Land Century Scraper

Scrape LandCentury.com — a nationwide marketplace for vacant land and affordable houses, often sold with owner financing. Browse by US state or by property category (agricultural land, waterfront land, ranches, distressed properties, mobile homes, and more), or pull full details for specific listing URLs. HTTP-only, no auth, no login, no cookies required.

What this actor does

• Two modes: browse (state / category listing pages, paginated) and byUrl (fetch specific listing URLs directly)
• Property types: vacant land or houses & buildings
• Browse axes: all 50 US states + DC, 8 land categories (agricultural, commercial/industrial, mobile home & RV, recreational/hunting, residential buildable, resort, vacant, waterfront), 6 house categories (commercial/industrial, distressed properties, homes, mobile homes & trailers, multi-family, ranches)
• Optional full-detail fetch — adds the complete listing description, legal description, deed type, and full photo gallery (1 extra request per listing)
• Owner-financing terms — down payment, monthly payment, financed price — surfaced whenever available
• Empty fields are omitted

Output per listing

• listingId, listingNumber (e.g. LC25701), title, propertyType (land/house), categories[]
• url — canonical LandCentury.com listing URL
• parcelNumber, country, state, county, city, street, zip
• latitude, longitude
• priceUsd — cash price
• isOwnerFinanceAvailable, ownerFinancePriceUsd, ownerFinanceTerms, depositUsd (owner-finance listings only)
• isDealsProperty, dealPriceUsd (discounted-deal listings only)
• isAuction, auctionUrl, isSold, isFeatured, isDealOfTheDay
• buyNowUrl, videoUrl
• sizeAcres, sizeSqFt, zoning, roadAccess, utilities, annualTaxesUsd, deedType
• yearBuilt, bedrooms, bathrooms (house listings)
• mainImageUrl
• description, legalDescription, images[] (mode=byUrl or fetchFullDetails=true)
• listedAt, updatedAt
• recordType: "listing", scrapedAt

Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
mode	string	browse	browse / byUrl
propertyType	string	land	land / house (mode=browse)
state	string	florida	US state slug; blank = all states (mode=browse)
landCategory	string	–	Overrides state for land listings
houseCategory	string	–	Overrides state for house listings
listingUrls	array	–	Full listing URLs (mode=byUrl)
fetchFullDetails	bool	false	Fetch full description + gallery per listing (mode=browse)
startPage	int	1	First results page (25 listings/page)
maxItems	int	40	Hard cap (1–1000)

Example: browse Florida land

{
  "mode": "browse",
  "propertyType": "land",
  "state": "florida",
  "maxItems": 50
}

Example: browse waterfront land nationwide, with full details

{
  "mode": "browse",
  "propertyType": "land",
  "landCategory": "waterfront-land",
  "fetchFullDetails": true,
  "maxItems": 25
}

Example: fetch specific listings

{
  "mode": "byUrl",
  "listingUrls": [
    "https://www.landcentury.com/land-for-sale/florida/020-acres-for-sale-in-lake-placid-florida-25701"
  ]
}

Use cases

• Land investors — screen owner-financed vacant land deals by state or category
• Real estate data feeds — bulk-export cash + financed pricing, acreage, and zoning
• Market research — compare land prices across states or property categories
• Deal alerting — monitor deal-of-the-day and discounted listings
• GIS / mapping — pull latitude/longitude for every listing to build maps

FAQ

Does this need a login or API key? No. LandCentury.com's listing pages are public; the actor reads the same JSON the site's own React app renders from.

What's owner financing? Many LandCentury listings let buyers pay a down payment plus fixed monthly installments directly to the seller instead of a bank mortgage — isOwnerFinanceAvailable, ownerFinancePriceUsd, and ownerFinanceTerms describe the terms when offered.

Why are state and landCategory/houseCategory mutually exclusive? LandCentury's own site only supports filtering by one axis at a time; a category filter always overrides a state filter.

What if a state or category has 0 listings? The actor emits a clear status message and 0 records rather than guessing — some categories are sparsely populated in some states.

How current is the data? Listings are scraped live on every run; listedAt/updatedAt reflect LandCentury's own timestamps.