🇦🇪 UAE Dubai Property Leads & Unit Number Finder — DLD Verification, Permit Status & Unit Number Lookup

UAE Dubai Property Leads & Unit Number Finder is a production-grade Apify Actor for Dubai real estate data extraction, DLD permit verification and unit number lookup. Give it a Dubai property listing URL — Property Finder, Betterhomes, Allsopp & Allsopp, Espace, haus & haus, LUXHABITAT, or almost any other RERA-compliant listing page — and it returns a clean, enriched lead: the DLD-verified unit number, live permit status, full listing details and the agent/agency contact, written to your Apify Dataset in real time.

💡 Need a custom version, private integration, or a tailored lead-gen pipeline? Email hello.dataminds@gmail.com.

Every legally advertised Dubai listing carries a Dubai Land Department (DLD) Trakheesi permit — but portals rarely publish the actual unit, and the permit reference hides in a QR image, a footer string, or nothing at all. This Actor recovers it, cross-checks it against the official DLD service, and hands you the answer with a confidence score. Built for real estate agencies, compliance and due-diligence teams, CRM enrichment and market researchers.

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📑 Table of contents

• What is UAE Dubai Property Leads & Unit Number Finder?
• Main features
• Who is this Actor for?
• Built for AI, CRM enrichment and compliance automation
• Supported websites
• Listing inputs it accepts
• Example input
• Output format (Dataset)
• Example output (JSON)
• Quick start
• Input parameters reference
• Integrations: CRM, n8n, Make, warehouses
• Frequently asked questions (FAQ)
• Troubleshooting
• Help, support & custom builds
• Is web scraping legal?
• SEO keywords targeted

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🏠 What is UAE Dubai Property Leads & Unit Number Finder?

Piecing a Dubai listing together by hand — open the page, hunt for the Trakheesi permit, scan the RERA QR with a phone, retype the reference into the DLD portal, copy the unit back into your CRM — takes minutes per listing and does not scale past a handful.

This Actor turns any Dubai listing URL into a ready-to-use lead:

• Reads the listing page across the major Dubai portals, plus a generic engine for the long tail of RERA-compliant sites.
• Recovers the DLD permit reference from the page — or by decoding the RERA QR code image when a portal only publishes a picture.
• Cross-checks it with Dubai Land Department for the authoritative unit number, floor and permit status.
• Falls back gracefully to the best available listing-text answer when DLD itself can't be reached, with an explicit confidence score and source.
• Enriches the lead with listing details and the agent/agency contact block.
• Streams every finished lead to your Dataset — export to JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, or pull it through the Apify API.

If you have ever needed "which unit is this Dubai listing actually for, and is the permit still active" — this is the Actor.

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✨ Main features

• 🔗 Bulk URL input — one listing or thousands, each processed independently.
• 🌍 Wide portal coverage — Property Finder, Betterhomes, Allsopp & Allsopp, Espace, haus & haus, LUXHABITAT, Driven Properties, Provident Estate, fam Properties, PropSearch, Metropolitan, Emirates.Estate, plus a generic engine for the rest.
• 🔑 DLD-verified unit numbers — a cross-checked answer with a confidence score (verified, high, medium, none) and the source it came from.
• 🏛️ Live DLD/RERA permit status — active, expired, delisted, or blocked, straight from the official verification service.
• 🔳 RERA QR code decoding — recovers a DLD reference even from listings that publish only a QR picture.
• 🧭 Stubborn pages handled — listings that don't read cleanly on the first pass get a second, more thorough attempt.
• 👤 Agent & agency enrichment — name, phone, email, WhatsApp, and license/BRN when the portal publishes them.
• 🏗️ Off-plan project support — Property Finder /new-projects/… pages return project-level data instead of a per-unit permit.
• 🛂 Direct DLD links accepted — paste a Trakheesi validation URL and the Actor skips straight to the lookup.
• 🚦 Blocking handled for you — the run adapts on its own when a site pushes back, with no configuration required.
• ⚡ Parallel processing — concurrency from 1 to 20 listings at a time.
• 📦 Live Dataset writes and five prebuilt table views — Overview, Unit & DLD Verification, Listing Details, Agent & Agency, RERA / Permit.
• 📊 Run summary — totals, DLD coverage and the network route, stored in the key-value store as run-summary.

