Zillow Distressed Property Finder by City or ZIP

Zillow keeps its foreclosure, pre-foreclosure, pre-market REO and auction inventory inside its regular map search. This actor applies those distress filters server-side for you and returns structured records for any US city, ZIP code, neighborhood or county, with optional per-listing detail enrichment: listing agent, phone, brokerage, photos, description, year built, HOA and per-row distress flags.

What this actor does

• Searches one or more locations: city ("Austin, TX"), ZIP ("78701"), neighborhood ("Hyde Park, Austin, TX") or county ("Travis County, TX").
• Also accepts Zillow search URLs you already have; the distress filter is layered on top of the URL's own filters.
• Restricts results to the distress categories you pick: foreclosures (including bank-owned), pre-foreclosures, pre-market foreclosed (REO) and auctions.
• Applies Zillow's own filters server-side: price range, minimum beds/baths, home types, days on Zillow and sort order.
• Pages through Zillow's result pages up to its own limit, with no browser and no cookies required.
• Optionally opens each listing's detail page for the listing agent, photos, description, year built, HOA and authoritative distress flags.
• Fields Zillow doesn't publish for a listing (no price, no Zestimate, no photos) are left out of that record rather than filled with a placeholder.

Output per listing

Field	Description
zpid	Zillow property ID.
url	Zillow property detail page URL.
distressType	foreclosure, bankOwned, preForeclosure, preMarketForeclosure, auction or comingSoon.
isForeclosure / isBankOwned / isPreForeclosure / isAuction / isComingSoon	Per-listing distress flags as Zillow marks them.
homeStatus / statusText	Raw Zillow status and its display label.
address / city / state / zipCode	Property address components.
price	Listing price, in USD.
zestimate / rentZestimate	Zillow's value and rent estimates, in USD.
taxAssessedValue	Tax-assessed value, in USD.
beds / baths / sqft	Bedroom and bathroom counts, and living area in square feet.
lotAreaValue / lotAreaUnit	Lot size and its unit (sqft or acres).
propertyType / yearBuilt	Property type (e.g. SINGLE_FAMILY) and construction year.
latitude / longitude	Property coordinates.
daysOnZillow / listedDate	Days on Zillow and the date the listing was posted.
listingAgentName / listingAgentPhone / brokerName / mlsName / mlsId	Listing attribution from the detail page.
photos / photoCount	Property photo URLs (largest size, Zillow photo CDN only) and how many photos Zillow shows.
description	Listing description text.
monthlyHoaFee / pricePerSquareFoot	HOA fee and price per square foot when shown.
postingUrl	External listing or auction page when Zillow provides one (e.g. an auction.com detail link).
auctionDate / auctionDateTime	Auction date and sale start date-time, read from the linked auctioneer page.
startingBid / principalLoanAmount	Published starting bid and original loan principal when the auctioneer shows them.
occupancyStatus	Occupancy reported by the auctioneer (e.g. OCCUPIED, VACANT).
lender / servicer	Beneficiary (lender) and loan servicer names.
foreclosureAttorney / foreclosureAttorneyPhone	Foreclosure attorney / trustee firm and its phone.
buyerPremiumAvailable	Whether the auction charges a buyer's premium.
auctionEventTitle	The auctioneer's sale event title.
lastSoldPrice / lastSoldDate	Most recent recorded sale price and date, when Zillow publishes them.
comingSoonDate	The date a coming-soon listing is scheduled to go live.
scrapedAt	ISO 8601 timestamp of when this actor fetched the record.

Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
locations	Array of strings	–	Cities, ZIP codes, neighborhoods or counties — one entry each.
startUrls	Array of URLs	–	Zillow search pages; the distress filter is applied on top.
distressTypes	Array (select)	all four	foreclosure, preForeclosure, preMarketForeclosure, auction; legacy bankOwned (REO-only) is also accepted. Leave empty for all.
priceMin / priceMax	Integer	–	Listing price bounds in USD.
bedsMin / bathsMin	Number	–	Minimum bedrooms / bathrooms.
homeTypes	Array (select)	all	singleFamily, condo, townhouse, multiFamily, apartment, manufactured, lotLand.
daysOnZillow	Select	any	Only listings seen within the window (1 day … 36 months).
sortBy	Select	relevance	Relevance, newest, price, beds, baths, size, lot or Zestimate.
includeDetails	Boolean	true	Open each listing's detail page for agent, photos, description and year built.
includeAuctionDetails	Boolean	false	Read the linked auctioneer page (auction.com only) for the auction schedule, starting bid, occupancy and lender/attorney fields. One extra request per linked auction; requires includeDetails.
maxItems	Integer	100	Maximum listings across all locations and URLs (1–5000).

Provide at least one locations entry or one startUrls entry.

Example: foreclosures and auctions in one city

{
    "locations": ["Phoenix, AZ"],
    "distressTypes": ["foreclosure", "auction"],
    "priceMax": 400000,
    "includeDetails": true,
    "maxItems": 100
}

Example: bank-owned homes by ZIP code

{
    "locations": ["85001", "85032"],
    "distressTypes": ["preMarketForeclosure"],
    "includeDetails": true,
    "maxItems": 200
}

Example: reuse a saved Zillow search URL

{
    "startUrls": [{"url": "https://www.zillow.com/austin-tx/foreclosures/"}],
    "maxItems": 300
}

Use cases

• Distressed-inventory investing — track foreclosure and pre-foreclosure properties before they hit the broader market.
• Wholesaling — build a pre-foreclosure outreach list for a ZIP or neighborhood.
• Auction prep — research properties scheduled for a foreclosure auction ahead of time.
• REO acquisition — surface pre-market bank-owned properties for buy-and-hold portfolios.
• Market intelligence — quantify distress rates by city, ZIP or county over time.

FAQ

What's the difference between the distress types? foreclosure is an active foreclosure listing for sale (Zillow's foreclosure filter also includes bank-owned homes); bankOwned marks a home the lender already owns (REO); preForeclosure is a pre-market record early in the foreclosure process, not yet listed; preMarketForeclosure is a pre-market record the bank has already taken back; auction is a property scheduled for a foreclosure auction.

How many results can I get per run? Up to 5,000 via maxItems. Zillow itself caps any single search at 20 result pages (about 820 listings). If a market hits that cap, split it into several locations — by home type, ZIP or neighborhood — and pass them together; the slices are disjoint, so their union covers the full inventory (verified: Los Angeles distressed inventory = 1,349 listings; its seven home-type slices sum to exactly 1,349).

Do I need proxies or cookies? No. The actor routes its requests automatically and needs no account, cookie or API key from you.

Why do some listings have no price or Zestimate? Zillow genuinely doesn't show a price or estimate for many pre-market distressed records. Those fields are omitted from the record instead of being filled with a placeholder.

Does this include auction dates, unpaid balances or lender details? Zillow's own pages don't carry them, but auction listings link out to the auctioneer (postingUrl). Turn on includeAuctionDetails and the actor also reads the linked auction.com page, adding the auction date and sale time, occupancy, starting bid, loan principal, lender, servicer and foreclosure attorney (each when the auctioneer publishes it). Roughly two thirds of sampled Zillow auctions link to auction.com; other auctioneers and unpaid balances are not covered.

Is this affiliated with Zillow? No. This actor is an independent tool that reads publicly visible Zillow search results and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Zillow.