Lennar.com Scraper

Automated Data Extraction Tool for New Home Communities and Listings

Overview

Designed to extract comprehensive data from Lennar.com, it enables you to gather detailed information on communities, homes, and associated plan features. Whether you’re analyzing market trends or scouting for your next home, this scraper delivers accurate, up-to-date listings data along with extensive property insights.

Unlock the full potential of Lennar.com data by extracting key details such as community descriptions, home features, pricing, location, consultant information, virtual tours, and similar homesite listings. Enjoy the flexibility of selecting your region via a customizable city/state input and leverage advanced proxy support for reliable scraping.

Features

• Geographic Filtering Target 65+ regional markets from Pennsylvania to Washington state using standardized location codes.
• Region Selection: Choose from an extensive list of state/city codes (e.g., PEN for Gulf Coast [Alabama][Florida], PHO for Phoenix [Arizona], etc.) to filter listings by your preferred market.
• Detailed Data Extraction:
  • Community Data: Extract information such as community ID, name, description, URL, geographic coordinates, address, phone, and property types.
  • Home Details: Retrieve home IDs, names, descriptions, images, addresses, status, pricing details, room counts, square footage, and offer dates.
  • Plan Information: Gather in-depth details on plans including walkthrough images, virtual tour URLs, elevation images, and energy efficiency features.
  • Additional Insights: Capture supplementary data like consultant profiles, operating hours, floorplans, and similar homesite listings.
• Configurable Concurrency and Retries: Adjust maximum items per crawl, set the level of concurrency, and define request retry limits to balance speed and reliability.
• Proxy Integration: Benefit from built-in proxy settings (e.g., useApifyProxy with RESIDENTIAL groups) to bypass potential scraping restrictions and maintain anonymity.
• Flexible Scaling Adjust concurrency levels from 1-100 parallel requests based on needs.

How to Use

1. Set Up:
   • Create an account on Apify if you haven’t already.
   • Navigate to the Lennar.com Real Estate Listings Scraper actor in your Apify console.
2. Configure Input Data:
   • Copy your desired configuration into the actor’s input field.
   • Use the provided JSON configuration to set parameters such as state selection, maximum items, concurrency limits, and proxy settings.
3. Run the Scraper:
   • Launch the scraper from the Apify platform.
   • Monitor its progress via the Apify dashboard.
4. Data Collection:
   • Once completed, extracted data will be available in your preferred output format (JSON, CSV, Excel, etc.) for further analysis.

Input Configuration

Example Input

1{
2    "state": "AUS",
3    "maxItems": 100,
4    "maxConcurrency": 50,
5    "minConcurrency": 5,
6    "maxRequestRetries": 15,
7    "proxy": {
8        "useApifyProxy": true,
9        "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"]
10    }
11}

Input Fields Explanation

Output Structure

1{
2    "community": {
3        "communityId": "c_7807",
4        "communityName": "Cottage Collection",
5        "communityDescription": "Cottage is a collection of new single-family homes for sale at the Eastwood master-planned community located in Jarrell, TX. In addition to beautiful home designs, residents enjoy access to onsite amenities including a swimming pool and playground. Homeowners are also conveniently located to local shopping, dining and entertainment in Jarrell, as well as outdoor recreation including local parts with sports courts and tennis courts. For more urban offerings, Austin is less than hour away.",
6        "url": "https://www.lennar.com/new-homes/texas/austin-central-texas/jarrell/eastwood-at-sonterra/cottage-collection",
7        "location": "30.824616,-97.604361",
8        "address": {
9            "postalcode": "76537",
10            "streetaddress": "600 The Ugly Way",
11            "stateCode": "TX",
12            "city": "Jarrell",
13            "full_address": "600 The Ugly Way, Jarrell, TX 76537"
14        },
15        "phone": "512-489-6838",
16        "hasSchools": false,
17        "types": [
18            "Single Family"
19        ]
20    },
21    "home": {
22        "homeId": "h_751068",
23        "homeName": "Drexel",
24        "description": "This single-story home has a thoughtful layout that is ideal for families. There is an owner’s suite with a full bathroom and walk-in closet at the back while three additional bedrooms share a bathroom in the hall. The open floorplan is connected to the foyer, offering seamless transition between the family room, kitchen and dining room.",
25        "url": "https://www.lennar.com/new-homes/texas/austin-central-texas/jarrell/eastwood-at-sonterra/cottage-collection/drexel/14836518q32",
26        "image": "https://cdn.lennar.net/api/images/images/elevations_v10/7807/65473/65473_eleD1_lg.jpg?d=20241126T151317Z",
27        "address": {
28            "streetaddress": "213 The Bad Way"
29        },
30        "homesite": "8Q32",
31        "status": "MOVE_IN_READY",
32        "checkoutType": "BUY_NOW_NO_DEPOSIT",
33        "baths": 2,
34        "halfBaths": 0,
35        "beds": 4,
36        "price": 274990,
37        "wasPrice": 297990,
38        "sqft": 1627,
39        "isTourable": false,
40        "offerStartDate": "2024-02-05T05:00:00Z",
41        "offerEndDate": "2026-02-05T05:00:00Z",
42        "lotid": "14836518Q32",
43        "plan": "p_65473",
44        "images": []
45    },
46    "otherData": {
47        "community": { /* additional community details including consultant info, operating hours, and maps */ },
48        "plan": { /* detailed plan data including walkthrough, virtual tour, video tour, elevation images, floorplans, and energy efficiency features */ },
49        "homesite": { /* homesite-specific data such as attributes, pricing details, move-in dates, and similar listings */ }
50    }
51}

Output Explanation

• community:

  • communityId, communityName, communityDescription: Unique identifier, title, and description of the community.
  • url, location: Direct link to the community page and its geographic coordinates.
  • address: Includes postal code, street address, state code, city, and a full concatenated address.
  • phone, hasSchools, types: Contact details, whether local schools are available, and property types (e.g., Single Family).

• home:

  • homeId, homeName, description: Unique identifier, name, and descriptive overview of the home.
  • url, image: Direct link to the home’s page and an image URL.
  • address, homesite: Home address details and homesite identifier.
  • status, checkoutType, baths, halfBaths, beds, sqft: Current status, transaction type, bathroom count, bedroom count, and square footage.
  • price, wasPrice: Current and previous listing prices.
  • offerStartDate, offerEndDate: Validity period for current offers.

• otherData:

  • Contains additional nested information:
    • community: Extended community data including consultant details, hours of operation, and maps.
    • plan: In-depth plan features such as walkthroughs, virtual and video tours, elevation images, floorplans, and energy efficiency attributes.
    • homesite: Specific homesite information including overviews, attributes, and listings similar to the current home.

Benefits

• Track pricing trends across 65+ markets
• Monitor inventory availability in real-time
• Analyze community development patterns
• Compare Lennar's offerings against competitors

Why Choose This Scraper?

This tool specifically addresses Lennar's complex data structure with:

• Special handling for master-planned communities (MPCs)
• Parsing of "Everything Included" features
• Mapping of regional market hierarchies
• Compliance with Lennar's request rate limits

Support

• For issues or feature requests, please use the Issues section of this actor.
• If you need customization or have questions, feel free to contact the author:
  • Author's website: https://muhamed-didovic.github.io/
  • Email: muhamed.didovic@gmail.com

Additional Services

• Request customization or whole dataset: muhamed.didovic@gmail.com
• If you need anything else scraped, or this actor customized, email: muhamed.didovic@gmail.com
• For API services of this scraper (no Apify fee, just usage fee for the API), contact: muhamed.didovic@gmail.com