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👥 Who is this Actor for?

• 🏢 Real estate agencies & brokerages — enrich a listing feed with verified unit numbers before publishing or contacting owners.
• 🕵️ Due-diligence & compliance teams — confirm a permit is active and matches the advertised unit before an offer.
• 🗃️ CRM & data teams — backfill unit numbers and agent contacts across an existing pipeline.
• 📊 Market researchers & analysts — pull structured pricing, size, and community data at scale.
• ⚖️ Legal & compliance monitoring — flag listings whose DLD permit is expired, delisted, or blocked.
• 🏦 Proptech & mortgage platforms — validate a property record before underwriting or listing syndication.
• 🧑‍💻 Developers — a dependable Dubai property data API with no scraping stack to maintain.

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🤖 Built for AI, CRM enrichment and compliance automation

Each row is a flat, typed record — easy to score, route, or embed:

• CRM enrichment — push UnitNumber, PermitNumber, and the agent block straight into HubSpot, Salesforce, Zoho, or Bitrix24.
• Compliance dashboards — alert on DLD_ValidationStatus values that are not active.
• Lead scoring models — combine UnitNumberConfidence, price, size, and community into a ranking feature set.
• RAG over a property book — embed Portal_Description plus the DLD fields so an assistant can answer unit-level questions.
• Duplicate detection — the same unit advertised by several brokerages collapses on PermitNumber or UnitNumber + building.
• Market analytics — aggregate Portal_Price, PropertySize, and ZoneNameEn across thousands of listings.
• AI agents via MCP — expose the Actor as a tool to Claude, Cursor, and other MCP clients through Apify's MCP server.

Practical use cases

1. Portfolio audit — run every listing your agency advertises and flag expired or delisted permits before a regulator does.
2. Owner outreach prep — resolve the real unit number so outreach references the actual property.
3. Listing-feed QA — nightly run over new listings, alerting on DLD_HasRecord: false.
4. Competitor coverage map — pull a portal's search results and chart which buildings each brokerage dominates.
5. CRM backfill — replay historical listing URLs to attach unit numbers to old deals.
6. Valuation modelling — join DLD size and value fields with portal asking prices.
7. Duplicate-listing cleanup — group by permit number to see the same unit advertised five ways.

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🌍 Supported websites

Paste a URL from any of these Dubai property portals — the Actor recognises the site automatically, no configuration needed:

#	Website	Example URL pattern	Notes
1	🏠 Property Finder	propertyfinder.ae/en/plp/buy/...	Full listing + DLD verification
2	🏠 Betterhomes	bhomes.com/en/property/...	DLD reference recovered from the RERA QR code image
3	🏠 haus & haus	hausandhaus.com/properties/...	DLD reference recovered from the RERA QR code image
4	🏠 Allsopp & Allsopp	allsoppandallsopp.com/dubai/property/...	Handled automatically
5	🏠 Espace Real Estate	espace.ae/properties-single/...	Full listing + DLD verification
6	🏠 LUXHABITAT Sotheby's	luxhabitat.ae/apartments-for-sale/...	Permit number only — this portal publishes no QR code, so DLD status stays unavailable
7	🏠 Driven Properties	drivenproperties.com/...	Handled by the generic engine
8	🏠 Provident Estate	providentestate.com/buy/...	Handled by the generic engine
9	🏠 Metropolitan Premium Properties	metropolitan.realestate/buy/...	Protected site — handled automatically
10	🏠 fam Properties	famproperties.com/...	Handled by the generic engine
11	🏠 PropSearch	propsearch.ae/property/...	Handled by the generic engine
12	🏠 Emirates.Estate	emirates.estate/property/...	Handled by the generic engine
13	🏗️ Property Finder — off-plan projects	propertyfinder.ae/en/new-projects/...	Project-level data only (developer, units, floor plans) — off-plan projects carry no per-unit DLD permit
14	🏛️ Dubai Land Department link directly	trakheesi.dubailand.gov.ae/rev/madmoun/listing/validation?khevJujtDig=...	Skips the page scrape entirely and goes straight to the DLD lookup
15	🌐 Any other Dubai listing site	—	Unrecognised UAE property hosts are still accepted and handled by the generic engine, which usually finds the permit and unit number too

