Distressed Property Leads Scraper

Get foreclosure and sheriff sale listings straight from official county records — auction dates, judgment amounts, plaintiffs, and case numbers included. Foreclosure & Sheriff Sale Listings Scraper collects distressed-property leads for real estate investors, wholesalers, and agents from two legally clean sources: 60+ official county sheriff-sale portals and the nationwide HUD Home Store.

No Zillow scraping, no RealtyTrac paywalls, no terms-of-service roulette — these are public court and government records published for exactly this purpose.

What does Foreclosure & Sheriff Sale Listings Scraper do?

It pulls upcoming foreclosure auctions and HUD-owned homes — address, auction/bid date, plaintiff (lender), defendant, approximate judgment amount, court case number, attorney contact, parcel number, and status — filtered by county, state, and auction-date window. Run on demand, on a schedule, or via the Apify API. Export JSON, CSV, or Excel, or pipe to Google Sheets and your CRM.

Why sheriff sale data beats foreclosure aggregators

• It's the primary source. Aggregators charging $40–99/month resell exactly these county records, often days late. Here you read them directly, the day the county posts them.
• Judgment amount = instant equity math. Judgment vs. market value tells you in seconds whether a deal is worth pursuing.
• The defendant is the motivated seller. Pre-auction owners are the classic wholesaling outreach list, with the auction date as a built-in deadline.
• Attorney on record (where published) gives a professional contact path for short-sale and payoff conversations.

Coverage (honest, verified)

• County sheriff sales (CivilView/Tyler Technologies): 60+ county and precinct portals across roughly 16 states — deepest in New Jersey (17 counties), plus portals in OH, PA, DE, IA, IL, OR, ID, CO, AZ, FL, AR, KS, WA, MN, LA, and TX constable precincts. The county list is read live at run time, so newly added portals appear automatically.
• HUD Home Store: government-owned (REO) homes nationwide by state. Note: HUD inventory in 2026 is modest — typically tens of listings per state — treat it as a complement, not the headline.

This Actor does not cover every US county. Counties outside these portals aren't included — coverage claims here are real ones.

How to get new foreclosure leads every morning

1. Set County filter to your market (e.g. "NJ" or "Camden"), or leave empty for all portals.
2. Turn on Fetch detail pages to add judgment amount, case number, attorney, and current status to every listing.
3. Turn on Only new results and schedule the Actor daily — only listings you haven't seen before are returned.
4. Add a webhook / Google Sheets integration and new auctions land in your pipeline automatically.

Input

Field	Type	Default	Notes
sources	array	both	civilview, hud
civilviewCounties	array	[] (all)	Name match: "Camden", "NJ", "Cuyahoga"
includeDetails	boolean	false	Adds judgment, case #, attorney, status (1 extra request/listing)
hudStates	array	FL, TX, GA, OH, PA, NJ	Two-letter codes
auctionDateFrom / auctionDateTo	string	none	YYYY-MM-DD window on auction date
onlyNewResults	boolean	false	Only listings not returned before
maxItems	integer	0	Hard cap (cost control)

{
    "sources": ["civilview"],
    "civilviewCounties": ["NJ"],
    "includeDetails": true,
    "onlyNewResults": true
}

Output

One JSON object per listing (real example, detail mode):

{
    "source": "civilview",
    "state": "NJ",
    "county": "Camden County, NJ",
    "case_number": "F02233616",
    "sheriff_number": "FR-19004657",
    "auction_date": "2026-06-17",
    "address": "251 SOUTH 33RD STREET CAMDEN",
    "zip": "08105",
    "plaintiff": "NEW JERSEY HOUSING AND MORTGAGE FINANCE AGENCY",
    "defendant": "NOVEL RAMOS, ET AL.",
    "judgment_amount": 78048.83,
    "status": "Scheduled",
    "attorney": "PLUESE, BECKER & SALTZMAN",
    "attorney_phone": "1-856-813-1700",
    "parcel_number": "TAX LOT:107 TAX BLOCK: 1083",
    "detail_url": "https://salesweb.civilview.com/Sales/SaleDetails?PropertyId=2005772102"
}

Download as JSON, CSV, Excel, or HTML, or read via API.

How much does foreclosure listing data cost?

$0.03 per listing. One county's full active sheriff-sale book (~200 listings) costs about $6 — versus $40–99/month for aggregator subscriptions that resell the same records. Use maxItems and county filters to cap spend.

Tips

• includeDetails: true is where the value is — judgment amount + case number + attorney turn an address list into an underwriting sheet.
• Judgment amounts exclude interest and sheriff fees (county footnote) — treat as approximate.
• A listing's status history can flip to Settled or Adjourned before the sale date; re-run before driving to the courthouse.
• HUD bid deadlines (auction_date) move fast on new listings — schedule daily if you bid HUD homes.

FAQ

Is this legal? Yes. Sheriff sale listings are public court records published by county sheriffs; HUD Home Store is a federal listing service. No login walls or ToS-restricted aggregators are touched.

Why isn't my county covered? Only counties on the CivilView platform (plus HUD) are included — that's what keeps this Actor reliable. Request a county in the Issues tab; new official sources get added as they're verified.

Found a problem? Open an issue in the Issues tab.

More docs and use cases: apify.alecrodriguez.net/foreclosure-listings

STATUS: VERIFIED — built green (tsc+10 tests+lint), local smoke both sources, cloud-verified 2x (CivilView w/ session-cookie details + HUD embedded JSON) on 2026-06-10.