Realestate.com.au Scraper: Price Drops & Agent Leads

Live Sample Dataset & Verified Run Benchmark

Two runs on 2026-11-03 on Apify Cloud, build 0.1.76. Both datasets are public: open the JSON or CSV link in a browser, no login and no run needed.

List run — 2B8OFQ3mAdLPdk8u7 · 30 rows · 53 columns · 43.5 s · charged apify-actor-start 1, listing-scraped 30. JSON · CSV

Detail run — QnEN7GhJaDjOFQLlt · 3 rows · 53 columns · 76.8 s · charged listing-scraped 3, detail-scraped 3. JSON · CSV

Fill rate on the 30-row list sample: priceNumeric 24/30, bedrooms 30/30, landSizeSqm 0/30. Empty cells are honest: the portal prints “Contact Agent”, “Auction” or “Price withheld”, so priceNumeric stays null instead of guessing. The detail run is the place to see agent phone, description and history.

#	Address	Price	Beds	Baths	Type	Source
1	92 Atherton Street, Downer	$1,090,000	4	2	house	Open
2	Address available on request, Downer	Expressions of Interest	10	4	house	Open
3	42 Gardiner Street, Downer	$995,000+	4	2	house	Open

Open the sample, compare the three rows with the source pages, check the $2.005 and $8.005 lines below, and note the 50-row free limit. That is the whole test, under five minutes.

What does the realestate.com.au Scraper do?

Scrape realestate.com.au listings by suburb, state, postcode, property type and exact bedroom count, without pasting URLs. Every row can include price history, days on market, agent phone numbers, agency details and the full listing description. It is an API-friendly alternative to opening the site page by page, and a run on the Free plan can return up to 50 results for evaluation.

The actor does not log in, bypass a paywall, or read private data. It reads public listing pages and returns a flat dataset with one row per property.

Why scrape realestate.com.au with this Actor?

A card scraper gives you today’s price. This actor gives you the market move, the contact and the timeline in the same row.

#	Feature	What it means for you	Measured on Cloud
1	Filters in the form	Filter by state, suburb, postcode, propertyTypes, bedrooms, minPrice and maxPrice; startUrls is still available for an exact search URL.	Filters are applied in the actor when the site ignores price in the URL.
2	Change-only mode	Set onlyEmitChanges: true to return new listings, price drops, price increases and listings removed from the search.	A repeat run with no market movement returned 0 rows.
3	Price history and days on market	priceHistory and daysOnMarket are seeded from the central property warehouse, so a new stateKey does not start from zero.	Bondi Beach cache run: 0 detail downloads, 3 cached details.
4	Smart detail cache	includeDetails: true opens a listing once, then reuses the result inside its detail cache window. Detail rows are charged whether they are live or cached.	155 s on the first run; 26.7 s from cache. Actor charges for this 3-detail run are $0.029.
5	Flat columns	CSV and Google Sheets ready: the 25 core fields are flat, and the other four Australian actors use the same core names.	53 columns: 25 core fields plus portal and detail fields.
6	Works with your stack	Export from the Apify dataset, call the API, or connect Google Sheets, n8n, Make, Zapier, a webhook or Apify MCP for AI agents.	Dataset, API and MCP compatible.

What the change feed contains

changeStatus uses NEW, PRICE_DROP, PRICE_INCREASE, REMOVED and UNCHANGED. The full priceHistory array keeps the dated from and to values, even when the current price is hidden. This is the field to use for a daily price-drop alert or a “new in my suburb” email.

What data can you extract from realestate.com.au?

Field group	Fields	Available in list mode	Needs includeDetails: true
Identity	listingId, sourcePortal, listingUrl	Yes	No
Address	fullAddress, street, suburb, state, postcode, latitude, longitude	Yes	Coordinates can be filled from the detail page
Price	priceDisplay, priceNumeric, priceHistory	Yes	No
Property	propertyType, bedrooms, bathrooms, carSpaces, landSizeSqm	Yes	No
Lifecycle	changeStatus, daysOnMarket, first_seen_at	Yes	No
Agent	agent1_name, agent1_phone	Name when published	Yes for phone
Agency	agency_name	Sometimes	Yes for the full agency block
Content	description, features, highlights, inspections_text	No	Yes
Rent-specific	bond_amount, available_text	No	Yes

A missing value is null, never a guessed zero. Phone numbers are published for most, not all, listings; maxDetails controls how many pages the actor may open.

How to scrape realestate.com.au listings and price history

1. Open the Input tab and choose a channel: buy, rent or sold.
2. Enter state, suburb and postcode, then optionally add propertyTypes, bedrooms, minPrice and maxPrice.
3. Set maxPages and maxItems. Turn on includeDetails: true only when you need agent phone numbers, descriptions and rental terms, and set maxDetails to control the spend.
4. Press Run. For a daily feed, save the run as a task, add a schedule at 07:00 Australia/Sydney, and set onlyEmitChanges: true.

The first run creates the baseline. The second run compares against it and returns only the changed rows. The central warehouse also makes the first run of a new stateKey useful: it can inherit the earliest first_seen_at, the accumulated priceHistory and a valid cached detail.

How much does it cost to scrape realestate.com.au?

Pricing is pay-per-event. All Apify platform compute and residential/unblocker proxy usage is 100% included in the per-event price. You never pay a separate compute-unit or proxy surcharge.

