Accessibility statement
Last reviewed: August 31, 2026.
Our commitment
We want this site to be usable by anyone: people who cannot see, people with low vision, people who cannot hear, people who cannot use a mouse, people who find reading or remembering difficult, older people, and people who simply are not comfortable with technology.
We do not say this as a slogan. Below we write down what we have done, and also what we know is still not right. We would rather tell you ourselves than have you find out.
The standard we measure ourselves against
This site is built to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, WCAG 2.2, at level AA, which is the level required by accessibility law in most countries. In several places we go further, to level AAA.
Conformance status: partially conformant. The site meets level AA for the most part, with the exceptions we note below under “What isn’t right yet”. We evaluate it in two ways: with automated tools (axe and HTML CodeSniffer) at every publish, and with real testing using the NVDA screen reader, because the person who builds this site is blind and uses it every day.
Every page is checked automatically before it is published. If the check finds an error, the page is not published and the previous version stays online.
What we have done
- The first element on every page is a link that skips the menu and goes straight to the content.
- Every page has a single main heading and an ordered heading structure, so you can move through it section by section.
- In the property list, each property is a single link whose text says what it is, where it is, what it has and what it costs. You do not have to open it to find out.
- Prices always name their currency in full words, never with the symbol alone.
- Text written in another language is marked as such, so a screen reader pronounces it correctly.
- The keyboard focus is shown with a double outline, visible on both light and dark backgrounds.
- Everything you can activate is at least 44 by 44 pixels.
- Nothing is set in fixed sizes: if you enlarge text in your browser, the whole site grows with it.
- The site respects your system setting for reduced motion, and also high contrast mode.
- There is a light mode and a dark mode, following whatever your device is set to.
- Colour is never the only signal: links are underlined and the current page is also marked with a thick underline.
- There are no automatic carousels, no pop-ups, and nothing that moves or appears on its own.
- The content does not need JavaScript in order to be read.
- We use no trackers and no third-party services that follow your browsing.
Help for reading and browsing more comfortably
You do not need to be an expert or bring anything with you. Here we tell you how to adjust this site to your liking, and how to turn on the help that your own computer or phone already includes.
Right here, without leaving the site
At the top of every page there is a button called “Reading preferences.” Open it and you can make the text larger or smaller, turn on high contrast, choose light or dark colors, and increase the spacing between lines. Your choice is remembered as you browse.
Your own device already has help built in
Almost every computer or phone includes, for free, accessibility tools that work on this site and any other. These are the most useful ones and how to turn them on.
- Enlarge the whole page on a computer: hold down the Control key (or Command on a Mac) and tap the plus sign (+) a few times. Control and the minus sign (−) makes it smaller, and Control and zero (0) returns to the normal size. On a phone, spread two fingers apart on the screen to zoom in.
- Screen magnifier: on Windows, press the Windows key and the plus sign (+) to open Magnifier. On a Mac, turn it on in System Settings, Accessibility, Zoom. On iPhone and Android it is under Settings, Accessibility, named Zoom or Magnification.
- High-contrast colors: on Windows, type “contrast” in Settings and choose Contrast themes. On a Mac and on the phone, look for “Increase contrast” inside Accessibility.
- Have the device read the screen aloud: Windows has Narrator (Windows key, Control and Enter). Mac has VoiceOver (Command and F5). iPhone has VoiceOver and Android has TalkBack, inside Accessibility.
- Type by speaking (dictation): on a phone, tap the microphone on the keyboard. On Windows, press the Windows key and the letter H. On a Mac, turn on Dictation in Accessibility.
- Browser reading mode: in many browsers, when you are reading an article a “reader view” icon appears in the address bar; it removes clutter and enlarges the text.
- Less motion and larger text across the whole system: inside your device’s Accessibility settings you can ask for “reduce motion” and increase the text size. This site respects both of those preferences.
Why we do not use an accessibility widget
There are widgets that can be added to a site and promise to make it accessible with a single line of code. We do not use any of them, and that is a deliberate decision.
Those widgets do not fix the underlying problems, and they frequently interfere with the tools people already use and know how to operate, such as screen readers. We would rather the site simply works with the tools you already have.
What we do offer, at the top of every page, is our own simple preferences panel. It is not one of those widgets: it does not reinterpret the page or interfere with your screen reader; it is just a few settings that you control and the site remembers.
What is not right yet
This section exists because an accessibility statement that only lists good news is worth nothing.
- This site is still being built. The properties shown are invented examples, not real properties for sale.
- The Chinese translation has not yet been reviewed by a native speaker.
- Property descriptions are written by the agency in Spanish. In the English, French and Chinese versions they are marked with their language so they are read correctly, but they are not translated.
- We have not yet tested the site with every possible combination of screen reader and browser.
- We have not yet carried out a formal instrument-based colour contrast review, nor a complete keyboard navigation test performed by a person.
- When we connect the MLS inventory, some of the information and photographs will come from third parties and will not always have descriptions. When that happens we will say so on the page rather than hide it.
If something does not work for you, tell us
If you find a part of this site you cannot use, we want to know. You do not need to explain it in technical terms: just tell us what you were trying to do and what happened.
You can email us or call us. We answer in Spanish and English.