How to build a real estate listings platform in Bubble

How to Build a Real Estate Listings Platform in Bubble

To build a real estate platform in Bubble, you structure your Data Types for listings and users, create pages that show and filter those listings, and use Workflows to handle actions like creating a listing, saving favorites, and running searches. The core is: create a Listing data type, build a form to create listings, build a repeating group to display them, and add search filters using Bubble’s built‑in search and custom constraints.

Core Data Structure

You need clear Data Types so Bubble knows how to store everything.

• User: fields like name (text), email (text), is\_agent (yes/no), favorites (list of Listings).
• Listing: fields like title (text), price (number), address (text), description (text), photos (list of images), property\_type (text), bedrooms (number), bathrooms (number), sqft (number), agent (User).

Creating Listings

Build a form with inputs for all listing fields. Add a Submit button with a workflow: Create a new Listing and map inputs to fields. Set the agent field to Current User. Use a File Uploader for images.

// Workflow: Button Submit → Data → Create a new Listing
title = Input Title’s value
price = Input Price’s value
photos = Uploader Photo’s value
agent = Current User

Displaying and Searching Listings

Create a Repeating Group with Type = Listing and Data source = Do a search for Listings. Add filters using constraints like price ≤ Input Max Price’s value. For dynamic filters, use Do a search for with “Ignore empty constraints” checked, so empty inputs won’t block results.

• Inside each cell, show the photo, price, address, and link to a Listing page.

Listing Page

Create a page with Type of content = Listing. When navigating from the repeating group, send the current cell’s Listing. On the Listing page, bind elements to Current Page Listing fields.

Favorites and User Actions

Add a button “Save to Favorites”. Workflow: Make changes to Current User → add Current Page Listing to favorites. Use a condition to show “Saved” if the listing is already in their favorites.

// Workflow: Button Save → Make changes to Current User
favorites add Current Page Listing

Privacy Rules

In Privacy, create a rule for Listing that allows “Everyone can view fields” but restrict creation/editing to This Listing’s agent is Current User. This prevents users from editing others’ listings.

Optional Features

• Search by map: use Bubble’s built‑in Map element and geographic address field.
• Contact agent: simple workflow sending an email to the agent using Send email action.