Real estate blog ideas for agents and brokerages

These are the posts portals can't write. Use MLS numbers with a date and describe places by facts.

1. Monthly market update for your cityMedian price, days on market, months of inventory, with the MLS as the source and the month in the title.
2. Neighborhood guide: what's there and what soldParks, commute times, HOA fees and recent sales. Describe the area, never who should live there.
3. Moving to your city from a nearby metroCost of living, commute, weather, property taxes. Pick the city most of your buyers come from.
4. Property taxes in your county, explainedHow assessments work, exemptions and when bills arrive. Link the assessor's site.
5. New construction communities: what buyers should askBuilder incentives, lot premiums and why a buyer may still want their own agent.
6. Flood zones and insurance in your areaHow to read the FEMA map and what coverage costs. Useful for buyers and easy to keep factual.

First-time buyers search for everything. Answer one question per post and keep it local.

1. What a buyer agreement is and why you sign one before touringSince August 2024, NAR members need a written agreement with buyers before touring. Explain yours in plain words.
2. Closing costs in your state: what to saveLine by line, with a range for a typical local price.
3. First-time buyer programs in your stateYour state housing finance agency's programs, with income limits and links.
4. What an inspection contingency protectsTimelines, what's normal to ask for, and when to walk away.
5. Appraisal gap: what happens if the home appraises lowOptions for buyer and seller, with a local example.
6. Your first offer: what we look at before writing oneComps, days on market and the seller's situation.

Sellers are comparing agents. Show how you think, with real numbers from your listings.

1. What to fix before listing and what to skipThe repairs that paid off on your recent listings and the ones that didn't.
2. How we price a homeWalk through comps for a real (anonymized) listing.
3. How agent commissions work nowCommissions are negotiable, and offers of buyer-agent pay can't go on the MLS. Explain how you handle it.
4. Selling a home with tenants in itNotice rules in your state, showings and timing.
5. Staging on a budgetPhotos from your own listings, with what each change cost.

Short posts a lead reads right before they call you.

1. A recent closing, start to finishThe problem, the plan and the result. Get the client's OK and leave out their address.
2. What working with us looks like, week by weekFrom the first call to the keys.
3. Questions to ask any agent before you hire oneAnswer them for yourself at the end.

Your blog counts as advertising. Federal fair housing rules, your state's license law and, for REALTORS®, the NAR Code of Ethics all apply to it.

This is a summary for planning posts, checked October 16, 2026. It isn't legal advice, and rules change, so confirm the current version at each source.

Draftly learns your voice from your website and suggests topics from real estate news each day, so a rate change or a new local rule turns into a post idea quickly. You can also type your own topic, like your monthly market update.

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