# Rightmove UK Residential Listing Monitor (`jpmarketdata/rightmove-residential-listing-monitor`) Actor

Export bounded, paginated Rightmove UK sale and rental listings from multiple search URLs with normalized asking prices, listing updates and explicit coverage. Track observed price changes against an optional prior snapshot.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/jpmarketdata/rightmove-residential-listing-monitor.md
- **Developed by:** [h ichi](https://apify.com/jpmarketdata) (community)
- **Categories:** Real estate, Automation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

$1.50 / 1,000 validated property listing exporteds

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Rightmove UK Residential Listing Monitor

Monitor multiple public Rightmove UK residential sale and rent search pages. The default is two newest-sorted Rye watchlists: sale (84 results/four pages observed on 2026-10-04) and rent (six results/one page); live totals may change. This Actor exports *asking* prices and observed listing changes, not sold prices or sale/let conclusions.

### Input

Pass 1–5 exact `https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/...` or `/property-to-rent/...` search URLs. Supported query keys are `locationIdentifier`, `searchLocation`, `useLocationIdentifier`, `radius`, `minPrice`, `maxPrice`, `minBedrooms`, `maxBedrooms`, `propertyTypes`, `includeSSTC`, `mustHave`, `dontShow`, `furnishTypes`, `keywords`, `maxDaysSinceAdded`, `tenureTypes`, and `sortType`; input `index` may only be 0 because the Actor controls pagination. Use `?sortType=6` to watch newest listings. `maxPagesPerSearch` defaults to 4 (1–10); `maxItems` defaults to 150 (1–500). Optional `previousListings` is at most 500 `{propertyId, askingPriceAmount}` records from a comparable prior snapshot. It can identify a changed asking amount on a matched listing; an ID absent from the supplied snapshot is not proof of a new listing.

### Output

One validated row per unique property ID globally, with matching search URLs, sale/rent channel, asking amount and currency, rental frequency, price qualifier, beds, subtype, size, tenure, explicit listing status and listing update facts where present, source page, observed time and comparison flag. `OUTPUT` stores per-search advertised count, fetched pages, unique rows, coverageComplete and partial reason. `nextIndex` is an advisory page position only when the page cap is reached; input always starts at page 1 and does not accept that position as a resume cursor. A row or event-budget cap within a page yields no `nextIndex`. Repeated sponsored cards are deduplicated. Broad areas can exceed Rightmove pagination; never interpret a missing ID in partial coverage as sold or let. `changeType` is `uncompared`, `unchanged`, `price_changed`, or `not_in_prior_snapshot`; no inferred sale status.

### Limits

Use only robots-allowed public search HTML; no `/api/*`, login, contact, map, browser, proxy or paid source. Validate exact host/path/query before network calls. Sequentially fetch ≤2 MiB per page, pace at least one second, ≤50 search GETs plus robots, and ≤180 seconds within 256 MB. Parse `__NEXT_DATA__.props.pageProps.searchResults` and validate page, sort, result count, ID and asking amount. A legitimately empty exact search returns a scoped coverage report with zero listing rows; all-source failures, blocks, rate limits, timeouts, invalid pages and schema changes fail explicitly. A later-page failure must not claim completed coverage.

### Privacy and rights

Only public listing facts are emitted. Do not persist raw HTML, photos, contact data, agent/customer names, enquiry links, exact coordinates or owner/tenant identities. Rightmove terms §§5.2, 5.5–5.6 restrict automated extraction and commercial research; the source scout records the clauses under DR-0007. This Actor is unaffiliated with Rightmove.

### Pricing

One `rightmove-listing-exported` PPE event at $0.0015 per unique validated row delivered to the dataset. No custom start or secondary event. Coverage metadata and zero rows incur no custom result event. A platform memory/start fee may still apply and must be stated in Store copy.

# Actor input Schema

## `searchUrls` (type: `array`):

One to five exact public UK residential sale or rent search URLs. Sort by newest (?sortType=6) for a recent-listing watchlist. Each URL must pass robots checks.

## `maxPagesPerSearch` (type: `integer`):

Read at most this many 24-result pages for each search; coverage is marked partial if the site advertises more pages.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Global cap across all searches after property-ID deduplication. Coverage is marked partial when this cap stops acquisition.

## `previousListings` (type: `array`):

Optional prior listing IDs and asking GBP amounts from a comparable earlier run. Missing prior IDs mean not in supplied snapshot, not newly listed or sold. Up to 500 records.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchUrls": [
    "https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/Rye.html?sortType=6",
    "https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-to-rent/Rye.html?sortType=6"
  ],
  "maxPagesPerSearch": 4,
  "maxItems": 150,
  "previousListings": []
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

## `coverage` (type: `string`):

Per-search counts and completeness. nextIndex is advisory only for page-cap truncation; this Actor always starts from page 1, and row/event-budget caps have no resume cursor.

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "searchUrls": [
        "https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/Rye.html?sortType=6",
        "https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-to-rent/Rye.html?sortType=6"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("jpmarketdata/rightmove-residential-listing-monitor").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "searchUrls": [
        "https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/Rye.html?sortType=6",
        "https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-to-rent/Rye.html?sortType=6",
    ] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("jpmarketdata/rightmove-residential-listing-monitor").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "searchUrls": [
    "https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/Rye.html?sortType=6",
    "https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-to-rent/Rye.html?sortType=6"
  ]
}' |
apify call jpmarketdata/rightmove-residential-listing-monitor --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,jpmarketdata/rightmove-residential-listing-monitor"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/hCHsVMkKz8RZ7G8yZ/builds/uo19LlShtx5eIdAzA/openapi.json