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🔗 Listing inputs it accepts

What you provide	What happens
A Property Finder / Betterhomes / Espace / haus & haus / LUXHABITAT / Allsopp & Allsopp URL	Full listing + DLD verification
A Driven Properties / Provident Estate / fam Properties / PropSearch / Metropolitan URL	Same, via dedicated portal support
Any other RERA-compliant Dubai listing page	Handled by the generic engine — usually still finds the permit and unit number
A Dubai Land Department verification link directly	Straight to the DLD lookup, no page scrape needed
A Property Finder off-plan project page (/new-projects/…)	Project-level details instead of a per-unit permit (no DLD lookup — off-plan projects have none)

💡 Tip: start with a handful of URLs to see the field shape, then scale up once it looks right.

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🧾 Example input

Mix and match any of the supported sites in one run — here's one of every kind:

{
  "urls": [
    { "url": "https://www.propertyfinder.ae/en/plp/buy/apartment-for-sale-dubai-jumeirah-village-circle-district-13-amaris-residences-107280230.html" },
    { "url": "https://www.bhomes.com/en/property/bh-s-290088" },
    { "url": "https://www.hausandhaus.com/properties/for-sale/in-dubai/3-bedroom-apartment-for-sale-in-sunrise-bay-tower-2-dubai-harbour-dubai/157/" },
    { "url": "https://www.allsoppandallsopp.com/dubai/property/sales/L-278915" },
    { "url": "https://www.espace.ae/properties-single/2-bedroom-apartment-for-sale--links-west-the-views-dubai-es-40731" },
    { "url": "https://www.luxhabitat.ae/apartments-for-sale/dubai/palm-jumeirah/royal-atlantis-residences/apartment-27812/" },
    { "url": "https://www.drivenproperties.com/apartments-for-sale-in-dubai/downtown-dubai/damac-maison-the-distinction/dp-s-59666" },
    { "url": "https://providentestate.com/buy/1-bedroom-apartment-for-sale-in-sobha-verde-jumeirah-lake-towers-dubai9820/" },
    { "url": "https://metropolitan.realestate/buy/dubai/difc/apartment/3br-limestone-house-mps-50720/" },
    { "url": "https://famproperties.com/dubai-harbour-dubai/beach-vista-tower-two/2-bedroom-Apartment-for-Sale-178092" },
    { "url": "https://propsearch.ae/property/3840957/2-bedroom-jumeirah-beach-view-prime-location" },
    { "url": "https://emirates.estate/property/atistry-residences-689552/" },
    { "url": "https://www.propertyfinder.ae/en/new-projects/emaar-properties/aurea" },
    { "url": "https://trakheesi.dubailand.gov.ae/rev/madmoun/listing/validation?khevJujtDig=z5xwpfnahrdac811uonimbpssmtyxbd840wcblztjesoxeelv" }
  ],
  "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": false }
}

Each row in the table above matches one URL here, in the same order — remove any lines you don't need, or paste just one URL to try it first.

