Creating A Niche MLS® Search Page

Definition: A Niche MLS® Search page allows you to display listings based on a specific set of pre-defined criteria (from the real estate board data). These pages will update their results automatically, you only need to create the page once.

They are based on any combination of the following criteria:

• Area
• Sub-area
• Property Type
• Price Range
• Bedrooms
• Bathrooms
• Sqft. Range
• Age Range

Examples of Niche MLS® Search pages:

• North Vancouver Condos (specific area + property type)
• Lower Lonsdale Condos (specific area + sub-area + property type)
• Lower Lonsdale 2 Bedroom Condos (specific area + sub-area + property type + bedrooms)
• Lower Lonsdale 2 Bedroom Condos Under $500,000 (specific area + sub-area + property type + bedrooms + price range)
• New Lower Lonsdale 2 Bedroom Condos Under $500,000 (specific area + sub-area + property type + bedrooms + price range + age range)

Notes: 

• At the moment we do not support the ability to filter by more specific criteria such as "homes with suites, garage, backyard, waterfront, etc.".
• If you're looking to group hand-picked listings together (NOT based on their MLS® criteria) then you should create a Custom Listing Group instead.
• Property types vary depending on your real estate board's MLS® data. For example in Vancouver we filter MLS® data and group listings into "Houses, Condos, Townhouses, Lofts or Land".

Instructions for Katana theme users:

Video demonstration:

Written instructions:

How to create a new Niche MLS® Search page:

1. Login to your website (yourwebsite.com/login)
2. Click EDIT MY WEBSITE
3. Click MANAGE PAGES 
4. Click CREATE NEW PAGE 
5. Type in a name for your new page (ex: "Lonsdale Condos For Sale")
6. Choose "MLS Search" from the "page type" dropdown
   

   

7. Click CREATE PAGE
8. Optional: Position the new page in your navigation menu by dragging it where you want it to appear
9. Click the PAGE LAYOUT AND WIDGETS icon next to the new page you created
   

   

10. Click the WIDGET OPTIONS ICON on the MLS Search widget
    

    

11. Set your MLS search criteria using the form provided (area, sub-area, property type, price range, bedrooms range, bathrooms range, sqft range, age range) 

    

12. OPTIONAL: 
    
    1. Enable "Don't allow users to search outside of the area(s) chosen" if you want to limit users to just the areas you've pre-set for them. This will make it so users can't clear the area(s) you've pre-chosen and search outside of them. 
    2. If you've enabled the setting above, you'll also see one that says "Don't preselect areas (no listings shown by default)". Enabling that makes it so that the page loads without any area(s) pre-chosen, but when the user goes to choose an area they will only be presented with the area(s) that you've made available.
13. Set any other widget options such as the default sort order, view, layout, etc. as needed
14. Click APPLY CHANGES
15. Click SAVE CHANGES

Instructions for older theme users and Listings-Only (IDX) Accounts:

How To Create a Niche MLS® Search Page

1. Login to your website (yourwebsite.com/login)
2. Click EDIT MY WEBSITE
3. Click MANAGE PAGES
4. Click CREATE NEW PAGE
5. Type in a name for your new page (ex: "North Vancouver Condos")
6. Choose "MLS Search" from the "Page type" dropdown menu
7. Click CREATE PAGE
8. Click the "Customized MLS Search Options" icon beside the page you wish to customize (ex: "North Vancouver Condos")
   
9. Set the values for your Niche MLS Search using the form provided
   
10. Click APPLY CHANGES
11. Click SAVE