🏠 Etuovi.com Scraper — Finland Real Estate

Scrape property listings from etuovi.com — Finland's #1 real estate portal with over 59,000 active listings. Uses Etuovi's internal search API directly — no browser, no proxy required, extremely fast.

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📦 What you get

Field	Description	Example
title	Generated listing title	"Apartment — 3h, kt, kph, s — 59.5 m² — Leppävaara Espoo"
propertyType	Property category	"RESIDENTIAL"
propertySubtype	Property type in English	"Apartment (Kerrostalo)"
priceFormatted	Asking price	"298 000 €"
price	Numeric price	298000
area	Living area m²	59.5
totalArea	Total area m²	59.5
rooms	Finnish room description	"3h, kt, kph, s, lasitettu parveke"
roomCount	Standardized room count	"3"
buildYear	Construction year	"2019"
isNewBuilding	New construction flag	false
address	Full address	"Kaarlo Sarkian katu 10 Vermonniitty Espoo"
addressLine1	Street address	"Kaarlo Sarkian katu 10"
addressLine2	District and city	"Vermonniitty Espoo"
city	City	"Espoo"
district	Neighborhood	"Vermonniitty"
latitude	GPS latitude	60.214195
longitude	GPS longitude	24.832643
agencyName	Real estate agency	"Kiinteistömaailma Espoo Leppävaara"
agencyUrl	Agency website	"http://www.kiinteistomaailma.fi/"
agentName	Individual agent	"Sari Palomäki"
isPrivateSeller	Private listing	false
imageThumbnail	Main photo URL	"https://d3ls91xgksobn.cloudfront.net/..."
imageUrls	All photo URLs	["https://..."]
publishedDate	Publication date	"2026-04-06"

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🚀 How to use

Basic — all Finland, newest first

{
  "propertyType": "RESIDENTIAL",
  "maxListings": 200
}

Filter by city

{
  "propertyType": "RESIDENTIAL",
  "locations": ["Helsinki"],
  "maxListings": 500
}

Multiple cities

{
  "locations": ["Helsinki", "Espoo", "Vantaa"],
  "propertySubtypes": ["APARTMENT_HOUSE"],
  "maxListings": 1000
}

Price + area filter

{
  "propertyType": "RESIDENTIAL",
  "locations": ["Tampere"],
  "minPrice": 100000,
  "maxPrice": 300000,
  "minArea": 40,
  "maxArea": 100,
  "sortBy": "SEARCH_PRICE_ASC",
  "maxListings": 200
}

New construction only

{
  "propertyType": "RESIDENTIAL",
  "newBuildingOnly": true,
  "maxListings": 500
}

Vacation homes

{
  "propertyType": "VACATION",
  "maxListings": 200
}

Private sellers only

{
  "sellerType": "PRIVATE",
  "maxListings": 200
}

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⚙️ Input parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
propertyType	string	RESIDENTIAL	RESIDENTIAL, VACATION, PLOT, COMMERCIAL
propertySubtypes	array	[]	APARTMENT_HOUSE, DETACHED_HOUSE, ROW_HOUSE, SEMI_DETACHED_HOUSE
locations	array	[] (all Finland)	City names: Helsinki, Espoo, Tampere, Turku, Oulu, Vantaa, etc.
minPrice	integer	—	Minimum price in EUR
maxPrice	integer	—	Maximum price in EUR
minArea	number	—	Minimum living area m²
maxArea	number	—	Maximum living area m²
minRooms	integer	—	Minimum number of rooms
maxRooms	integer	—	Maximum number of rooms
minBuildYear	integer	—	Minimum construction year
maxBuildYear	integer	—	Maximum construction year
newBuildingOnly	boolean	false	New construction only
sellerType	string	ALL	ALL, PRIVATE, COMPANY
sortBy	string	PUBLISHED_OR_UPDATED_AT	Sort order
maxListings	integer	200	Max results (0 = unlimited)
proxyConfiguration	object	disabled	Optional proxy

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💡 Use cases

Finnish housing market analysis — Etuovi is the definitive source for Finnish property data. Scrape the full 59,000+ listing database for price-per-m² analysis by city, neighborhood or build year. Track how Helsinki prices compare to Tampere or Oulu over time.

