Property Finder & Bayut Listings Scraper

Extract structured property listing data from Dubai's two largest real estate portals: Property Finder and Bayut.

What it does

This actor scrapes search results and individual listing pages from propertyfinder.ae and bayut.com. It extracts:

• Price, bedrooms, bathrooms, area (sqft + sqm) — the basics
• RERA permit number — scraped from detail pages, with a Trakheesi verification link
• Location data — community, building, city, GPS coordinates
• Agent & agency info — name, company, broker registration number (BRN), public phone number
• Listing metadata — type, purpose (sale/rent), furnishing, completion status, days on market
• Description & amenities — full text and feature lists from detail pages
• Images — up to 10 photo URLs per listing
• Cross-portal deduplication — normalized key to match the same property across PF and Bayut
• Incremental mode — skip previously scraped listings on scheduled runs

PDPL-Compliant

This actor does not extract property owner names or email addresses. It collects only publicly displayed listing and agent data (including agent phone numbers shown on the portal), making it safe for commercial use under UAE data protection law (PDPL).

How to use

1. Go to propertyfinder.ae or bayut.com
2. Apply your desired filters (location, price range, bedrooms, property type)
3. Copy the filtered search URL from your browser
4. Paste it into the Search URLs input field
5. Run the actor

You can also paste direct listing URLs into the Direct Listing URLs field to scrape specific properties.

Input options

Field	Description	Default
Search URLs	Filtered search page URLs from Property Finder or Bayut	Required
Direct Listing URLs	Individual listing page URLs to scrape	Optional
Max Listings	Cap on total listings to scrape (0 = unlimited)	100
Scrape Details	Visit detail pages for RERA, description, amenities, agent phone	true
Incremental Mode	Skip listings already scraped in previous runs. Perfect for scheduled jobs — only new listings are scraped and charged.	false
Proxy	Proxy config — residential recommended for detail pages	Apify Residential

Output example

{
    "source": "propertyfinder",
    "listingId": "1234567",
    "title": "Stunning 2BR | Marina View | High Floor",
    "type": "Apartment",
    "purpose": "for-sale",
    "price": 2850000,
    "currency": "AED",
    "pricePerSqFt": 1900,
    "bedrooms": 2,
    "bathrooms": 3,
    "areaSqFt": 1500,
    "areaSqM": 139.35,
    "location": "Marina Heights, Dubai Marina, Dubai",
    "community": "Dubai Marina",
    "building": "Marina Heights",
    "city": "Dubai",
    "latitude": 25.0768,
    "longitude": 55.1385,
    "description": "Fully furnished 2-bedroom apartment with panoramic marina views...",
    "amenities": ["Swimming Pool", "Gym", "Parking", "Security"],
    "portalListingId": "propertyfinder-1234567",
    "normalizedKey": "a1b2c3d4e5f6",
    "daysOnMarket": 23,
    "reraPermitNumber": "12345678",
    "reraPermitUrl": "https://www.dubailand.gov.ae/en/eservices/trakheesi/",
    "completionStatus": "ready",
    "furnishing": "Furnished",
    "listedDate": "2026-08-15",
    "agentName": "Dubai Premier Properties",
    "agentCompany": "Dubai Premier Properties LLC",
    "agentBRN": "54321",
    "agentPhone": "+971501234567",
    "imageUrls": ["https://..."],
    "listingUrl": "https://www.propertyfinder.ae/en/...",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-09-06T10:30:00.000Z"
}