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📤 Output format (Dataset)

Every lead is one row in the default Apify Dataset, with five prebuilt views so each part of the record has its own tidy section:

View	What it shows
🏠 Overview	ok, portal, listing URL, unit number, confidence, source, floor, DLD status, permit number, error
🔑 Unit & DLD Verification	Unit number, source, confidence, evidence, floor, DLD status/record/messages, zone, building, property type, rooms, size, value
📋 Listing Details	Title, description, property type, offering type, bedrooms, bathrooms, size + unit, price + currency, location, community, city, images
👤 Agent & Agency	Agent name, phone, email, WhatsApp, license; agency name, phone, email, license, address
🛂 RERA / Permit	Permit number, RERA license, DLD validation URL, QR code URL, authority, permit start/end dates, permit status and type

Key fields:

Field	Description
ok	true when the listing was processed; false rows carry error and are still saved.
portal, portal_name, source_url	Which portal the lead came from, and the URL you supplied.
UnitNumber	The answer — the unit this listing advertises.
UnitNumberSource	Where it came from: dld (authoritative) or the listing itself.
UnitNumberConfidence	verified, high, medium, or none.
UnitNumberEvidence	The snippet or record the answer was taken from.
FloorNumber, PropertyUnitNumber	Floor and the DLD-side unit identifier.
DLD_ValidationStatus, DLD_HasRecord, DLD_Messages, DLD_UnavailableReason	Outcome of the Dubai Land Department cross-check.
ZoneNameEn, BuildingNameEn, PropertyTypeNameEn, RoomsCount, PropertySize, PropertyValue	DLD-side property record.
PermitNumber, RERA_PermitNumber, RERA_LicenseNumber, RERA_PermitValidationUrl, RERA_QrCodeUrl	Permit identifiers and the official validation link.
RERA_AuthorityName, RERA_PermitStartDate, RERA_PermitEndDate, PermitStatusEn, PermitTypeEn	Permit issuer, validity window, and status.
Portal_Title, Portal_Description, Portal_PropertyType, Portal_OfferingType	Listing copy and classification.
Portal_Bedrooms, Portal_Bathrooms, Portal_SizeValue, Portal_SizeUnit	Listing specification.
Portal_Price, Portal_PriceCurrency	Asking price as advertised.
Portal_LocationFullName, Portal_Community, Portal_City, Portal_Images	Location block and image URLs.
Agent_Name, Agent_Phone, Agent_Email, Agent_Whatsapp, Agent_LicenseNumber	Listing agent contact (when retrieveContactDetails is on).
Agency_Name, Agency_Phone, Agency_Email, Agency_LicenseNumber, Agency_Address	Brokerage contact block.
listing_guid, guid_note, error	Internal listing reference, a note on why it may be missing, and any per-row failure reason.

📊 A run summary — totals, DLD coverage, and the network route used — is stored in the run's key-value store as run-summary.

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🧪 Example output (JSON)

{
  "ok": true,
  "portal": "betterhomes",
  "portal_name": "Betterhomes",
  "source_url": "https://www.bhomes.com/en/property/bh-s-290088",
  "listing_guid": null,
  "UnitNumber": "C1001",
  "UnitNumberSource": "dld",
  "UnitNumberConfidence": "high",
  "FloorNumber": "10",
  "PermitNumber": "71772607582",
  "RERA_PermitValidationUrl": "https://trakheesi.dubailand.gov.ae/rev/madmoun/listing/validation?khevJujtDig=...",
  "Portal_Title": "High-End Living | Prime Area | Best Deal",
  "Portal_PropertyType": "Apartment",
  "Portal_OfferingType": "Sale",
  "Portal_Bedrooms": 2,
  "Portal_Bathrooms": 3,
  "Portal_SizeValue": 1435.6,
  "Portal_SizeUnit": "sqft",
  "Portal_Price": 3400000,
  "Portal_PriceCurrency": "AED",
  "Portal_Community": "Dubai Marina",
  "Portal_City": "Dubai",
  "Agent_Name": "Ajay Barua",
  "Agent_Phone": "585476207",
  "Agent_Email": null,
  "Agency_Name": "Betterhomes",
  "DLD_ValidationStatus": "unavailable",
  "DLD_HasRecord": false,
  "error": null
}

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🚀 Quick start

Run in Apify Console

1. Log in at console.apify.com → Actors.
2. Open UAE Dubai Property Leads & Unit Number Finder.
3. Paste your Dubai listing URL(s) into urls — one per line, or upload a file.
4. Leave Proxy Configuration on its default unless you need a specific route.
5. Click Start and watch each lead appear live in the log.
6. Open the Output tab, switch between the five views, and export to JSON / CSV / Excel.