• List Mode (includeDetails: false): $2.005 per 1,000 listings on the Apify Standard tier ($0.005 actor start + 1,000 × $0.002 per listing), or ~$1.60 per 1,000 on Apify Scale/Business discounted tiers.
• Full Detail Mode (includeDetails: true): $8.005 per 1,000 listings with full details on the Apify Standard tier ($0.005 actor start + 1,000 × $0.002 listing + 1,000 × $0.006 detail add-on), or ~$6.40 per 1,000 on discounted tiers. A 3-row detail test run costs exactly $0.029.
• Free plan limit: Free Apify accounts can extract up to 50 rows per run, enough to inspect the full schema, verify field fill rates and test a suburb before upgrading. Paid Apify plans unlock unlimited rows per run.
• Detail rows are billed whether they are live or served from the cache, because the customer receives the data in both cases.

Input parameters and configuration examples

Parameter	What it does	Example
channel	buy, rent or sold	"buy"
state, suburb, postcode	Location filter	"NSW", "Bondi Beach", "2026"
propertyTypes	House, unit, townhouse, villa, land or acreage	["house"]
bedrooms	Exact bedroom count	3
maxPages	Result pages to read	3
includeDetails	Open listing pages for agent phones and descriptions	true
maxDetails	Maximum detail pages per run	25
maxItems	Maximum rows returned	50
onlyEmitChanges	Return only new, changed or removed rows	true
stateKey	Named lifecycle state for repeat runs	"bondi-buy"
startUrls	Advanced: an exact search/list URL	["https://www.realestate.com.au/..."]
minPrice, maxPrice	Price filter applied after the page loads	800000, 1500000

Suburb and postcode run

{
  "channel": "buy",
  "state": "NSW",
  "suburb": "Bondi Beach",
  "postcode": "2026",
  "propertyTypes": ["house"],
  "bedrooms": 3,
  "maxPages": 3,
  "includeDetails": true,
  "maxDetails": 25,
  "maxItems": 50
}

Daily price-drop and removal run

{
  "channel": "rent",
  "state": "NSW",
  "suburb": "Newtown",
  "postcode": "2042",
  "onlyEmitChanges": true,
  "includeRemovedListings": true,
  "stateKey": "newtown-rent",
  "maxItems": 50
}

Output example

A real row from a Cloud run, shortened for readability:

{
  "listingId": "428550142",
  "sourcePortal": "realestate.com.au",
  "channel": "rent",
  "propertyType": "House",
  "fullAddress": "360 Edgeware Road, Newtown, NSW 2042",
  "suburb": "Newtown",
  "state": "NSW",
  "postcode": "2042",
  "priceDisplay": "$1,250 per week",
  "priceNumeric": 1250,
  "changeStatus": "UNCHANGED",
  "daysOnMarket": 0,
  "bedrooms": 3,
  "bathrooms": 3,
  "carSpaces": null,
  "landSizeSqm": null,
  "agent1_name": "Katya Kehler",
  "agent1_phone": "0450736825",
  "agency_name": "Raine & Horne - Newtown",
  "listingUrl": "https://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-nsw-newtown-428550142",
  "priceHistory": [
    {"date": "2026-11-01", "event": "listed", "from": null, "to": "$1,250 per week"}
  ]
}

Download the full dataset as JSON, HTML, CSV or Excel from the run’s Dataset tab, or read it through the Apify API.

🇦🇺 Australian Real Estate Data Suite (5 Portals)

Actor	Best for	Link
🏠 Realestate.com.au Scraper: Price Drops & Agent Leads	Residential buy, rent and sold listings, daily price-drop alerts, agent phone numbers	https://apify.com/kotaro001/realestate-com-au-scraper
📈 Property.com.au Scraper: Sold History & Estimates	Suburb sold prices, weekly rent estimates, multi-year sales history, years_held and school zones	https://apify.com/kotaro001/property-com-au-scraper
🏢 Realcommercial.com.au Scraper: Prices, Yield & Agents	Offices, warehouses, retail and farming; for-sale, for-lease, sold, leased and tenanted invest cashflow	https://apify.com/kotaro001/realcommercial-com-au-scraper
🏡 OnTheHouse.com.au Scraper: Sold History & Valuations	Cotality AVM estimates, hidden contact-agent prices, multi-decade sale history, suburb medians and agent phones	https://apify.com/kotaro001/onthehouse-com-au-scraper
🏛️ Allhomes.com.au Scraper: EER, Land Value & Rates	Canberra and ACT listings with EER, unimproved land value, UV year, annual rates and auction dates	https://apify.com/kotaro001/allhomes-com-au-scraper

Tip: run the same suburb and postcode across the four actors, export to Sheets, and join on fullAddress to combine prices with sold history and rent estimates.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) & Legal Disclaimer

Do I need to configure proxies to scrape realestate.com.au?

No. The actor brings its own Apify proxy and handles request limits. You choose the search and row limit.

How do I track daily price drops and removed listings?

Run once, save as a task, schedule it daily and set onlyEmitChanges: true. Later runs return new, repriced and removed rows; priceHistory keeps dated values.

How do I get agent phone numbers or full property details?

Set includeDetails: true with maxDetails above zero. The detail page supplies agent1_phone, agency_name, description and features. Cached details are still billed as detail events.

Can I connect this Actor to Google Sheets, n8n, or AI Agents (MCP)?

Yes. Use the dataset export for Sheets, the API for n8n, Make, Zapier or a webhook, and Apify MCP for an AI agent. The core columns need no JSON parser; history and inspections stay as lists.

Is it legal to scrape public property listings from realestate.com.au?

Independent tool, not affiliated with REA Group. It reads public listing pages. Your use of the data must comply with the site’s terms and Australian law.

Custom work: need a private suburb feed, a CRM integration or a one-off backfill? Contact actors@zapstackguides.com with the suburbs, fields and refresh schedule you need.