Dataset schema

Field	Type	Description
source	string	Portal: propertyfinder or bayut
listingId	string	Portal-specific listing ID
title	string	Listing headline
type	string	Property type (Apartment, Villa, Townhouse, etc.)
purpose	string	for-sale or for-rent
price	number	Listed price in AED
currency	string	Always AED
pricePerSqFt	number	Computed price per square foot
bedrooms	integer	Number of bedrooms (0 = studio)
bathrooms	integer	Number of bathrooms
areaSqFt	number	Property area in square feet
areaSqM	number	Property area in square meters (auto-converted)
location	string	Full location string
community	string	Community / development name
building	string	Building name
city	string	City (Dubai)
latitude	number	GPS latitude
longitude	number	GPS longitude
description	string	Full listing description (detail pages only)
amenities	array	List of amenities (detail pages only)
portalListingId	string	Source-prefixed ID for tracking (propertyfinder-1234567)
normalizedKey	string	MD5 hash of community+beds+area+price for cross-portal dedup
daysOnMarket	integer	Days since listing was published
reraPermitNumber	string	RERA / Trakheesi permit number
reraPermitUrl	string	Link to Trakheesi portal for verification
completionStatus	string	ready, off-plan, or under-construction
furnishing	string	Furnished, Unfurnished, or Partly Furnished
listedDate	string	Date the listing was published
agentName	string	Listing agent or agency display name
agentCompany	string	Real estate agency name
agentBRN	string	Broker Registration Number
agentPhone	string	Agent's publicly displayed phone number
imageUrls	array	Up to 10 property photo URLs
listingUrl	string	Direct link to the listing page
scrapedAt	string	ISO timestamp of when the data was collected

Pricing

This actor uses pay-per-event pricing with two event tiers:

Event	When charged	Price per 1,000
search-result	Listing scraped from search page only (no detail visit)	$3.00
detail-result	Listing enriched with detail page data (RERA, amenities, description, agent phone)	$5.00

Platform usage is included — no additional compute or proxy costs on top.

Cost examples

Scenario	Listings	Event type	Cost
Quick scan of 500 listings, details off	500	search-result	$1.50
Full scrape of 1,000 listings with details	1,000	detail-result	$5.00
Daily incremental run, ~50 new listings/day	50	detail-result	$0.25/day
Cross-portal comparison, 2,000 from PF + 2,000 from Bayut	4,000	detail-result	$20.00

Use cases

• Real estate agencies — monitor competitor listings and pricing across portals
• Property investors — track prices, identify below-market opportunities, spot days-on-market outliers
• Market researchers — build datasets for Dubai property market analysis
• PropTech companies — feed listing data into apps, dashboards, or AI models
• Compliance teams — verify RERA permit numbers across published listings using the included Trakheesi URL
• Cross-portal analysis — use normalizedKey to match the same property listed on both PF and Bayut

Tips

• Start with a small maxListings (10–50) to verify the output matches your needs
• Use residential proxies for detail page scraping — both portals use WAF protection
• For large scrapes (1,000+ listings), increase the max and let the actor paginate automatically
• Combine Property Finder and Bayut search URLs in a single run to cross-reference listings
• Enable Incremental Mode for scheduled runs — only new listings are scraped and charged
• Set Scrape Details to false for a faster, cheaper scan when you only need price/location/beds

Known limitations

• RERA permit numbers are only available on detail pages; search-only mode won't capture them
• Agent phone numbers are extracted when publicly displayed on the portal — not all listings show one
• Bayut amenities require a detail page visit; search results don't include them
• Days on market depends on the portal providing a listed date — some listings don't publish one
• Incremental mode persists across runs using Apify's key-value store; clearing the store resets the seen-listings history
• Both portals use WAF protection — residential proxies are strongly recommended for detail page scraping

Changelog

v0.2 (2026-09-07)

• Renamed to "Property Finder & Bayut Listings Scraper" (better discoverability)
• Added areaSqM — automatic sqft-to-sqm conversion
• Added agentPhone — publicly displayed agent phone numbers
• Added daysOnMarket — computed from listed date
• Added portalListingId and normalizedKey — cross-portal tracking and deduplication
• Added reraPermitUrl — direct link to Trakheesi verification portal
• Added Incremental mode — skip already-seen listings across scheduled runs
• Added Split PPE pricing — cheaper rate for search-only scrapes vs. detail-enriched results

v0.1 (2026-09-04)

• Initial release with Property Finder and Bayut support
• Search + detail page scraping
• RERA permit extraction, agent/agency info, GPS coordinates
• Pay-per-result pricing

Legal

This actor scrapes publicly available listing data from real estate portals. It does not access restricted APIs, bypass authentication, or extract personal data beyond what is publicly displayed on each listing page. Agent phone numbers are collected only when shown publicly on the portal. Use responsibly and in accordance with the portals' terms of service.