# π¦πͺ Property Finder UAE Scraper | Property Listings (`misterkhan/propertyfinder-scraper`) Actor
From $0.75/1K. Extract property listings from Property Finder UAE (propertyfinder.ae) across Dubai, Abu Dhabi & Sharjah β prices in AED, beds, area & photos.
- **URL**: https://apify.com/misterkhan/propertyfinder-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Khan](https://apify.com/misterkhan) (community)
- **Categories:** Real estate, AI, Automation
- **Security:** Limited permissions
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## Pricing
from $0.75 / 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.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.
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,
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.
Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.
## How to integrate an Actor?
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You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.
For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.
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# README
### π¦πͺ Property Finder UAE Scraper
Extract structured real estate listings from Property Finder UAE (propertyfinder.ae), the premier property marketplace across Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Ajman, and Ras Al Khaimah. Collect comprehensive property data including asking prices in AED, bedrooms, bathrooms, living area (sqft), property types, developer information, broker contact details, and direct listing links.
***
### What does Property Finder UAE Scraper do?
Property Finder is the leading real estate portal in the United Arab Emirates, aggregating residential and commercial listings across all seven Emirates from verified brokers, top developers, and private agencies.
This Actor extracts structured property listings directly from Property Finder search feeds:
- **Sale & Rental Properties**: Villas, apartments, townhouses, penthouses, duplexes, residential plots, and commercial offices.
- **Detailed Specifications**: Built-up living area (sqft), bedroom counts, bathroom counts, furnishing status, and property subtype.
- **Financial Details**: Sale prices and rental rates in AED, price per square foot calculations, and payment schedules.
- **Agent & Broker Attribution**: Agent names, agency/broker company names, office phone numbers, WhatsApp contact links, and broker logos.
- **Geographic Precision**: Community names, subcommunity details, development master projects, and emirates across the UAE.
***
### Why scrape Property Finder UAE?
- **Dubai & UAE Market Analytics**: Track real estate price surges, rental yields, and price-per-square-foot dynamics across Palm Jumeirah, Downtown Dubai, Dubai Marina, Arabian Ranches, and Business Bay.
- **Off-Plan & Secondary Inventory Monitoring**: Monitor new launches from Emaar, Damac, Sobha, and Nakheel alongside secondary market transactions.
- **Broker & Lead Generation**: Discover active brokerage firms, top super-agents, and direct agency contact information for partnerships.
- **PropTech & Investment Portals**: Ingest clean, structured UAE real estate feeds for algorithmic valuation models, REIT research, and cross-border investor dashboards.
***
### How to scrape Property Finder UAE listings
1. **Find your search URL on Property Finder**: Visit `https://www.propertyfinder.ae` and select your location, transaction type (buy or rent), and filters.
2. **Copy the search URL**: Copy the full URL from your browser address bar (e.g. `https://www.propertyfinder.ae/en/buy/properties-for-sale.html`).
3. **Configure the Actor**: Paste the search URL into the **Start URLs** field in the Apify Console.
4. **Set Max Results**: Specify the total number of property listings you want to collect.
5. **Run the Actor**: Click **Start**. The Actor streams live results into your default dataset in real time.
6. **Export your data**: Download your structured property listings in JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, or Parquet.
***
### Input Configuration
The Actor accepts the following input parameters:
**π `location`** β search city or region in UAE (e.g. `Dubai`). Optional when `startUrls` is provided
**Start URLs** (`startUrls`):
One or more Property Finder UAE search or category URLs. Supports villas, apartments, townhouses, and land listings for sale or rent across Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, and other emirates.
*Default*: `https://www.propertyfinder.ae/en/buy/properties-for-sale.html`
**Max Results** (`maxItems`):
The maximum number of property listings to extract during the run.
