# Propertyfinder Scraper (`mrdoe/propertyfinder-scraper`) Actor

Scrape property listings from PropertyFinder.ae - price, location, size, bedrooms, amenities, and agent contact details across the UAE real estate market. No login required, built for Gulf property market research and lead generation. Give it a search URL and get one row per listing.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/mrdoe/propertyfinder-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [MrDoe](https://apify.com/mrdoe) (community)
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.50 / 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.
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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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

![Propertyfinder Scraper hero](https://api.apify.com/v2/key-value-stores/kE36venAoVchGsE6b/records/propertyfinder-scraper--hero.png)

### What does Property Finder Scraper do?

Property Finder Scraper collects property listings from Property Finder, the largest real estate portal in the UAE, covering Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah and the rest of the Emirates. The easiest way to start is to open a search on the site with the filters you want (city, community, price, bedrooms, buy or rent), copy the URL from your browser, paste it into **Start URLs**, and run the Actor. You get back a clean, structured dataset of every matching property — price, size, location, agent, broker, RERA permit details and more — ready for market research, price benchmarking, lead lists, or feeding a valuation model.

### Why use Property Finder Scraper?

- **Full UAE coverage** — sale and rent listings across every emirate and community, residential and commercial.
- **Deep per-listing detail** — not just price and beds, but size, furnishing, completion status, amenities, coordinates, project and handover dates, and the full listing description.
- **Agent and broker data** — agent name and languages, brokerage name and office address, and the public contact phone number for lead generation.
- **Compliance fields** — RERA permit number, broker license number, and issuing authority, so you can verify listings.
- **Simple input** — paste a search URL, set how many results you want, run. No scraping knowledge required.
- **Automation-ready** — schedule recurring runs to track new listings, price drops, and inventory changes over time.

### What makes this different

This Actor is built specifically for Property Finder's UAE marketplace and reads the structured data behind each listing page rather than scraping visible text, so fields like RERA permit numbers, broker license numbers, geo-coordinates, project handover dates and the complete amenity list come through reliably. It works without a proxy for most runs, which keeps it fast and cheap compared with generic real estate scrapers.

### What data can you extract?

![Propertyfinder Scraper dataset output](https://api.apify.com/v2/key-value-stores/kE36venAoVchGsE6b/records/propertyfinder-scraper--output.png)

![Propertyfinder Scraper data fields](https://api.apify.com/v2/key-value-stores/kE36venAoVchGsE6b/records/propertyfinder-scraper--fields.png)

| Field | Description |
| --- | --- |
| `id` | Property Finder listing ID |
| `reference` | Agency reference code for the listing |
| `url` | Canonical listing URL |
| `channel` | `buy` or `rent` |
| `title` | Listing headline |
| `description` | Full listing description |
| `propertyType` | Apartment, Villa, Townhouse, Office, etc. |
| `offeringType` | e.g. "Residential for Sale", "Commercial for Rent" |
| `completionStatus` | `completed`, `off_plan`, etc. |
| `furnishing` | Furnished / unfurnished / partly |
| `price` | Numeric price |
| `priceCurrency` | Currency code (usually AED) |
| `pricePeriod` | `sell`, `yearly`, `monthly`, etc. |
| `pricePerArea` | Price per unit area, when published |
| `bedrooms` / `bathrooms` | Room counts (0 = studio) |
| `sizeValue` / `sizeUnit` | Built-up area and its unit (usually sqft) |
| `locationName` | Full location string |
| `city` / `community` / `subCommunity` / `tower` | Location broken into levels |
| `latitude` / `longitude` | Map coordinates |
| `amenities` | List of amenity names |
| `isVerified` | Whether Property Finder marks the listing verified |
| `listedDate` / `lastRefreshedAt` | Listing timestamps |
| `agentName` / `agentLanguages` / `agentLicenseNo` | Agent details |
| `brokerName` / `brokerAddress` | Brokerage details |
| `contactPhone` | Public contact phone number |
| `reraPermitNumber` / `reraLicenseNumber` / `reraAuthority` | Compliance details |
| `projectName` / `projectDeliveryDate` | Off-plan project name and handover date |
| `videoUrl` | Listing video, when available |
| `floorPlanCount` | Number of floor plans attached |
| `imageUrls` | Listing photo URLs |
| `scrapedAt` | ISO timestamp of collection |

### How to use Property Finder Scraper

![How Propertyfinder Scraper works](https://api.apify.com/v2/key-value-stores/kE36venAoVchGsE6b/records/propertyfinder-scraper--how-it-works.png)

1. Open [propertyfinder.ae](https://www.propertyfinder.ae) and build a search with the filters you want.
2. Copy the URL from your browser's address bar.
3. Open this Actor, paste the URL into **Start URLs** (you can add several).
4. Set **Max properties per start URL** — start small (3–5) to test, then raise it.
5. Click **Start** and wait for the run to finish.
6. Download the dataset as JSON, CSV or Excel from the **Dataset** tab, or connect it via API.

