Mercado Libre Inmuebles Scraper: Argentina, Mexico & Chile Real Estate API

Turn any MercadoLibre Inmuebles search into a clean dataset for $0.40 per 1,000 listings ($0.0004 per listing, plus $0.00005 per run start). Paste a search URL from inmuebles.mercadolibre.com.ar, inmuebles.mercadolibre.com.mx or www.portalinmobiliario.com (MercadoLibre's property site for Chile), with every filter you set in the browser, or pick a country, property type, operation and location. Each listing comes back as one record with price and currency, location, rooms, bedrooms, bathrooms, surface in m², photos and the listing URL.

Use it as a MercadoLibre real estate API for Argentina, Mexico & Chile: schedule it, call it from your code, or download the results as JSON, CSV or Excel. A 50-listing run costs about two cents.

What you can do with it

• Build a market index. Re-run the same searches every day or week and track asking prices, price per m² and stock by neighborhood, property type and operation. Rooms, bathrooms and surface come from each search card, so you can compare like with like (for example, 2-room apartments under 60 m² in Palermo).
• Monitor agencies and developments. Paste the search page of a neighborhood, price band or new-development filter and get every new listing in a fixed format. The stable listing_key lets you spot new, removed and repriced listings between runs.
• Feed a valuation or lead model. Price, currency, surface and room counts are typed numbers, ready for a spreadsheet, BI tool or database without manual cleanup.
• Research rentals and sales side by side. Run sale and rental searches for the same area and compare yields.

Quick start

1. Open Mercado Libre Inmuebles Argentina, Mexico or Portal Inmobiliario Chile and set the filters you want.
2. Copy the address bar and paste it into Search URLs.
3. Set Maximum results and run.

{
  "startUrls": [
    {"url": "https://inmuebles.mercadolibre.com.ar/departamentos/alquiler/capital-federal/palermo/"}
  ],
  "maxPages": 2,
  "maxResults": 100
}

Prefer not to paste URLs? The original input still works exactly as before:

{"country": "ar", "propertyType": "departamentos", "operation": "venta", "maxResults": 50}

Input

Name	Type	Default	What it does
startUrls	array	empty	Optional. One or more Mercado Libre Inmuebles search URLs (Argentina or Mexico) or Portal Inmobiliario search URLs (Chile) with any filters. When set, these searches run instead of the fields below.
country	string	ar	Argentina (ar, inmuebles.mercadolibre.com.ar), Mexico (mx, inmuebles.mercadolibre.com.mx) or Chile (cl, www.portalinmobiliario.com).
propertyType	string	departamentos	Every country: departamentos, casas, terrenos, oficinas, locales. Argentina and Mexico: campos, quintas, galpones, plus ph in Argentina only. Chile only: parcelas, sitios, bodegas, industriales, agricolas, estacionamientos. A type the country does not have fails at once.
operation	string	venta	Sale (venta) or rental (alquiler; Mexico's renta, Chile's arriendo).
province	string	empty	Optional province, state or region (capital-federal, distrito-federal, nuevo-leon, metropolitana, valparaiso…). Names such as "Capital Federal" work too. In Chile, use one of the 16 region slugs. When the site redirects an unknown or misspelled slug to a broader search, that search is reported in OUTPUT.failedSearches instead of returning the wider listings. MercadoLibre sometimes corrects a misspelling itself, so check the slug.
city	string	empty	Optional city, neighborhood or Chilean comuna (palermo, polanco, las-condes…); needs province. A slug the site redirects to a broader search is reported in OUTPUT.failedSearches instead.
maxPages	integer	1	Result pages per search, 1 to 10 (about 48 listings per page).
maxResults	integer	50	Maximum listings per search, 1 to 200.
requestDelaySecs	number	1.0	Pause between pages, 0.5 to 10 seconds.

With startUrls, maxPages and maxResults apply to each URL, and a listing that appears in two of your searches is returned once.

Input recipes

Argentina, any filter (pasted URL). Two-room rentals in Palermo, a price band in Belgrano and houses in Nordelta in one run:

{
  "startUrls": [
    {"url": "https://inmuebles.mercadolibre.com.ar/departamentos/alquiler/capital-federal/palermo/"},
    {"url": "https://inmuebles.mercadolibre.com.ar/departamentos/venta/capital-federal/belgrano/_PriceRange_80000USD-150000USD"},
    {"url": "https://inmuebles.mercadolibre.com.ar/casas/venta/bs-as-g-b-a-norte/tigre/nordelta/"}
  ],
  "maxPages": 3,
  "maxResults": 150
}

Mexico, any filter (pasted URL). Rentals in Polanco and houses for sale in Monterrey:

{
  "startUrls": [
    {"url": "https://inmuebles.mercadolibre.com.mx/departamentos/renta/distrito-federal/miguel-hidalgo/polanco/"},
    {"url": "https://inmuebles.mercadolibre.com.mx/casas/venta/nuevo-leon/monterrey/"}
  ],
  "maxPages": 2,
  "maxResults": 100
}

Chile, any filter (pasted URL). Apartments for sale in Las Condes and houses for rent in Viña del Mar:

{
  "startUrls": [
    {"url": "https://www.portalinmobiliario.com/venta/departamento/las-condes-metropolitana"},
    {"url": "https://www.portalinmobiliario.com/arriendo/casa/vina-del-mar-valparaiso"}
  ],
  "maxPages": 2,
  "maxResults": 100
}

Argentina, form fields. PH for sale in Capital Federal:

{"country": "ar", "propertyType": "ph", "operation": "venta", "province": "capital-federal", "maxPages": 4, "maxResults": 200}

Mexico, form fields. Apartments for rent in Mexico City:

{"country": "mx", "propertyType": "departamentos", "operation": "alquiler", "province": "distrito-federal", "maxResults": 100}

Chile, form fields. Apartments for rent in Providencia (Santiago):

{"country": "cl", "propertyType": "departamentos", "operation": "alquiler", "province": "metropolitana", "city": "providencia", "maxResults": 100}

Daily market index. Save one of the inputs above as a task and add a schedule (for example, every morning). Each run returns that day's listings with the same fields, so the datasets line up over time.

Output example

Each item includes id, listing_key, url, name, price, currency, country, type, operation, location, images, source, rooms, bedrooms, bathrooms, surface_total_m2, surface_covered_m2, the version 1 range companions rooms_min, rooms_max, rooms_is_range, bedrooms_min, bedrooms_max, bedrooms_is_range, bathrooms_min, bathrooms_max, bathrooms_is_range, surface_total_m2_min, surface_total_m2_max, surface_total_m2_is_range, surface_covered_m2_min, surface_covered_m2_max, surface_covered_m2_is_range, listing_kind, unit_correspondence, range_fields_version, attributes, and scraped_at.

Example record (from a pasted Belgrano search with a USD price band):

{"id":"MLA2200883605","listing_key":"inmuebles.mercadolibre.com.ar:MLA2200883605","url":"https://departamento.mercadolibre.com.ar/MLA-2200883605-av-cabildo-al-1700-_JM","name":"Av. Cabildo Al 1700","price":95000,"currency":"USD","country":"AR","type":"departamentos","operation":"venta","location":"Av. Cabildo Al 1700, Belgrano, Capital Federal","images":["http://http2.mlstatic.com/D_957262-MLA119575417155_102026-C.jpg"],"source":"inmuebles.mercadolibre.com.ar","rooms":2,"rooms_min":2,"rooms_max":2,"rooms_is_range":false,"bedrooms":null,"bedrooms_min":null,"bedrooms_max":null,"bedrooms_is_range":false,"bathrooms":1,"bathrooms_min":1,"bathrooms_max":1,"bathrooms_is_range":false,"surface_total_m2":null,"surface_total_m2_min":null,"surface_total_m2_max":null,"surface_total_m2_is_range":false,"surface_covered_m2":28,"surface_covered_m2_min":28,"surface_covered_m2_max":28,"surface_covered_m2_is_range":false,"listing_kind":"unknown","unit_correspondence":"matched","range_fields_version":1,"attributes":["2 ambs.","1 baño","28 m² cubiertos"],"scraped_at":"2026-10-20T00:58:35.679387+00:00"}

What the fields mean:

• price and currency: the advertised price as a number, in ARS, MXN, CLP or USD as shown on the listing. Chilean prices in UF (unidades de fomento) keep their decimals and have currency CLF, the UF's ISO code; they are not converted to pesos. Listings without a public price have an empty price and currency.
• rooms, bedrooms and bathrooms: the counts printed on the search card (ambientes, dormitorios or recámaras, baños). A studio (monoambiente) is 1 room and 0 bedrooms. Argentine cards usually print rooms (ambientes) and Mexican cards usually print bedrooms (recámaras), so expect the other field to be empty more often. Chilean cards print bedrooms (dormitorios) and built surface (m² útiles).
• surface_total_m2 and surface_covered_m2: total (or lot) surface and covered (or built) surface in m², when the card shows them. Most cards print only the covered surface, so surface_total_m2 is often empty.
• For new developments with several unit sizes, the card shows a range such as "1 a 2 ambs." or "37 - 50 m²". The scalar rooms, bedrooms, bathrooms, surface_total_m2 and surface_covered_m2 values hold one value from that range (the smallest); the matching _min and _max fields show the whole span, and _is_range is true when the span is wider than one value. For a single printed value the minimum and maximum both equal the scalar and _is_range is false. Missing details stay empty. This additive shape is version 1, identified by range_fields_version, and attributes keeps the card text exactly as shown.
• listing_kind: unit, development or unknown. The search card's own badge decides first: an EMPRENDIMIENTO (Argentina) or PROYECTO (Chile) badge means development, even when the title reads like one property. Without a badge, only a singular common noun in the title states a kind (for example "Edificio" or "Torre" for development, "Departamento", "Casa" or "PH" for unit), and the first such noun decides. A plural such as "Departamentos", or a development word that is part of a name ("Tower Sky", "Barrio Proyecto Norte"), states nothing. A range alone never sets it, and no development or project identity is ever inferred, so unknown is common for titles that are only an address or a building name.
• unit_correspondence: matched or unknown. It says whether the card shows a single value for each detail it prints; it does not mean the unit was verified. It is matched only when none of the five measurements is a range, the price is not a "Desde" (from) price, the kind is not development, no count is reversed or non-whole, and at least one measurement is present. It is unknown when any of that is otherwise. A missing individual detail does not make it unknown. On a "Desde" price or a range row the price is not tied to a specific unit, so do not calculate a price per square metre from the range bounds; this Actor does not publish a per-m² field.
• type and operation: the searched property type and operation. A pasted URL that covers every type gives "inmuebles", and one that covers sale and rental gives "todas".
• location: the address or neighborhood line of the listing.
• listing_key: a stable unique key, ideal for de-duplication and for tracking a listing across runs.

More of the Argentina & Mexico market

Mercado Libre is one of several large property portals in each country. For wider coverage, combine this dataset with ZonaProp Argentina Property Scraper and Inmuebles24 Mexico Property Scraper. Every record names its source, so merged datasets stay easy to filter.

FAQ

Is this the same as MercadoLibre? Yes. Mercado Libre (also written MercadoLibre) runs its real estate section, Mercado Libre Inmuebles, on inmuebles.mercadolibre.com.ar and inmuebles.mercadolibre.com.mx. In Chile, its property listings live on Portal Inmobiliario (www.portalinmobiliario.com). This Actor reads those search pages.

Can I use any search URL? Yes, any search results page on inmuebles.mercadolibre.com.ar, inmuebles.mercadolibre.com.mx or www.portalinmobiliario.com: property type, operation, province, city, neighborhood, price range, rooms, surface, new developments and sort order all carry over. Single listing pages are not search pages and are rejected with a clear message.

Do my saved inputs still work? Yes. The country, type, operation, province and city fields behave exactly as before. Search URLs are an optional extra.

How fresh are the results? Every run reads the live search pages, so you get the listings that are online at that moment.

Which markets are supported? Argentina, Mexico and Chile. Uruguay and Colombia are not supported yet.

Can I collect rentals? Yes. Set operation to alquiler in any country, or paste a rental search URL (alquiler in Argentina, renta in Mexico, arriendo in Chile).

Why is a room or surface value empty? Some cards do not print every detail (land plots rarely show rooms, for example). The field is empty instead of guessed.

How many listings can I get? Up to 10 pages and 200 listings per search. Add more search URLs, for example one per neighborhood, to cover a larger area in one run.

Is ph supported in Mexico or Chile? No. This property category is available only in Argentina.

Why does a Chilean search fail with "site dropped filter(s)"? Portal Inmobiliario does not reject an unknown comuna or type; it quietly shows a wider search instead. The Actor checks which filters the page applied and fails that search rather than return listings from somewhere else. Check the spelling of the comuna (for example nunoa for Ñuñoa).

What if Mercado Libre asks for a sign-in? If the site shows a sign-in page instead of results, that search may be unavailable. If some searches remain unavailable, the run succeeds with listings from the completed searches only. The status message warns you, and OUTPUT.walledSearches names the unavailable searches. You pay only for delivered listings. If every search remains unavailable, the run fails clearly with no listings returned and no result charges.

What happens when the run times out partway? The listings already collected are still delivered. The status message says the run stopped at its time limit with partial results, and OUTPUT.budgetExhaustedSearches names each search that ended early with its reason. Raise the run timeout or lower maxPages/maxResults to collect more.

For help, contact Apify Support and include the run URL.

Pricing

You pay $0.0004 per listing returned ($0.40 per 1,000 listings) plus $0.00005 per run start. The start event is charged per GB of memory, so the default 512 MB run is one start event.

Run	Listings	Cost
Example input	20	about $0.008
One full page	48	about $0.02
Largest single search	200	about $0.08
10 searches a day for 30 days, 50 listings each	15,000	about $6

The Actor's Pricing tab on Apify always shows the current rates. Start with a small maxResults value and check the run cost before scheduling larger collections.