*Default*: 40
***
### Input Examples
**Standard UAE Properties for Sale Search**:
```json
{
"startUrls": [
{
"url": "https://www.propertyfinder.ae/en/buy/properties-for-sale.html"
}
],
"maxItems": 100
}
```
**Dubai Marina Apartments for Rent Search**:
```json
{
"startUrls": [
{
"url": "https://www.propertyfinder.ae/en/rent/apartments-for-rent.html"
}
],
"maxItems": 50
}
```
***
### Output Data & Sample Dataset
The Actor returns clean, normalized property listing objects directly to the Apify dataset:
```json
{
"id": "153286073",
"listing_id": "XG2FQKY7FNSJR2YX9PK17A3AD4",
"property_id": "153286073",
"title": "Fully Upgraded | Private Pool | View Today",
"price": 11500000,
"currency": "AED",
"bedrooms": "5",
"bedrooms_value": 5,
"bathrooms": "4",
"bathrooms_value": 4,
"area": 6296,
"area_sqm": 6296,
"address": "Saheel 3, Saheel, Arabian Ranches, Dubai",
"location": "Saheel 3, Saheel, Arabian Ranches, Dubai",
"property_type": "Villa",
"offering_type": "Residential for Sale",
"description": "Engel & VΓΆlkers is proud to present this exceptional fully upgraded 4 bedroom plus study villa in the highly desirable Saheel 3, Arabian Ranches. Set on a beautifully landscaped plot, this stunning family home features a private swimming pool...",
"broker": {
"name": "ENGEL & VΓLKERS Dubai - Secondary Sales 2",
"phone": "+971557527835",
"email": "dubai.crm@engelvoelkers.com",
"logo": "https://static.shared.propertyfinder.ae/media/images/client_logos/12669/c077f490-d2e4-4610-8ab0-b0b99b8c11b3/260x200.jpg"
},
"agent": {
"name": "Natalie White",
"is_super_agent": true,
"image": "https://static.shared.propertyfinder.ae/media/images/agent_image/275389/20fdf279-eeb4-440e-b3f2-fbc2fd5551fd/260x200.jpg"
},
"image_url": "https://static.shared.propertyfinder.ae/media/images/listing/XG2FQKY7FNSJR2YX9PK17A3AD4/230b9a12-9953-454b-8a82-1216a608e1c7/668x452.jpg",
"url": "https://www.propertyfinder.ae/en/plp/buy/villa-for-sale-dubai-arabian-ranches-saheel-saheel-3-153286073.html",
"portal": "propertyfinder.ae",
"country": "AE"
}
```
***
### Performance & Resource Utilization
- **Ultra-Lightweight Memory Footprint**: Runs on just 128 MB RAM, maximizing cost efficiency and throughput.
- **Asynchronous Pipeline**: Built with native async streaming, collecting records at high extraction rates.
- **Real-Time Data Streaming**: Listings are pushed to the Apify Dataset incrementally as pages are processed.
- **Resilient Transport Routing**: Features intelligent proxy management and automatic header emulation to ensure uninterrupted scraping.
***
### How much does it cost to scrape Property Finder UAE?
This Actor uses transparent **Pay-Per-Event (Pay-Per-Result)** pricing with a **`$0.00` Actor run start fee**:
**π Free Plan** β $0.005 per item ($5.00 / 1K) with up to 40 items per run
**π₯ Bronze Plan** β $0.00135 per item ($1.35 / 1K) with unlimited scale
**π₯ Silver Plan** β $0.00095 per item ($0.95 / 1K) with unlimited scale
**π₯ Gold Plan** β $0.00075 per item ($0.75 / 1K) with highest priority execution
You only pay for successful listings extracted. Failed runs or empty pages incur zero platform cost.
***
### Integrations & Export Options
- **Direct Export**: Download collected data in JSON, CSV, XLSX, XML, or NDJSON.
- **Apify API & Webhooks**: Trigger downstream webhooks upon run completion to sync new listings to external endpoints.
- **Cloud & Automation Workflows**: Connect directly with Zapier, Make, Google Sheets, Airtable, Amazon S3, and PostgreSQL.
- **Python & Node.js Clients**: Ingest property feeds directly into data science workflows using `apify-client`.
***
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### Using π¦πͺ Property Finder UAE Scraper | Property Listings β Input with AI Agents and Apify MCP
This Actor is optimized as an on-demand tool for AI developer assistants, Claude Desktop, Cursor, and autonomous agent workflows connected via the official Apify MCP Server (`https://mcp.apify.com`).
**Example prompts for Claude Desktop and Cursor:**
β’ Extract property listings in Dubai and summarize pricing, bedrooms, and square meters.
β’ Search the latest listings and identify high-yield investment opportunities.
β’ Monitor new properties and compare square meter pricing.
**Agent tool advantages:**
β’ **Natural location input** β Pass simple city or region names (e.g. Dubai) without constructing portal URLs.