Run via API

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/YOUR_ACTOR_ID/runs?token=YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "urls": [{ "url": "https://www.propertyfinder.ae/en/plp/buy/apartment-for-sale-dubai-..." }],
    "validateWithDld": true,
    "decodeReraQr": true,
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": false }
  }'

Fetch the results once the run finishes:

$curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/YOUR_DATASET_ID/items?token=YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN&format=csv"

Python client

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN")
run = client.actor("YOUR_ACTOR_ID").call(run_input={
    "urls": [{"url": "https://www.bhomes.com/en/property/bh-s-290088"}],
    "validateWithDld": True,
    "decodeReraQr": True,
})

for lead in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(lead["portal_name"], lead.get("UnitNumber"), lead.get("DLD_ValidationStatus"))

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🛠️ Input parameters reference

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
urls	array	—	Required. Dubai property listing URLs — bulk input supported.
validateWithDld	boolean	true	Cross-check every listing with Dubai Land Department.
decodeReraQr	boolean	true	Decode RERA QR code images to recover a DLD reference.
dldValidationAttempts	integer	10	Retry budget for the DLD verification handshake, per listing.
dldDelaySeconds	number	4	Pause between DLD verifications.
dldAbortAfterFailures	integer	2	Stop DLD verification after N consecutive failures.
renderWithBrowser	string	auto	How thoroughly each listing is read — auto, always, never.
retrieveContactDetails	boolean	true	Include agent & agency contact details in the output.
concurrency	integer	5	Listings fetched in parallel (1–20).
maxRetries	integer	3	Attempts per request before it is skipped.
requestDelaySeconds	number	0	Optional polite delay between requests.
proxyConfiguration	object	no proxy	Optional proxy configuration for the run.

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🔌 Integrations: CRM, n8n, Make, warehouses

• 🗃️ CRMs — push leads into HubSpot, Salesforce, Zoho, Pipedrive, or Bitrix24 with the agent block attached.
• 🔄 n8n, Make.com, Zapier — route new rows into Slack, Airtable, Google Sheets, or a compliance queue.
• 📦 Snowflake, BigQuery, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, S3 — bulk-load Dataset exports for analytics.
• 🧩 MCP & AI agents — expose the Actor as a tool to Claude, Cursor, and other MCP clients via Apify's MCP server.
• 🧠 AI pipelines — feed Portal_Description and the DLD block into scoring, valuation, or compliance models.
• 📍 Vector stores — embed listing copy into Pinecone, Qdrant, Weaviate, or pgvector for unit-level Q&A.
• ⏰ Apify Schedules & Webhooks — nightly listing-feed QA with a callback to your service when each run finishes.
• 🧰 Apify API & SDKs — orchestrate runs from your own backend in any language.

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❓ Frequently asked questions (FAQ)

What is the best way to find a Dubai listing's real unit number?

Give this Actor the listing URL and press Start. It recovers the DLD permit reference, cross-checks it with Dubai Land Department, and writes the verified unit number — with a confidence score and its source — straight to your Dataset.

Does this work on every Dubai property site?

It has dedicated support for Property Finder, Betterhomes, Allsopp & Allsopp, Espace, haus & haus, LUXHABITAT, Driven Properties, Provident Estate, fam Properties, PropSearch, Metropolitan and Emirates.Estate — plus a generic engine that reads most other RERA-compliant Dubai listing pages.

Why is UnitNumber sometimes empty?

Not every listing publishes a DLD reference or a recoverable unit number — brokerage sites vary. When that happens you still get every other field, plus a clear reason in DLD_UnavailableReason / guid_note.

What does UnitNumberConfidence mean?

It tells you how much to trust the answer: verified and high come from the DLD record, medium from the listing text, and none means no unit number could be resolved at all.

What if a listing only shows a QR code?

Leave decodeReraQr on — the Actor downloads and decodes the RERA QR image to recover the DLD reference. Betterhomes and haus & haus rely on this path.

