widget that stays on the page, members can easily login to their account and access their dashboard.

Greater Bergen Association of REALTORS® 

How this website stands out 

A dynamic News & Events section. The Press Room landing page features archives and tags to easily search published articles. The Event Photos page has categorized albums from annual meetings, luncheons, receptions, and celebrations. 

Our favorite feature

The Upcoming Events Section is fully integrated with Rappattoni to dynamically pull content into 立博客户端app下载's Event Module. This streamlines Greater Bergen's event management process, as well as the member user experience for registration. Check out the Events Calendar, the homepage events lister, and the list view of all upcoming events. 

Bonus feature: Single sign-on capabilities with Rappattoni authenticates users when they login to the website. This simplifies the login experience by linking the two platforms together.

California Association of REALTORS® 

How this website stands out 

California Association of REALTORS® uses a 2021 top design trend of abstract art composition including photography and figure illustrations. Across the homepage is a great use of grids to display content and imagery.

Our favorite feature

The mega menu navigation on this website is incredible. Each navigation category when clicked on drops down an entire half-page including brief descriptions of each secondary item and quick links to other important landing pages. 

Upstate Alliance of REALTORS®

How this website stands out 

Upstate Alliance of REALTORS® website stands out with a homepage that boasts branded colors, large hero images, and quick links for visitors to access important information such as Find a Home, find a REALTOR®, Become a Member, Find an Affiliate, and Market Insights.

Our favorite feature

On the Market Insights landing page, there is a full archive with historical reports that date back from 2010 to the most recent. Visitors have access to monthly market indicators, quarterly foreclosure reports, market indicators by county and housing supply overview. 

Southern Maryland Association of REALTORS®

How this website stands out 

Large rotating hero images span the homepage with quick links to the Event Calendar, Forms and Invest in RPAC. Scroll down and you will find a statistics counter that displays market data for three counties including days on the market and average sold price. 

Our favorite feature

The site is fully integrated with RAMCO AMS, acting as a single sign-on portal where members can login to access their profiles without switching out to a third-party website. The site also pulls unique custom data directly from the RAMCO system including each user’s award points for an even more robust user experience.

If you are interested in integrating any of these features onto your Real Estate Association’s website, please reach out to us and someone from our team will be in contact with you. 

Love what you see? Keep an eye out for these incredible new sites also launching in 2021:

Highland Lakes Association of REALTORS®

Cape Fear REALTORS®

Central Panhandle Association of REALTORS®

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