Luxury real estate website design in Palm Beach CountyOwn the Search Before the Portals Do
Epic Wolf builds websites for luxury brokerages, agents and developers in Palm Beach County from its base in West Palm Beach. A real estate site is property pages that do a home justice, listing search fed by the MLS, neighborhood pages only a local could write and inquiry forms that reach an agent fast. It also has to follow Florida's brokerage advertising rule and the Fair Housing Act.
Luxury real estate websites
The national portals already show every listing. An agent's or brokerage's own website cannot beat them on inventory, so it has to win on everything they cannot offer: judgment about a street, film and photography worthy of an oceanfront estate, the story of a new tower on the West Palm Beach waterfront and a person who answers. Sellers of an expensive home look at an agent's site to see how their own property would be presented.
Template real estate sites all look alike because they are the same product with a different headshot. For a developer selling residences before the building exists, or a brokerage courting a listing on the island, that sameness is expensive. The site is the listing presentation.
Real estate advertising is regulated at three levels. Federal fair housing law governs what an ad may say or imply. The Florida Real Estate Commission has a rule on how a brokerage's name appears, including on the internet. And the MLS sets terms for displaying other brokers' listings. We build to all three, and the broker of record approves the result.
What it includes
Property pages
Full-screen photography and film, floor plans, the facts a buyer's advisor asks for and one clear way to inquire.
Listing search
MLS-fed search styled to the brand, with listing firm attribution and data notices placed as the MLS requires.
Neighborhood pages
Honest pages on the island, the waterfront towers, the club communities and the streets between, written from local knowledge.
Agent and team pages
Names as registered, the brokerage name beside every phone and email and sold history the broker has verified.
Development microsites
A site for a single building or community with residences, amenities, team and a registration form that feeds the sales office.
Lead routing
Inquiries sent to the right agent in seconds with the property attached, and a record in the CRM so follow-up is visible.
Seller presentations
Private pages that show an owner how their home would be marketed, shared by link before the listing appointment.
Search and AI structure
Structured data for listings, agents and offices so the firm's own pages can appear for an address or a building name.
Send us your site and one listing you are proud of.
We will show you how that property could be presented and what your brokerage name placement and listing attribution look like against the rules today.
What to know
The rules behind luxury real estate websites
- Fair housing in advertising
The Fair Housing Act makes it unlawful to make, print or publish any notice, statement or advertisement for the sale or rental of a dwelling that indicates a preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin.
Source: 42 U.S.C. 3604
- The brokerage name
Florida Administrative Code Rule 61J2-10.025 says all real estate advertisements must include the licensed name of the brokerage firm and must let a reasonable person know they are dealing with a real estate licensee. When a licensee's personal name appears it must include at least the last name as registered with the Commission.
- Where the name goes online
The same rule says that on an internet site the brokerage firm name must be placed adjacent to or immediately above or below the point of contact information, which it defines to include mailing and street addresses, email addresses and telephone numbers. That shapes every header, footer and agent page.
- Showing other brokers' listings
The National Association of Realtors' IDX policy requires a participant's display to identify the listing firm in a reasonably prominent location, in a typeface not smaller than the median used for listing data. The display must be under the participant's actual and apparent control.
- Listing data stays fresh
NAR's policy says an IDX download must be refreshed to reflect all updates and status changes at least every twelve hours, and lets an MLS require a notice that its data is deemed reliable but is not guaranteed accurate. Your local MLS publishes its own version of these terms, which controls.
How the work runs
Decide what the site is for
A brokerage recruiting agents, an agent winning listings and a developer selling residences need different sites. We settle the one job first, then confirm with the broker of record which advertising and MLS terms apply.
Make the property the hero
We plan, direct and produce photography and film through vetted partners or work from the firm's existing assets, write neighborhood and property copy that avoids language fair housing law prohibits and design pages around the images.
Connect search and follow-up
We build the site, connect the listing feed under your MLS agreement and route every inquiry to a person and a CRM record. After launch we watch which pages produce conversations and improve those.
Questions
Luxury real estate websites questions answered
The licensed name of the brokerage firm, placed next to the contact information. Florida's advertising rule requires every real estate advertisement to include the brokerage's licensed name, and on an internet site that name must sit adjacent to or immediately above or below the point of contact. An agent's personal name must include the last name as registered. Your broker approves the final layout.
Usually yes, through your MLS's IDX program, on its terms. NAR's IDX policy lets participants display other brokers' listings if the listing firm is identified prominently, the data is refreshed at least every twelve hours and the display is clearly the participant's own. Listing brokers can opt out. We connect the feed under your agreement with the MLS and follow its display rules.
It limits what an advertisement may say or imply about who a home is for. The Fair Housing Act prohibits any advertisement for the sale or rental of a dwelling that indicates a preference or limitation based on race, color, religion, sex, disability, familial status or national origin. We describe the property and its features, not an ideal buyer, and the broker reviews copy and imagery.
A top agent or team usually benefits from both. The brokerage page provides compliance and the listing feed, while a personal site holds the agent's own sold history, film and neighborhood expertise and stays with the agent's brand over time. It still has to carry the brokerage's licensed name by the contact details. Ask your broker what the firm's policy allows before building.
Yes, and most are. A pre-construction site runs on renderings, floor plans, the team's record and a registration form, then grows as the building does. Selling residences that do not exist yet is a legal matter as much as a marketing one, so the developer's counsel supplies the legends and disclaimers and approves the renderings. We design those into the pages instead of hiding them.
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