Rightmove Property Scraper (BUY Listings) – Extract UK Real-Estate Data 🚀

Keywords: Rightmove scraper, Rightmove API, Rightmove data extraction, UK property scraper, real-estate data, house price scraper, Apify actor, property listing API

Easily collect live property for-sale listings from Rightmove.co.uk – the UK’s #1 real-estate portal. This open-source Apify Actor written in Python lets you turn Rightmove into a real-time property data API for market research, investment analysis, price monitoring, and more.

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Table of Contents

1. Why Use This Scraper?
2. Quick Start
3. Input Parameters
4. Output Example
5. Use-Case Ideas
6. Technical Details
7. Limitations & Legal
8. Support

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Why Use This Scraper?

✅ Comprehensive UK Coverage – Search any city, postcode or area on Rightmove
✅ Advanced Filters – Price, bedrooms, property type, radius & more
✅ Agent & Geo Data – Capture branch details, latitude/longitude, images
✅ Unlimited Requests – Optimised for bulk data collection (sales only)
✅ Async & Proxy-Ready – Built with httpx + Apify proxy for reliability

Stop copying & pasting listing details – automate your Rightmove research in minutes.

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Quick Start

Run on Apify platform

1. Click “Try actor” → paste the JSON input below.
2. Hit Run – results will appear in Dataset tab as structured JSON.

Run locally

pip install -r requirements.txt
python -m rightmove_uk  # or however you invoke your main module

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Input Parameters

Field	Type	Required	Description	Example
location	string	✔	City, postcode, or area name	"London"
radius	string	✖	Search radius in miles (0.25–40)	"10"
min_price	string	✖	Minimum price (GBP)	"50000"
max_price	string	✖	Maximum price (GBP)	"300000"
min_bedrooms	string	✖	Minimum bedrooms (1-10)	"2"
max_bedrooms	string	✖	Maximum bedrooms (1-10)	"4"
min_bathrooms	string	✖	Minimum bathrooms (1-5)	"1"
max_bathrooms	string	✖	Maximum bathrooms (1-5)	"2"
property_types	string	✖	Comma-separated types (see below)	"terraced,flat"
max_days_since_added	string	✖	Only show listings added in the last X days (1,3,7,14)	"7"
include_under_offer_and_stc	boolean	✖	Include properties Under Offer / SSTC	false
max_results	string	✖	Stop after X listings (pagination limit)	"100"

Supported property_types: terraced, flat, semi-detached, detached, bungalow, land, park-home.

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Output Example

{
  "id": 123456789,
  "bedrooms": 3,
  "bathrooms": 2,
  "description": "Beautiful 3-bedroom semi-detached house in a sought-after location…",
  "address": "123 Example Street, London, SW1A 1AA",
  "latitude": 51.5074,
  "longitude": -0.1278,
  "price": 450000,
  "currency_code": "GBP",
  "property_sub_type": "Semi-detached",
  "tenure": { "type": "Freehold" },
  "estate_agent_branch": { "name": "Example Estate Agents", "phone": "020 1234 5678" },
  "property_url": "https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/123456789",
  "first_published_at": "2024-01-15T10:30:00Z",
  "updated_at": "2024-01-20T11:00:00Z",
  "property_images": [ { "url": "https://…jpg", "caption": "Front view" } ],
  "transaction_type": "BUY",
  "timestamp": "2024-01-20T12:00:00Z",
  "input": {
    "location": "London",
    "radius": "10"
  }
}

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Use-Case Ideas

• House Price Analytics – Track asking-price fluctuations by area or property type.
• Buy-to-Let Investment Research – Identify high-yield neighbourhoods quickly.
• Lead Generation for Estate Agents – Export fresh seller leads with contact URLs.
• Competitive Benchmarking – Monitor rival agencies’ stock and pricing strategies.
• Academic & Media Research – Analyse housing market trends and publish insights.

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Technical Details

• Language: Python 3.9+
• Framework: Apify SDK
• HTTP Client: httpx (async) with retry + proxy support
• Deployment: Runs seamlessly on Apify cloud or any container platform
• Performance: Non-blocking async requests, configurable concurrency

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Limitations & Legal

• Sales Listings Only – Rentals are not supported.
• UK Market Only – Rightmove lists UK properties exclusively.
• Respect Robots & ToS – Use responsibly and comply with Rightmove’s terms.
• Rate-Limiting – Built-in delays help prevent blocking, but heavy usage may still trigger captchas.

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Support

Need help or a custom modification? Open an issue or contact us on Apify – we ❤ real-estate data!

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Boost your property intelligence today – scrape Rightmove like a pro!