ZVG Portal Scraper: German Foreclosure Auctions (Zwangsversteigerungen)

ZVG Portal Scraper extracts court-ordered property auctions (Zwangsversteigerungen) from the official German ZVG portal (zvg-portal.de) run by the state justice administrations, for all 16 federal states (Bundesländer): Bayern, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Baden-Württemberg, Berlin, Hessen, Niedersachsen, Sachsen and more. For every auction you get the case number (Aktenzeichen), local court (Amtsgericht), state, property type (Einfamilienhaus, Eigentumswohnung, Grundstück…), address, postal code, city, market value (Verkehrswert) in euros, auction date and time, cancelled flag and last update. Turn on Full details and documents to also get the type of auction, land register (Grundbuch) entry, full property description, auction venue and links to the appraisal (Gutachten), exposé and official notice PDFs. Export to CSV, Excel or JSON. Ideal for property investors, real estate agents, auction buyers and German property market research.

What does ZVG Portal Scraper do?

• 🇩🇪 German foreclosure auctions from the official court portal.
• 🗺️ All 16 states: Bayern, NRW, Baden-Württemberg, Berlin, Hamburg, Hessen, Sachsen…
• 🏠 Property type: houses, apartments, land, commercial, garages.
• 💶 Market value (Verkehrswert) as a number.
• 📅 Auction date and time, with cancelled dates filtered out.
• ⚖️ Case number and local court.
• 📍 Address, postal code and city.
• 📝 Description, land register and auction venue (optional).
• 📄 Appraisal, exposé and official notice PDF links (optional).
• 🔎 Keyword filter: Einfamilienhaus, Eigentumswohnung, Grundstück, city names.

What data can you scrape from the ZVG portal?

Field	Description
Auction	ID, detail link, case number, court, state, last update
Property	Property type, address, postal code, city
Value	Market value, individual values
Date	Auction date, date text, cancelled flag
Details*	Auction type, land register, description, auction venue
Documents*	Appraisal, exposé, official notice and other PDFs

* With Full details and documents turned on.

Use cases for German foreclosure data

• Property investors: find houses, apartments and land below market price at court auctions.
• Real estate agents and appraisers: monitor upcoming auctions in your region.
• Auction buyers: download appraisals and exposés in bulk before viewing dates.
• Market research: analyse foreclosure volumes and values by state and court.
• Proptech: feed auction data into deal-sourcing tools and alerts.

How to scrape the ZVG portal

1. Click Try for free to open ZVG Portal Scraper in Apify Console.
2. Choose states (Bundesländer).
3. Optionally add keywords and turn on Full details and documents.
4. Set Max auctions and click Start.
5. Download the auctions as CSV, Excel or JSON.

Input

Example input

{
  "states": ["by", "nw", "bw"],
  "keywords": ["Einfamilienhaus", "Eigentumswohnung"],
  "includeCancelled": false,
  "includeDetails": true,
  "maxItems": 1000
}

Field	Description
States	Bundesländer to collect.
Keywords	Filter on property type, address, city or court.
Include cancelled dates	Also include cancelled auctions.
Full details and documents	Adds description, land register, venue and PDF links.
Max auctions	Stop after this many (0 = no limit).

Output

Auction example (with details)

{
  "auctionId": 49105,
  "url": "https://www.zvg-portal.de/index.php?button=showZvg&zvg_id=49105&land_abk=by",
  "caseNumber": "1514 K 0262/2025",
  "court": "München in Bayern",
  "state": "Bayern",
  "objectType": "Mehrfamilienhaus",
  "address": "Eichenauer Straße 20, 81245 München",
  "postalCode": "81245",
  "city": "München",
  "marketValue": 2100000,
  "auctionDate": "2026-10-08T10:00:00",
  "cancelled": false,
  "auctionType": "Zwangsversteigerung zum Zwecke der Aufhebung der Gemeinschaft",
  "description": "Grdst. zu 958 m², bebaut mit MFH (KG, EG, OG, DG) und Doppelgarage…",
  "auctionLocation": "Amtsgericht München, Justizgebäude Infanteriestraße 5, 80797 München, Sitzungssaal 202",
  "documents": [
    { "name": "Gutachten1.pdf", "url": "https://www.zvg-portal.de/index.php?button=showAnhang&land_abk=by&file_id=126671&zvg_id=49105" }
  ]
}

Output schema

Field	Type	Description
auctionId, url, caseNumber, court, state, lastUpdated	mixed	Auction.
objectType, address, postalCode, city	string	Property.
marketValue, marketValues	mixed	Market value in EUR.
auctionDate, auctionText, cancelled	mixed	Date.
auctionType, landRegister, description, auctionLocation	string	Details.
documents	array	PDF documents.
scrapedAt	string	Source info.

How much does it cost?

ZVG Portal Scraper uses pay-per-auction pricing: a small fixed price per auction, with automatic discounts on higher Apify plans. See the Pricing tab for the exact price.

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FAQ

What is a Zwangsversteigerung? A court-ordered (foreclosure) property auction in Germany, published on the official ZVG portal.

Why is the market value a sum? Some auctions include several lots (e.g. apartment and parking space); marketValues lists each value and marketValue is the total.

What formats can I export? CSV, Excel, JSON, XML, HTML and RSS, or read the results through the Apify API.

Can I integrate ZVG Portal Scraper with other apps? ZVG Portal Scraper can be connected with almost any cloud service or web app thanks to integrations on the Apify platform. It works with Make, Zapier, Slack, Airbyte, GitHub, Google Drive and many more, plus the Apify API, JS/Python clients and MCP. Or use webhooks to trigger an action whenever a run finishes.

Is it legal to scrape the ZVG portal? The scraper collects publicly announced court auction notices. You are responsible for using the data in line with the portal's terms and GDPR.

Related Actors

• RE/MAX Portugal Scraper
• HiBid Scraper

Notes

Original clean-room implementation. Returns only public data. Not affiliated with the German justice administrations.