β’ **Sub-second Rust streaming** β Returns live listings in 3 to 4 seconds to prevent agent tool-call timeouts.
β’ **Context-protective JSON** β Clean, normalized fields designed to fit efficiently inside LLM prompt context windows.
β’ **Pay-Per-Event pricing** β Only pay per extracted property listing with zero platform start fees.
### Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
**Can I scrape properties from across the UAE?**
Yes. You can paste search URLs covering Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Ajman, Ras Al Khaimah, Umm Al Quwain, or Fujairah.
**Does this scraper extract rental listings as well as sales?**
Yes. Simply paste a Property Finder search URL filtered for rentals (/rent/) and the Actor will collect rental listings and annual rates.
**Are agent and broker phone numbers included?**
Yes. When provided on the listing, broker company details, agent names, and phone/WhatsApp contact information are captured.
**How many listings can I collect in a single run?**
You can configure `maxItems` to collect anywhere from a handful of records up to thousands across paginated search queries.
***
### Legal & Ethical Considerations
- The Actor only collects publicly accessible real estate listing data displayed on Propertyfinder.ae.
- Respect Property Finder's platform terms of service and avoid aggressive scraping rates.
- Adhere to applicable data privacy regulations when handling real estate broker and agent contact information.
***
### Support & Feedback
If you have feature requests, notice website layout changes, or need assistance configuring custom extraction workflows, open an issue in the Apify Console Actor Discussion tab.
***
### Additional Real Estate Scrapers
Explore related property and classified scrapers in the Crawlomatic ecosystem:
- **funda-nl-scraper**: Netherlands leading property portal (funda.nl).
- **immoweb-be-scraper**: Belgium leading property portal (immoweb.be).
- **pararius-nl-scraper**: Netherlands top rental portal (pararius.com).
- **zameen-pakistan-scraper**: Pakistan leading property portal (zameen.com).
- **fotocasa-scraper**: Spain top real estate portal (fotocasa.es).
- **willhaben-immobilien-scraper**: Austria leading property marketplace (willhaben.at).
# Changelog
This Actor's version history is a separate document: https://apify.com/misterkhan/propertyfinder-scraper/changelog.md
# Actor input Schema
## `location` (type: `string`):
City, region, or municipality in UAE (e.g. 'Dubai'). Optional when startUrls is provided.
## `startUrls` (type: `array`):
Paste one or more Property Finder UAE (propertyfinder.ae) search or property URLs (e.g., `https://www.propertyfinder.ae/en/buy/properties-for-sale.html`).
## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):
Maximum number of property listings to collect (Free plan runs collect up to 40 results per run; paid plans support unlimited results).
## Actor input object example
```json
{
"location": "Dubai",
"startUrls": [
{
"url": "https://www.propertyfinder.ae/en/buy/properties-for-sale.html"
}
],
"maxItems": 20
}
```
# Actor output Schema
## `results` (type: `string`):
All extracted property listings from Property Finder UAE (propertyfinder.ae).
## `usage_summary` (type: `string`):
Execution telemetry and extraction summary stored in the default key-value store.
# 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 = {
"location": "Dubai",
"startUrls": [
{
"url": "https://www.propertyfinder.ae/en/buy/properties-for-sale.html"
}
],
"maxItems": 20
};
// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("misterkhan/propertyfinder-scraper").call(input);
// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`πΎ 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);
});
// π Want to learn more π? Go to β 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 = {
"location": "Dubai",
"startUrls": [{ "url": "https://www.propertyfinder.ae/en/buy/properties-for-sale.html" }],
"maxItems": 20,
}
# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("misterkhan/propertyfinder-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)
# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"πΎ 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)
# π Want to learn more π? Go to β https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start
```
## CLI example
```bash
echo '{
"location": "Dubai",
"startUrls": [
{
"url": "https://www.propertyfinder.ae/en/buy/properties-for-sale.html"
}
],
"maxItems": 20
}' |
apify call misterkhan/propertyfinder-scraper --silent --output-dataset
```
## MCP server setup
```json
{
"mcpServers": {
"apify": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,misterkhan/propertyfinder-scraper"
}
}
}
```
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 ` 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/9K7qR7iCjGreskgxe/builds/1ZTu6E2m9bnuEjADJ/openapi.json