Spitogatos.gr Scraper — Greek Real Estate Property Listings

Extract real estate property listings from Spitogatos.gr, Greece's largest property portal. Get residential and commercial listings for sale and rent — price, area, rooms, location, agency details, images, and GPS coordinates.

Why This Scraper?

Spitogatos is Greece's #1 real estate marketplace, used by all major agencies and private sellers. However, the site uses enterprise-grade anti-bot protection (Distil/Imperva on AWS CloudFront) that blocks all non-browser HTTP requests — including curl, got-scraping, and even curl_cffi's TLS emulation.

This scraper uses a real Chromium browser via Playwright to pass the anti-bot check, then calls Spitogatos' internal REST API from within the browser context. This hybrid approach delivers fast, structured JSON data without HTML parsing — all while maintaining a natural browser fingerprint.

What Data Does It Extract?

Field	Description
id	Spitogatos property ID
category	Property type (house, apartment, maisonette, etc.)
listingType	Sale or rent
price	Price in Euros (€)
sqMeters	Living area in m²
rooms	Number of rooms
bathrooms	Number of bathrooms
floorNumber	Floor number
geography	Area/neighborhood name
latitude / longitude	GPS coordinates
mainImageURL	Main property image
imageCount	Number of listing images
hasVTour	Virtual tour availability
newDevelopment	New development flag
agencyName	Real estate agency name
agentProfilePath	Agent profile URL
url	Property listing URL
searchArea	Area ID searched
scrapedAt	Extraction timestamp

Use Cases

Real Estate Market Research

Monitor property prices, availability, and trends across Greek cities and neighborhoods. Track price per m² by area, property type, and listing age.

Investment Analysis

Identify undervalued areas, track new developments, and compare rental yields across Athens, Thessaloniki, and regional markets.

Agency & Competitor Monitoring

Track which agencies are active in which areas. Monitor new listings, price changes, and market share by agency.

Lead Generation

Build lists of properties matching specific criteria (price range, area, type). Identify motivated sellers through listing age and price reductions.

Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
areaIDs	string[]	Spitogatos area IDs. 100=Athens Center, 4933=Thessaloniki Center, 6=Glyfada, etc.
listingTypes	string[]	'sale' or 'rent'
categories	string[]	'residential', 'commercial', 'land'
startUrls	string[]	Direct Spitogatos URLs
maxItemsPerSearch	integer	Max per area+type+category (default 300)
maxTotalItems	integer	Global cap (0 = unlimited)
sortBy	select	rankingscore (relevance), price, date
proxyConfiguration	proxy	Optional — browser passes anti-bot without proxy

Popular Area IDs

ID	Area
100	Athens Center
6	Glyfada
215	Kifissia
103	Kolonaki
203	Piraeus
4933	Thessaloniki Center
111	Marousi
4	Voula
20021	Chalandri

Output Format

{
    "id": "17457966",
    "category": "house",
    "listingType": "sale",
    "price": 175659,
    "sqMeters": 42,
    "rooms": 1,
    "bathrooms": 1,
    "floorNumber": 9,
    "geography": "Stathmos Larisis (Kolonos - Kolokynthous)",
    "latitude": 37.995461,
    "longitude": 23.71983,
    "mainImageURL": "https://m1.spitogatos.gr/313327008_300x220.jpg",
    "imageCount": 3,
    "agencyName": "LUX&EASY RESIDENCES",
    "agentProfilePath": "https://www.spitogatos.gr/find-agents/LUX-EASY-RESIDENCES/8650",
    "url": "https://www.spitogatos.gr/en/listing/17457966",
    "searchArea": "100",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-06-26T15:00:00.000Z"
}

Performance

Metric	Typical Value
Speed	~500ms per API page (30 properties)
300 results	~5-8 seconds
Memory	~300-500 MB (Chromium)
Proxy	Not required

Limitations

• Browser required — Playwright Chromium needed for anti-bot bypass
• API rate limits — 500ms delay between pages to be respectful
• Area IDs — Must know the numeric area IDs. Use the autocomplete API or browse spitogatos.gr to discover IDs
• Greek market only — Properties in Greece only. Site is in Greek/English.

Tips

• Find area IDs — Search on spitogatos.gr and check the URL or use POST /n_api/v1/geographies/autocomplete
• Start small — Begin with 1 area, 1 type, 30 results
• Multiple areas — Add multiple areaIDs to scrape multiple neighborhoods in one run
• Rent + Sale — Add both 'sale' and 'rent' to listingTypes for full coverage
• Monitor prices — Schedule daily/weekly runs to track price changes

Legal & Responsible Use

This scraper extracts publicly available property listings from Spitogatos.gr. Use in compliance with Spitogatos' Terms of Service and applicable Greek/EU law. This tool is for legitimate real estate market research and analysis purposes only.