📈 Zillow Housing Market Trends Scraper

Extract comprehensive housing market trends and home value data from Zillow! This powerful Apify actor fetches complete market analytics including typical home values, ZHVI (Zillow Home Value Index) history, pricing metrics, inventory data, and historical trends for any location in the United States.

🎯 What This Actor Does

This actor allows you to:

• Get typical home values - Current ZHVI (Zillow Home Value Index) for any location
• Historical ZHVI data - Monthly home value history going back years
• Pricing metrics - Median sale prices, list prices, and sale-to-list ratios
• Inventory data - For-sale inventory counts and new listings
• Market speed - Median days to pending sale
• Trend analysis - Calculate value changes over time (absolute $ and %)
• Batch processing - Analyze multiple locations in one run

🚀 How to Use

Step 1: Choose Your Locations

You can search for market data using:

• ZIP Codes: 10011, 90210, 33139
• City + State: Austin TX, Miami FL, Seattle WA
• State only: California, Texas, Florida
• National: USA or United States

Step 2: Configure the Actor

Input	Description	Default
searchQueries	Array of locations (ZIP, city, state)	Required
homeType	Type of homes (All_Homes, Single_Family, Condo, Townhouse)	All_Homes
excludeRentalMarketTrends	Exclude rental data (true/false)	true
excludeNeighborhoodsZhvi	Exclude neighborhood ZHVI (true/false)	true
delayBetweenRequests	Delay between requests in milliseconds	1000

Step 3: Run and Get Results

Run the actor and download your market data in JSON, CSV, or Excel format.

📊 Output Data Structure

Each result contains comprehensive market data:

🔍 Search Info

Field	Description
searchQuery	The location searched
searchUrl	Zillow page URL for this market
dataSource	Data source identifier

📊 Market Overview

Field	Description
typicalHomeValue	Current typical home value (ZHVI)
marketDescription	Zillow's market description
forSaleInventory	Number of homes for sale
newListings	Number of new listings

💰 Pricing Metrics

Field	Description
medianSalePrice	Median sale price
medianListPrice	Median list price
marketSaleToListRatio	Sale-to-list price ratio
percentSalesOverListPrice	% of sales over list price
percentSalesUnderListPrice	% of sales under list price

⏱️ Time Metrics

Field	Description
medianDaysToPending	Median days to pending sale

📈 Latest Data

Field	Description
latestNewListings	Most recent new listings count
latestForSaleInventory	Most recent inventory count
latestMedianListPrice	Most recent median list price
latestDataDate	Date of latest data

📊 Historical Data

Field	Description
zhviHistory	Array of monthly home value data
zhviHistoryCount	Number of ZHVI data points
marketSaleHistory	Array of market sale data
marketListingHistory	Array of listing data

📅 Value Change Analysis

Field	Description
latestZhviDate	Most recent ZHVI date
latestZhviValue	Most recent home value
oldestZhviDate	Oldest ZHVI date
oldestZhviValue	Oldest home value
valueChangeAbsolute	Total value change in $
valueChangePercent	Total value change in %

📋 Example Input

{
  "searchQueries": [
    "10011",
    "Austin TX",
    "Miami FL",
    "California"
  ],
  "homeType": "All_Homes",
  "excludeRentalMarketTrends": true,
  "excludeNeighborhoodsZhvi": true
}

📋 Example Output

{
  "searchQuery": "10011",
  "searchUrl": "https://www.zillow.com/home-values/61625/manhattan-new-york-ny-10011/",
  "typicalHomeValue": 1560274,
  "marketDescription": "The average home value in 10011, NY is $1,560,274, up 1.2% over the past year.",
  "forSaleInventory": 399,
  "newListings": 85,
  "medianSalePrice": 1220833,
  "medianListPrice": 1902500,
  "medianDaysToPending": 61,
  "zhviHistoryCount": 96,
  "latestZhviDate": "2025-11-30",
  "latestZhviValue": 1560274,
  "oldestZhviDate": "2017-08-31",
  "oldestZhviValue": 2222069,
  "valueChangeAbsolute": -661795,
  "valueChangePercent": -29.78
}

🎨 Dataset Views

The actor provides 5 organized table views:

View	Description
📊 Market Overview	Location, typical value, sale/list prices, inventory, days pending
💰 Pricing Metrics	All pricing data including sale-to-list ratios
📦 Inventory & Listings	For-sale inventory, new listings, latest data
📈 Value History	ZHVI historical data, value changes
📋 Complete Data	All fields including descriptions and URLs

💡 Use Cases

• Real Estate Investment - Analyze market conditions before investing
• Market Research - Compare housing markets across cities and states
• Trend Analysis - Track home value changes over time
• Pricing Strategy - Understand listing vs. sale price dynamics
• Inventory Monitoring - Track housing supply and demand
• Location Comparison - Compare multiple markets side by side
• Economic Analysis - Study housing market health indicators

📖 What is ZHVI?

The Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI) is a smoothed, seasonally adjusted measure of the typical home value and market changes across a given region and housing type. It reflects the typical value for homes in the 35th to 65th percentile range.

🔗 Related Actors

• Zillow Property Scraper by URL
• Zillow Search by URL
• Zillow Property Images Scraper
• Zillow Owner Agent Scraper
• Zillow Apartments Scraper

📞 Support

For questions, feedback, or issues, please contact us through Apify or open an issue.

🔎 Tags

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