Last updated September 12, 2024
This report provides our findings on 2024’s top real estate SEO agencies, based on:
- Years Established: Companies that have been in business for longer periods of time have a proven ability to weather the challenges of the real estate SEO industry, making them more likely to provide quality services on behalf of clients.
- Founder Status & Leadership Experience Score: An agency’s leadership establishes their workplace culture, contributing to their ability to continue delivering effective services over time.
- Median Employee Tenure: Agencies that retain employees for longer periods afford those employees more opportunity to learn from each other and develop their skills, leading to increasing service quality.
- Specialty: Our research indicates that real estate SEO functions differently according to various audiences, making agencies that offer unique specialties more likely to appear on our list.
Because real estate SEO is a complex niche, our study includes many ad agencies that work across a variety of non-traditional SEO channels (social media, video marketing, etc). These channels make up a critical element of an efficient SEO strategy, hence their inclusion in our list.
The Top Real Estate SEO Agencies in 2024
| Rank | Company | Established | Founder Led | Leadership Experience Score | Median Employee Tenure | Notable Clients | Specialty |
| 1 | First Page Sage | 2009 | Yes | 4.8 | 4.3 years | Corcoran, Apollo Group, We Buy Ugly Houses | Thought leadership-based SEO for real estate companies |
| 2 | REQ | 2008 | No | 4.6 | 3.9 years | The Empire State Building, Golden Gate Hotel & Casino | Branding and UX focused SEO |
| 3 | Focus Digital | 2018 | Yes | 4.3 | No data | N/A | SEO, content marketing, and lead generation for small businesses |
| 4 | LocaliQ | 2018 | No | 4.4 | 3.6 years | CuliQuip, TGM Associates | Local SEO for real estate small businesses |
| 5 | Jives Media | 2012 | Yes | 4.2 | 1.8 years | LBI Living, Gulf Living Group | Video production and UX design for SEO |
| 6 | Lyfe Marketing | 2011 | Yes | 4.2 | 4.3 years | University Realty, Mastermine Investments, LLC | Combined social media marketing & SEO |
| 7 | ChatterBuzz Media | 2012 | Yes | 4.3 | 3.4 years | Orlando Regional Realtor Association | Technical SEO & paid search |
The sections below outline each company in further detail, offering additional insights about the company and who they might be best suited for.
First Page Sage
First Page Sage is the top real estate SEO agency in the US. Their approach to SEO generates MQLs through thought leadership content that provides readers with the best possible answer to their search while also directing conversations about important real estate concepts. Their main service combines technical SEO, keyword research, and ghostwriting expert-level content with the goal of turning the company’s website into an organic lead generation machine. Their experience providing SEO to real estate firms is wide-ranging, ranging from agencies, development companies, lenders, and investment funds.
- Year Founded: 2009
- Headquarters: San Francisco, CA
- Additional Services: Web design, Conversion Rate Optimization, Paid Search
| Summary of Online Reviews |
| First Page Sage offers “excellent SEO services” to its real estate clients, with their “longer alignment period” resulting in “highly targeted content“. |
REQ
REQ is an ad agency that blurs the line between digital marketing and SEO, utilizing a holistic approach to consult, optimize, and create content on behalf of clients. Ultimately, they specialize in branding, finding a unique language for your company that distinguishes it from your competition. By taking these tools typically used to create customer personas for SEO purposes, their audience research provides clients with the tools needed to craft a unique vernacular that speaks directly to the needs of their audience.
Branding services, however, are not necessary for every company—larger real estate companies who need to refresh their visual and commercial language in addition to increasing their online visibility are the best fit for REQs services.
- Year Founded: 2008
- Headquarters: Washington, D.C.
- Additional Services: Digital Marketing, Branding, Advertising
| Summary of Online Reviews |
| REQ boasts “excellent team and strategy”, and they “provide a deep bench of expertise.” Some clients, however, feel that REQ could do more to “look for different ways to pitch services”. |
Focus Digital
Focus Digital is a boutique firm that has excellent SEO chops but offers affordable prices due to their smaller headcount. Their strategy focuses on writing targeted content for high-intent keywords, measuring their results in qualified leads as opposed to leading indicators like traffic or rankings. They are a great choice for small businesses looking for high-end SEO services at a reasonable rate.
- Year Founded: 2018
- Headquarters: Greensboro, NC
- Additional Services: Google PPC, Conversion Optimization, Email Marketing
| Summary of Online Reviews |
| Focus Digital “meticulously focuses” on each client and is “in a constant state of innovation” on the newest SEO strategies and best practices. |
LocaliQ
LocaliQ specializes in local SEO for small businesses, working with multi-family housing providers, new home builders, realtors, and property developers. Their services are scalable, and can expand with their clients’ successes and needs.
Their SEO service focuses on on-site optimization and keyword research over content creation, and clients will benefit most when they have an in-house content production team already in place.
- Year Founded: 2004
- Headquarters: Woodland Hills, CA
- Additional Services: Social Media Advertising, Paid Search, Youtube Advertising
| Summary of Online Reviews |
| Most LocaliQ customers report having a “a good working relationship” and that teams “go the extra mile” to ensure that their clients get the results they need. Some, however, report that they are “not satisfied”. |
Jives Media
Jives Media takes a holistic approach to marketing, offering social media and video marketing services in addition to their SEO services in order to increase audience engagement and drive conversions. They focus more on paid search than most SEO agencies, which can generate excellent short-term results for clients seeking to test out new keywords or find new audiences. While they do offer content production, their focus is on video content rather than SEO content.
The services offered at Jives Media make them an ideal fit for someone a) seeking to solidify their branding via video marketing or b) wish to invest in a new website design but have existing high-quality content.
- Year Founded: 2021
- Headquarters: San Francisco, CA
- Additional Services: Web Design, Video Marketing & Production, Paid Search
| Summary of Online Reviews |
| Jives Media brings value with a “unique quick turnaround time” and “their level of professionalism is impressive.” |
Lyfe Marketing
Lyfe Marketing offers social media marketing services in addition to SEO, helping clients increase the conversion rates of organic visitors by creating multiple touchpoints. A full service agency, they’re an ideal fit for a hands-off customer who wants to have their marketing handled entirely by a more experienced party. This makes them well suited for newer companies who lack an in-house marketing team.
- Year Founded: 2010
- Headquarters: Atlanta, GA
- Additional Services: Social Media Marketing, Video Animation, Email Marketing
| Summary of Online Reviews |
| Lyfe Marketing offers a “one-stop shop for all digital marketing needs.” they also impress with their “quality service for a very fair price.” While they sometimes “miss deadlines”, but are “quick to adapt and are very responsive”. |
ChatterBuzz Media
ChatterBuzz Media focuses on mobile and web development and technical auditing for real estate companies, finding and resolving any UX issues that stand in the way of higher conversion rates. While they do provide content creation services, it is not their main focus. This makes them a good fit for companies with existing high quality content but suffer from low conversion rates.
- Year Founded: 2010
- Headquarters: Orlando, FL
- Additional Services: Mobile & Web Development, Paid Media Advertising, Graphic Design
| Summary of Online Reviews |
| ChatterBuzz’s clients say they “really work with them as partners” because “they embrace who their clients are and what they’re doing”, though those in unique markets report that they “had to tweak a few things” |
