OnTheMarket Property Listings Scraper

Extract detailed property listings from OnTheMarket.com — the UK's third largest property portal. Search properties for sale, to rent, or new builds anywhere in the UK by location, price, bedrooms, and property type. Returns full listing data including price, address, images, EPC ratings, agent contact details, and GPS coordinates.

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What This Scraper Extracts

For every listing it returns:

Field	Description
listingId	OnTheMarket listing ID
title	Listing title (e.g. "3 bedroom flat for sale")
url	Full OnTheMarket listing URL
imageUrl	Main listing image URL
images	All listing image URLs
address	Full property address
postcode	Postcode / partial postcode
area	Neighbourhood / locality
town	Town or district
county	County or region
price	Asking price in GBP (integer)
priceDisplay	Formatted price (e.g. "£450,000", "£1,500 pcm")
propertyType	Property type (Flat, Detached house, etc.)
bedrooms	Number of bedrooms
bathrooms	Number of bathrooms
receptionRooms	Number of reception/sitting rooms
size	Floor area in sq ft (when available)
description	Full property description (HTML stripped)
features	Key features list
floorplanUrl	Floorplan image URL
epcRating	EPC energy rating (A–G)
agency	Estate agent / developer name
agentName	Agent display name
agentPhone	Agent telephone number
agentUrl	Agent branch page URL
latitude	GPS latitude
longitude	GPS longitude
isRetirement	Whether a retirement property
isNewBuild	Whether a new build property
tenure	Freehold, Leasehold, Share of freehold
recordType	Always "onTheMarketListing"
scrapedAt	ISO 8601 UTC timestamp

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Input Configuration

Parameter	Type	Description	Default
mode	Select	Search mode: For Sale, For Rent, New Homes, or By Listing URLs	searchForSale
location	Text	City, area, or postcode to search (e.g. London, Manchester, SW1A 1AA)	Manchester
propertyType	Select	All Types, Houses, Flats/Apartments, Detached, Semi-Detached, Terraced, Bungalows, Land, Commercial	All Types
sortBy	Select	Recently Added, Lowest Price, Highest Price	recently-added
minPrice	Number	Minimum price in GBP	—
maxPrice	Number	Maximum price in GBP	—
minBedrooms	Number	Minimum number of bedrooms	—
maxBedrooms	Number	Maximum number of bedrooms	—
isRetirement	Boolean	Show only retirement properties	false
isNewBuild	Boolean	Show only new build properties	false
startUrls	List	OnTheMarket listing URLs (for byListingUrls mode)	—
maxItems	Number	Maximum listings to return (1–5000)	50

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Example Output

{
  "listingId": "19010044",
  "title": "3 bedroom flat for sale",
  "url": "https://www.onthemarket.com/details/19010044/",
  "imageUrl": "https://media.onthemarket.com/properties/19010044/1614785937/image-0-1024x1024.jpg",
  "images": [
    "https://media.onthemarket.com/properties/19010044/1614785937/image-0-1024x1024.jpg",
    "https://media.onthemarket.com/properties/19010044/1614785937/image-1-1024x1024.jpg"
  ],
  "address": "Court Downs Road, Beckenham, BR3",
  "postcode": "BR3",
  "area": "Beckenham",
  "town": "South East London",
  "county": "Greater London",
  "price": 700000,
  "priceDisplay": "£700,000",
  "propertyType": "Flat",
  "bedrooms": 3,
  "bathrooms": 2,
  "receptionRooms": 1,
  "description": "Exceptional Three-Bedroom Ground Floor Apartment | Share of Freehold...",
  "features": [
    "Tenure: Share of freehold (970 years remaining)",
    "Nearest station 0.4mi.",
    "Nearest school 0.2mi."
  ],
  "floorplanUrl": "https://media.onthemarket.com/properties/19010044/floor-plan-0-1024x1024.jpg",
  "epcRating": "D",
  "agency": "Mann - Beckenham",
  "agentName": "Mann - Beckenham",
  "agentPhone": "020 7768 6890",
  "agentUrl": "https://www.onthemarket.com/agents/branch/mann-beckenham/",
  "latitude": 51.40539,
  "longitude": -0.023384,
  "isNewBuild": false,
  "isRetirement": false,
  "tenure": "Share of freehold",
  "recordType": "onTheMarketListing",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-05-15T10:30:00+00:00"
}

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Usage Examples

Search for flats in Manchester under £300,000

{
  "mode": "searchForSale",
  "location": "Manchester",
  "propertyType": "flats-apartments",
  "maxPrice": 300000,
  "maxItems": 50
}

Find rental properties in Edinburgh with 2+ bedrooms

{
  "mode": "searchForRent",
  "location": "Edinburgh",
  "minBedrooms": 2,
  "sortBy": "price-asc",
  "maxItems": 100
}

Get new build homes in Birmingham

{
  "mode": "searchNewHomes",
  "location": "Birmingham",
  "maxItems": 50
}

Enrich specific listing URLs

{
  "mode": "byListingUrls",
  "startUrls": [
    "https://www.onthemarket.com/details/19010044/",
    "https://www.onthemarket.com/details/18402564/"
  ]
}

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FAQ

Q: What locations can I search?
A: Any UK city, town, area, postcode, or region recognised by OnTheMarket — e.g. "London", "Manchester", "SW1A 1AA", "Greater London", "West Midlands".

Q: How many listings can I get?
A: Up to 5,000 per run. OnTheMarket shows up to 34 pages of 30 results each (~1,020 per search filter combination). To get more, combine multiple runs with different filters.

Q: Does it work without a proxy?
A: Yes. OnTheMarket does not require proxies or cookies — the scraper uses plain HTTP requests to retrieve data embedded in the page HTML.

Q: How fresh is the data?
A: The scraper fetches live data directly from OnTheMarket at the time of the run.

Q: What is the byListingUrls mode?
A: Provide a list of specific OnTheMarket listing URLs (format: https://www.onthemarket.com/details/{id}/) to enrich individual properties with full detail data.

Q: Are prices for sale or rent both supported?
A: Yes — use mode: searchForSale for asking prices in GBP, and mode: searchForRent for monthly/weekly rental prices.

Q: Can I filter by new builds or retirement properties?
A: Yes — set isNewBuild: true or isRetirement: true in your input.

Q: What property types are available?
A: All Types, Houses, Flats/Apartments, Detached, Semi-Detached, Terraced, Bungalows, Land, and Commercial Property.