# Property24 Listing Watcher (`loopwalker-owner/property24-listing-watch`) Actor Monitor Property24 search results: listings with price, suburb, and URL as structured JSON. - **URL**: https://apify.com/loopwalker-owner/property24-listing-watch.md - **Developed by:** [Armand Oberholzer](https://apify.com/loopwalker-owner) (community) - **Categories:** Lead generation, Real estate, Automation - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $0.50 / 1,000 results 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/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows. 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, and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store. In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server. Actors are written with capital "A". ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## Property24 Listing Watcher — all of South Africa ### What does Property24 Listing Watch do? It monitors **[Property24](https://www.property24.com)** — South Africa's biggest property portal — **nationally**: pick whole provinces (or `all` for the entire country), choose for-sale or to-rent, and get every listing as structured JSON with numeric ZAR price, suburb, address, a stable listing number, and canonical URL. Results are deduplicated per run and paginated automatically; large metros are discovered and drilled into on the fly. Schedule it on Apify and diff runs to catch **new listings and price changes within minutes**. ### Why use it? - **Buyers & investors**: watch entire provinces, not one suburb — be first to view. - **Agents & analysts**: track competitor inventory and asking-price movement across regions. - **Proptech products**: one clean national ZA listings feed, no scraper to maintain. ### How to use it 1. Pick provinces (`["all"]` covers the whole country) and the listing type — or paste any filtered Property24 search URL for surgical watching. 2. Set `maxItems` to control run size and cost. 3. Run or schedule; export the dataset (JSON/CSV/Excel) or read it via the API. ### Input ```json { "provinces": ["gauteng", "western-cape"], "listingType": "for-sale", "maxPagesPerArea": 3, "maxItems": 500 } ```` `provinces` accepts: gauteng, western-cape, kwazulu-natal, eastern-cape, free-state, mpumalanga, north-west, northern-cape, limpopo, or `all`. `searchUrls` (optional) adds any filtered searches you paste. ### Output ```json { "source": "property24", "listingType": "for-sale", "listingNumber": "117317571", "title": "3 Bedroom House", "url": "https://www.property24.com/for-sale/retreat/cape-town/western-cape/9034/117317571", "price": 1100000, "priceText": "R 1 100 000", "location": "Retreat", "address": "8 Minorca Avenue", "size": "3 2 2", "isDevelopment": false, "isBoosted": false, "searchUrl": "https://www.property24.com/for-sale/cape-town/western-cape/432", "page": 1, "collectedAt": "2026-07-26T08:00:00.000Z" } ``` | Field | Meaning | | --- | --- | | `price` | Numeric asking price (ZAR); `priceText` keeps display form (e.g. "POA") | | `listingNumber` | Property24's stable id — use it to diff runs for new stock | | `isDevelopment` / `isBoosted` | Flags promoted and new-development tiles so you can filter them | | `page` / `searchUrl` | Where in the crawl the listing was found | ### Automate it: Tasks + scheduling (recommended) New stock moves fast — a schedule is what makes this actor pay for itself: 1. Click **Create task** and save your input (your provinces or pasted search URLs). 2. In the task's **Schedule** tab pick a cadence — hourly for a hot suburb, daily for province-wide sweeps. 3. Diff runs on `listingNumber` to isolate **new listings only** (each run's dataset is kept in history). 4. Wire the **Integrations** tab to email/Slack/webhooks so new-listing alerts reach you before the show day. Pro pattern: one task per hunting ground — "cape-town-rentals", "gauteng-under-1.5m" — each scheduled and each feeding its own alert channel. ### Pricing & cost control Pay-per-event: a small flat fee per run plus a fraction of a cent per listing. `maxItems` is a hard cap on results **and therefore on your spend per run** — a 500-listing national sweep costs about $0.26. ### Disclaimers & support Collects only publicly listed property data (no login; no personal data beyond what sellers publish). Respect Property24's terms when redistributing. Layout changes are monitored and fixed as production incidents — report anything odd via the Issues tab (answered within the Apify 14-day SLA). # Actor input Schema ## `provinces` (type: `array`): Cover whole provinces by name: gauteng, western-cape, kwazulu-natal, eastern-cape, free-state, mpumalanga, north-west, northern-cape, limpopo — or \["all"] for national coverage. ## `listingType` (type: `string`): Watch properties for sale or to rent. ## `searchUrls` (type: `array`): Additionally watch specific filtered searches: do a search on property24.com (any filters) and paste the result URL. ## `maxPagesPerArea` (type: `integer`): Result pages to follow per area/search (about 20 listings per page). ## `maxItems` (type: `integer`): Hard cap on results per run — also caps your pay-per-result cost. ## Actor input object example ```json { "provinces": [ "all" ], "listingType": "for-sale", "maxPagesPerArea": 3, "maxItems": 500 } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `results` (type: `string`): No description # 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 '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "provinces": [ "all" ] }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("loopwalker-owner/property24-listing-watch").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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "provinces": ["all"] } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("loopwalker-owner/property24-listing-watch").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "provinces": [ "all" ] }' | apify call loopwalker-owner/property24-listing-watch --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=loopwalker-owner/property24-listing-watch", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Property24 Listing Watcher", "description": "Monitor Property24 search results: listings with price, suburb, and URL as structured JSON.", "version": "0.0", "x-build-id": "LVppfpj1oWkQ2TyJT" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/loopwalker-owner~property24-listing-watch/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-loopwalker-owner-property24-listing-watch", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/loopwalker-owner~property24-listing-watch/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-loopwalker-owner-property24-listing-watch", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/loopwalker-owner~property24-listing-watch/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-loopwalker-owner-property24-listing-watch", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "provinces": { "title": "Provinces", "type": "array", "description": "Cover whole provinces by name: gauteng, western-cape, kwazulu-natal, eastern-cape, free-state, mpumalanga, north-west, northern-cape, limpopo — or [\"all\"] for national coverage.", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "listingType": { "title": "Listing type", "enum": [ "for-sale", "to-rent" ], "type": "string", "description": "Watch properties for sale or to rent.", "default": "for-sale" }, "searchUrls": { "title": "Custom search URLs (optional)", "type": "array", "description": "Additionally watch specific filtered searches: do a search on property24.com (any filters) and paste the result URL.", "items": { "type": "object", "required": [ "url" ], "properties": { "url": { "type": "string", "title": "URL of a web page", "format": "uri" } } } }, "maxPagesPerArea": { "title": "Max pages per area", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 20, "type": "integer", "description": "Result pages to follow per area/search (about 20 listings per page).", "default": 3 }, "maxItems": { "title": "Max listings per run", "minimum": 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