A real estate buyer doesn't decide in a week. They compare for 6 to 24 months: read guides, explore neighborhoods, target a city, refine a budget, then contact two or three developers. Real estate SEO wins when it addresses each of these steps with its own page.
Why real estate is different
You won't beat Mubawab, Avito or Sarouty on "apartment Casablanca". But you can dominate "3-bedroom apartment Casablanca Maarif high-end", "invest in Rabat Agdal 2026", "buy new vs old Marrakech". The battle is won on precise intent, local pedagogy, and editorial trust.
Our 6 real estate levers
Real estate levers combine technical SEO (RealEstateListing, Residence schema), local SEO (city + neighborhood) and editorial SEO (guides, studies, FAQ). All three axes must activate in parallel.
Each new project = page with Residence/RealEstateListing schema: geo-coordinates, housing type, typologies (studio to 4-bedroom), starting price, delivery, developer, photo gallery + plans + video. 1,500-3,000 words including neighborhood, schools, transport, amenities.
For each target city (Casa, Rabat, Marrakech, Tangier): city page + 5-15 neighborhood pages (Maarif, Agdal, Hivernage, etc.). Each neighborhood page = 2,000+ word guide: shops, transport, average prices, schools, available new projects.
"Buy new vs old in Morocco", "invest in Marrakech for seasonal rental", "Morocco mortgage 2026". Capture informational search traffic (top funnel) and install editorial authority.
For agencies with physical office: optimized GBP (office photos, team, representative projects), Google reviews (post-visit invitation process), local citations. Local pack = critical lever for rental and transaction agencies.
Residence schema (new project), RealEstateListing (existing property), Service (rental management, property hunting). Agents with @id, image, aggregateRating if client reviews. Rich snippets strongly improve SERP CTR.
For high-end property developers: FR + EN (French, British, American expats) + AR. Each language = pages rewritten with adapted terminology and cultural references. Hreflang verified per page.
The 4 real estate page types
A real estate site with only project sheets only captures prospects 1 month from contact. To touch the full journey (6-24 months), build the four page types below, in parallel.
Capture transactional intent. End-of-cycle prospect, ready to visit.
Format: full Residence schema, 1500-3000 words, gallery + plans + video, typologies + prices, developer, delivery, FAQ. CTA: virtual tour, PDF brochure, WhatsApp. One project = one dedicated page.
Capture geographic targeting intent. Prospect chooses their project city.
Format: 2000+ word city guide, interactive map, 5-15 linked neighborhood pages, available new projects, average prices per typology, schools / transport / shops. Examples: "buying in Casablanca", "investing in Marrakech".
Capture micro-geographic intent. Prospect refines their favorite neighborhood.
Format: 1500+ word neighborhood guide, precise map, schools, shops, average price per m², safety, available new projects. Examples: "Maarif Casablanca real estate", "Agdal Rabat price per m²". Neighborhood granularity is the ground not taken by portals.
Capture educational intent. Prospect start-of-journey, 6-18 months before purchase.
Format: 2000-4000 word educational guide, infographics, detailed FAQ, case studies. Examples: "buy new vs old in Morocco", "mortgage 2026", "invest in seasonal rental in Marrakech". Install editorial authority.
Common real estate pitfalls
Real estate is the sector where sites most often choose aesthetics over SEO. Beautiful visuals, zero editorial content, zero crawlable trust signals. These 5 pitfalls come up systematically.
Project page = 10 photos + plans + price. Zero description, no FAQ, no integrated neighborhood guide. Result: page doesn't rank on "apartment + city + typology" despite project quality.
Each project sheet = 1500-3000 words: sensory project description, typology detail, neighborhood (schools, shops, transport), developer, FAQ (financing, delivery, visit). Full Residence schema mandatory.
Site lists 50 projects with no editorial pages: no "how to buy", no "Casa neighborhood guide", no "invest in rental". 80 % of long-cycle search traffic passes by.
Build 10-20 guides in parallel with project sheets: city guides, neighborhood guides, purchase/rental/investment guides, mortgage guides, tax guides. Each guide = 2000+ words, linked to corresponding project sheets.
No "team" page with photos and bios, no displayed professional license, no delivered projects history, no integrated Google reviews. Prospect doubts, Google too (weak E-E-A-T).
Dedicated pages: "our team" (photos, bios, LinkedIn), "our delivered projects" (dated historical gallery), "our certifications" (FNPI license, approval). Google reviews integrated via aggregateRating schema on the organization.
Single contact form for all requests. No UTM tracking, no GTM, no CRM integration. Impossible to know which page generated which qualified lead. SEO ROI becomes invisible.
Contextualized forms per page (project X brochure, neighborhood Y visit, general question). GTM + GA4 with custom events. Minimum CRM integration (HubSpot, Zoho). Monthly dashboard: traffic → qualified lead by source.
FR only site, or FR + approximate Google Translate EN. Zero hreflang. Expats and foreign investors (high-end segment) go to the multilingual competitor who speaks their language.
FR + EN minimum for high-end + expat target. AR bonus for national target. Each language = humanly rewritten pages with local terms. Hreflang verified per page. Measurable ROI on high-end sales.
How we audit
A real estate SEO audit covers site + GBP + reviews + CRM + reporting. We look at the full lead → visit → sale funnel, not just SEO rankings.
Site crawl, pages inventory (projects, cities, neighborhoods, guides), schema audit (Residence, RealEstateListing, Service), multilingual audit, Core Web Vitals performance. Portals benchmark (Mubawab, Avito, Sarouty) + direct competitors.
If physical office: GBP (photos, posts, Q&A, categories), local citations, reviews (volume, recency, replies). Local pack benchmark on target cities. Local traffic repatriation opportunities.
Forms analysis, GTM/GA4, CRM integration (if existing). Traffic → qualified leads → visits → sales mapping. Identification of converting pages and friction points. Target reporting dashboard.
50-100 page document with audit + 12-month roadmap (phase 1 quick wins, phase 2 massive content, phase 3 authority). Priorities quantified by expected qualified leads impact.
Measured results
Yassinext.com isn't a real estate site — but we apply the same SEO methodology (4 page types, clean schema, local SEO, editorial authority) to every real estate client.
Source: Google Search Console — yassinext.com, last 28 days.
Real estate audit pricing
Price depends on number of projects, cities covered, multilingual, and scope (audit alone vs audit + content production + CRM support). A free audit in 5 days always precedes the paid proposal.
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