One of the big things with having a self hosted theme as opposed to the WordPress.com variety is that you are able to completely customize and do what you want for your theme to completely ‘trick’ it out so to speak to suite what your Real Estate business needs. With a hosting account from a company like Page.ly who will host your WordPress install and you even get a free domain from them.
One of the best and most recognized theme developers is Studio Press. The themes they have are all based on a basic theme framework known as Genesis. With the basic Genesis framework you make changes to Child themes (such as the Real Estate specific theme called Agent Press) so that you when you do need to update the changes that you do make are not over written. Another great theme for Real Estate can be found on the WooThemes.com site and is called Estate.
With a little bit of learning these themes can be completely customized to just about any look and feel.
Below are some examples of Real Estate websites that were created using WordPress that is self hosted on a site like Page.ly using either the Genesis framework from StudioPress or using one of the themes found on the WooThemes Site.
Calgary Real Estate Guide (based on the WooThemes – CityGuide)
Calgary Real Estate (based on the Genesis Theme from Studio Press)
Real Estate Polls (based on the Genesis Framework from Studio Press)
Real Estate Laughs (based on the Genesis Framework from Studio Press)