Investment opportunity finder — Filter by sellerType: PRIVATE to find private sellers who typically list 5–15% below agency prices. Combine with locations for specific target markets.

New construction tracking — Set newBuildingOnly: true to monitor all new developments across Finland. Developers and investors use this for competitor analysis and market saturation research.

Price alert system — Schedule daily runs with sortBy: PUBLISHED_OR_UPDATED_AT to catch new listings the moment they go live. Feed results to a webhook for instant Slack or email notifications.

Vacation home market research — Set propertyType: VACATION to scrape the Finnish summer cottage market. Finland has over 500,000 registered summer cottages — a unique asset class with strong domestic demand.

Real estate agency analysis — Extract agencyName, agencyId, and agencyUrl from listings to build a database of all active Finnish real estate agencies, their listing volumes, and geographic coverage.

GPS-enriched property data — Every listing includes latitude and longitude coordinates, making it trivial to build map visualizations, calculate distances to schools/transport, and perform spatial analysis.

Expat relocation research — Filter Helsinki-area listings by area and price for relocation budgeting. Finnish listings include the unique totalArea field which includes storage and common areas — important for comparing Finnish vs international space standards.

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📊 Sample output

{
  "listingId": "2531560",
  "friendlyId": "1412825",
  "listingUrl": "https://www.etuovi.com/kohde/2531560",
  "title": "Apartment (Kerrostalo) — 3h, kt, kph, s, lasitettu parveke — 59.5 m² — Vermonniitty Espoo",
  "propertyType": "RESIDENTIAL",
  "propertySubtype": "Apartment (Kerrostalo)",
  "price": 298000,
  "priceFormatted": "298 000 €",
  "area": 59.5,
  "totalArea": 59.5,
  "rooms": "3h, kt, kph, s, lasitettu parveke",
  "roomCount": "3",
  "buildYear": "2019",
  "isNewBuilding": false,
  "address": "Kaarlo Sarkian katu 10 Vermonniitty Espoo",
  "addressLine1": "Kaarlo Sarkian katu 10",
  "addressLine2": "Vermonniitty Espoo",
  "city": "Espoo",
  "district": "Vermonniitty",
  "latitude": 60.214195,
  "longitude": 24.832643,
  "agencyName": "Kiinteistömaailma Espoo Leppävaara | Suur-Leppävaara LKV Oy",
  "agencyUrl": "http://www.kiinteistomaailma.fi/",
  "agentName": null,
  "isPrivateSeller": false,
  "imageThumbnail": "https://d3ls91xgksobn.cloudfront.net/400x300/etuovimedia/images/...",
  "imageUrls": ["https://d3ls91xgksobn.cloudfront.net/1200x900/etuovimedia/images/..."],
  "hasOpenBidding": false,
  "publishedDate": "2026-04-06",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-04-06T12:00:00.000Z"
}

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⚡ Performance

Mode	Speed
200 listings	~6 seconds
1,000 listings	~30 seconds
Full database (~59,000)	~30 minutes

Each API call returns 30 listings. The scraper makes one call per page with 800ms polite delay. No browser, no rendering, no proxy needed for standard use.

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🔧 Technical notes

• API endpoint: POST https://www.etuovi.com/api/v3/announcements/search/listpage
• No authentication required — Etuovi's search API is publicly accessible without API keys
• Rate limiting: 800ms delay between requests — respectful of the server
• Retry logic: Up to 3 retries with exponential backoff on failures or 429 rate limits
• Image resolution: Thumbnails at 400x300, full images at 1200x900 — resolution can be changed by modifying the IMAGE_SIZE constant
• Coordinates: All listings include GPS coordinates — useful for mapping and spatial analysis