Real Estate SEO Case Study

MexHome: 40 more buyers a month and $95K in added monthly revenue from search

MexHome sells to international buyers across five Mexican coastal markets and was spending $10,000 a month on paid social at a 1.5 ROAS, with inconsistent sales. A rebuilt search foundation, from Google Business Profiles and market pages to neighborhoods and listings, made organic search the most reliable source of qualified buyers.

★★★★★  98% more organic clicks, 153% more impressions, 40 qualified buyers a month

+98%
Organic clicks year over year
5 Markets
Puerto Vallarta, Riviera Nayarit, Cabo, La Paz, Tulum
Industry
Real Estate Brokerage
Locations
Mexican Pacific & Caribbean coasts
Client
MexHome
Services Used
Local SEO, Technical SEO, Content & Links
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The Challenge

Paid social at 1.5 ROAS and no reliable pipeline from search

MexHome was spending $10,000 a month on paid social with a 1.5 ROAS. Sales were inconsistent, and the company needed a reliable source of qualified buyer leads from search across five separate coastal markets.

  • Low Map Pack visibility for office locations and market terms
  • Few non-branded rankings for city and property type searches
  • Thin market, neighborhood, and property pages that missed buyer intent and FAQs
  • Mobile speed and layout shifts hurting calls and form starts
  • Index bloat from faceted, tag, and parameter URLs, and weak internal links from market hubs to neighborhoods and listings
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The Strategy

Clear paths from markets to neighborhoods to listings

We rebuilt MexHome’s search foundation. We optimized Google Business Profiles and market pages, fixed speed and crawl issues, and added trust assets. Clear paths from markets to neighborhoods to listings turned searchers into buyers across Puerto Vallarta, Riviera Nayarit, Cabo, La Paz, and Tulum.

  • Local SEO and market hubs across five coastal markets
  • Technical SEO, Core Web Vitals, and index cleanup
  • Buyer guides, neighborhood spotlights & trust assets
SEO Work Performed

The three strategies behind the growth

Strategy 1: Local SEO & Market Hubs Across Five Coastal Markets

We built a local engine so buyers searching for homes, condos, and land in each market found MexHome first. Each market got its own hub, each hub linked down to neighborhoods and listings, and the office profiles were set up to win the Map Pack for market terms.

  • Google Business Profile optimization for each office location, with categories, services, photos, and market coverage
  • Market pages for Puerto Vallarta, Riviera Nayarit, Cabo, La Paz, and Tulum targeting city and property type searches
  • Neighborhood pages beneath each market hub, linked to the relevant listings
  • Internal linking paths from market hubs to neighborhoods to listings so authority flowed to the pages that convert

Strategy 2: Technical SEO, Speed & Index Cleanup

We fixed speed, Core Web Vitals, and crawl issues. Clean templates and clear signals helped pages rank and convert, and removing index bloat put the crawl budget back on the market, neighborhood, and listing hubs that matter.

  • Core Web Vitals: improved LCP and CLS on listing and guide templates with compressed, lazy-loaded media
  • Speed and CDN: caching, file minification, WebP images, and assets routed through a CDN
  • Structured data: Organization, LocalBusiness, Product for listings, BreadcrumbList, and FAQ where applicable
  • Indexing: cleaned sitemaps, blocked faceted, tag, and parameter URLs, set canonicals on variants, and used logs and Search Console to recover crawl budget

Strategy 3: Buyer Guides, Neighborhood Content & Trust Assets

We built useful market content and proof assets that answer buyer questions and earn trust. International buyers research for months before they contact an agent, and this content met them early, then guided them to the right neighborhood and listing.

  • Buyer guides: step-by-step content on buying in Mexico, closing costs, taxes, financing, and ownership structures
  • Neighborhood spotlights with amenities, schools, price bands, and nearby beaches
  • Listing and category copy for condos, homes, and land to improve relevance and click-through
  • Market-specific FAQs with FAQ schema, plus success stories, recent sales, and on-site reviews
The Results

Key metrics, year over year

Organic clicks, year over year
55K → 109K
Q1Q2Q3Q4
+40
Qualified buyers per month
+$95K
Monthly revenue from SEO
+153%
Impressions, 1.18M to 2.98M
Top 3
Core homes-for-sale terms in 5 markets
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★★★★★

“I had the pleasure of working with Jason to enhance our company’s SEO and online presence, and I couldn’t be more satisfied with the experience and results. He took the time to understand our specific needs and goals.”

SK
Sandra Kushnir
Makarios SEO client
★★★★★

“His insights are clearly worth every penny of the investment.”

MB
Megan Bonanno
Makarios SEO client
FAQ

Common questions
about this case study

Details on how MexHome made organic search its most reliable source of qualified buyers across five Mexican coastal markets. Not the answer you need? Just ask.

How did organic search outperform paid social for a real estate brokerage?

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Paid social interrupts people who are not looking for a home. Search reaches buyers at the moment they are researching a market, a neighborhood, or a listing. Buyer guides and neighborhood pages captured that intent early, and the contact-to-appointment rate from organic came in higher than paid social, with shorter sales cycles on market guide traffic.

How were the revenue numbers attributed?

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Through the CRM and call tracking. Organic leads were tagged at the source and followed through to closed transactions, which is how the added $95,000 in monthly revenue and the 40 additional qualified buyers per month were measured rather than estimated.

What was the biggest driver of growth?

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The market-to-neighborhood-to-listing structure. Once each market had a hub with clear paths down to neighborhoods and listings, the site earned top 3 rankings for core homes-for-sale terms across all five markets, and the offices appeared in the local 3-pack for priority terms. The technical cleanup made sure Google could crawl and index that structure.

How do you handle SEO across five different markets?

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Each market is treated as its own local campaign with its own hub page, Google Business Profile, neighborhood content, and FAQs, while the technical foundation, buyer guides, and brand authority are shared. That is what let MexHome expand visibility into two additional suburbs without rebuilding the site.

Can this approach work for other real estate brokerages?

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Yes. Any brokerage serving multiple markets or neighborhoods can apply the same framework: market hubs, neighborhood pages, crawlable listings with structured data, buyer guides, and Google Business Profiles for each office. Our SEO for real estate program is built on exactly this playbook.

How do I get similar results?

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Book a free, no-obligation SEO audit with our team. We will show you exactly where you are losing buyers across your markets and the fastest path to results like this.

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