Do I need my own proxy?

No. Leave the proxy input empty and the run handles blocking on its own. Set one only when you want a specific country or route.

Can I run this against thousands of URLs?

Yes — urls accepts bulk input, and concurrency, maxRetries, and delay behaviour are all configurable.

Does it work for off-plan projects?

Property Finder /new-projects/… pages return project-level details (developer, units, floor plans). Off-plan projects carry no per-unit DLD permit, so no unit lookup is performed.

Can I feed the results straight into my CRM?

Yes — use webhooks or the API, or connect Make / Zapier / n8n to push new rows into your CRM or a spreadsheet.

What if I need a field that isn't here?

Email hello.dataminds@gmail.com — custom fields and private builds are available.

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🛠️ Troubleshooting

Symptom	Likely cause	Fix
No leads saved	Invalid or unreachable URLs	Confirm the listing URLs are valid, public Dubai property pages
UnitNumber is null	The listing publishes only a permit number with no scannable QR	Try the same property's Property Finder or Betterhomes URL, or paste a DLD verification link directly
DLD_ValidationStatus is unavailable	The verification service refused the request	Raise dldDelaySeconds, or set a proxy in proxyConfiguration
DLD stops being attempted mid-run	dldAbortAfterFailures tripped after consecutive failures	Expected protection — raise the threshold and retry
Run feels slow	Verification waits on every listing	Lower dldValidationAttempts, raise concurrency, or set renderWithBrowser: "never"
Agent contacts missing	retrieveContactDetails off, or the portal hides them	Enable retrieveContactDetails; some portals publish no direct contact
Fewer results than expected	Some rows failed individually	Check the error field on any ok: false row — usually a blocked page or an invalid URL

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💬 Help, support & custom builds

For custom solutions, private integrations, white-label lead pipelines, or implementation help:

📧 hello.dataminds@gmail.com

• 🐛 Found a bug or need a new field? Open an issue on the Actor's Issues tab.
• ⭐ Enjoying it? Leave a review — it genuinely helps.

Useful Apify documentation:

• 📘 Apify documentation
• 🤖 Actors overview
• 🔌 Apify API reference
• 📚 Apify Academy — web scraping
• 🧰 Apify SDKs

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⚖️ Is web scraping legal?

This Actor collects publicly available listing pages and the public Dubai Land Department verification service — the same information any visitor can see without logging in. Scraping public data is generally lawful, but you remain responsible for how you use it:

• ✅ Do not collect data behind authentication or paywalls.
• ✅ Respect each portal's terms of service and reasonable request rates.
• ✅ Handle personal data (an agent's direct phone or email, for example) in line with UAE data-protection law, GDPR, and other applicable regimes.
• ✅ Use permit and unit data for legitimate verification, compliance, and business purposes.

See Apify's guide on the legality of web scraping for background. This is not legal advice.

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🔍 SEO keywords targeted

This README is intentionally keyword-rich for discovery on Google Search, Apify Store search, and Bing. Primary and secondary terms covered include:

Primary: dubai property scraper · dld unit number finder · dubai land department verification · rera permit checker · dubai real estate scraper · unit number lookup dubai · trakheesi permit lookup · dubai property api

Portals: property finder scraper · betterhomes scraper · allsopp and allsopp scraper · espace real estate scraper · haus and haus scraper · luxhabitat scraper · provident estate scraper · fam properties scraper · propsearch scraper · metropolitan properties scraper

Verification & compliance: dld permit validation · rera qr code decoder · permit status check · expired permit detection · dubai broker license lookup · real estate compliance tool · listing due diligence

Lead & CRM: dubai property lead generation · property agent contact scraper · dubai crm enrichment · real estate lead enrichment · brokerage data pipeline

Market data: dubai property prices data · dubai off-plan project data · uae real estate data · property size and value data · dubai community listings

Integrations: HubSpot · Salesforce · Zoho · n8n · Make.com · Zapier · Google Sheets · Airtable · BigQuery · Snowflake · MCP server