### Input Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `startUrls` | Array | Yes | A Dubai "for sale" search | Property Finder search result pages or direct property page URLs. |
| `maxItems` | Integer | No | 5 | Maximum listings to collect per start URL. |
| `useCache` | Boolean | No | false | Reuse data collected for a property in an earlier run to speed up recurring runs. |
| `proxyConfiguration` | Object | No | Apify Proxy off | Optional proxy settings. Enable only if you see blocked or incomplete results. |

### Output Data

Each dataset item is one property. Example:

```json
{
  "id": "131559699",
  "reference": "DPF-S-57524",
  "url": "https://www.propertyfinder.ae/en/plp/buy/apartment-for-sale-dubai-downtown-dubai-131559699.html",
  "channel": "buy",
  "title": "Burj and Fountain View | Investment Deal | Best Layout",
  "propertyType": "Apartment",
  "offeringType": "Residential for Sale",
  "completionStatus": "completed",
  "furnishing": "YES",
  "price": 3600000,
  "priceCurrency": "AED",
  "pricePeriod": "sell",
  "bedrooms": 1,
  "bathrooms": 2,
  "sizeValue": 840,
  "sizeUnit": "sqft",
  "city": "Dubai",
  "community": "Downtown Dubai",
  "subCommunity": "The Address Residence Fountain Views",
  "latitude": 25.19493,
  "longitude": 55.28266,
  "amenities": ["Built in Wardrobes", "Walk-in Closet"],
  "isVerified": true,
  "listedDate": "2026-08-17T11:37:26Z",
  "agentName": "Parmida Azizi",
  "brokerName": "Driven Properties",
  "contactPhone": "+97142454800",
  "reraLicenseNumber": "905881",
  "reraAuthority": "DRIVEN PROPERTIES L.L.C (BRANCH)",
  "imageUrls": ["https://static.shared.propertyfinder.ae/media/images/listing/.../1312x894.jpg"],
  "scrapedAt": "2026-08-31T13:41:00.000Z"
}
```

### Usage Examples

- **All Dubai apartments for sale:** `https://www.propertyfinder.ae/en/search?c=1&l=1&t=1&fu=0&ob=mr`
- **Villas for rent in Dubai:** `https://www.propertyfinder.ae/en/rent/dubai/villas-for-rent.html`
- **Downtown Dubai only:** build the search on the site with the community filter applied, then paste that URL.
- **A single property:** paste any `.../en/plp/...` property page URL to collect just that listing.

### Tips for Best Results

- Apply as many filters as possible on the site before copying the URL — a tighter search returns more relevant data faster.
- Add multiple search URLs in one run (for example one per community) — `maxItems` applies to each URL separately.
- For ongoing monitoring, schedule the Actor daily and sort the search by "newest" so new listings appear first.

### Known Limitations

- Some listings hide the price ("Ask for price"); `price` will be null for those.
- `agentLicenseNo`, `projectName` and `pricePerArea` are only present on listings where Property Finder publishes them.
- Contact details are limited to what the portal shows publicly (usually a phone number); agent email is not published.
- Very large searches are capped by the site's own pagination depth.

### Integrations

Connect results to Google Sheets, Make, Zapier, Slack or your own systems via the Apify API and webhooks. Schedule recurring runs from the Actor's **Schedule** tab.

### Export Formats

JSON, CSV, Excel, XML and RSS via the **Dataset** tab or the Apify API.

### Frequently Asked Questions

**How many results can I get per run?** As many as you set in `maxItems`, up to the site's pagination limit for that search. `maxItems` is per start URL.

**Can I scrape a specific community, building or price range?** Yes — apply those filters on propertyfinder.ae and use the resulting URL as a start URL.

**Are duplicates removed?** Yes. Each property URL is only collected once per run.

**Why are some fields null?** The listing didn't publish that field. Missing values are always `null`, never guessed.

**Does caching affect freshness?** With `useCache` on, a property already collected in a previous run is reused instead of re-fetched. Leave it off (the default) when you need current prices and availability.

**Can I schedule it?** Yes, from the Actor's **Schedule** tab, or via the API.

### Support

Found a bug or a missing field? Open an issue from the **Issues** tab on the Actor's page and include the run ID and the input you used.

### Legal / Responsible Use

You are responsible for ensuring your use of this Actor complies with Property Finder's terms of service and all applicable laws. Listings can include personal data such as agent names and phone numbers; if you collect personal data you are responsible for complying with applicable privacy and data-protection laws (for example GDPR) and for using that data lawfully.

### Preview

![Propertyfinder Scraper input options](https://api.apify.com/v2/key-value-stores/kE36venAoVchGsE6b/records/propertyfinder-scraper--input.png)

# Actor input Schema

## `startUrls` (type: `array`):

One or more Property Finder pages to scrape. Use a search results page (for example https://www.propertyfinder.ae/en/search?c=1\&l=1\&t=1 or a browse page such as https://www.propertyfinder.ae/en/buy/dubai/apartments-for-sale.html), or a direct property page URL. Build a search on propertyfinder.ae with the filters you want, then paste the address bar URL here. The Actor pages through results automatically.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of property listings to collect for each start URL. Keep this low for quick test runs and raise it for full exports.

## `useCache` (type: `boolean`):

Reuse data collected for a property in an earlier run to speed up recurring runs. Disabled by default so every run returns fresh data.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Optional proxy settings. Property Finder works reliably without a proxy, so Apify Proxy is off by default. Enable it only if you start seeing blocked or incomplete results.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.propertyfinder.ae/en/search?c=1&l=1&t=1&fu=0&ob=mr"
    }
  ],
  "maxItems": 5,
  "useCache": false,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `listings` (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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "startUrls": [
        {
            "url": "https://www.propertyfinder.ae/en/search?c=1&l=1&t=1&fu=0&ob=mr"
        }
    ],
    "maxItems": 5
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("mrdoe/propertyfinder-scraper").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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "startUrls": [{ "url": "https://www.propertyfinder.ae/en/search?c=1&l=1&t=1&fu=0&ob=mr" }],
    "maxItems": 5,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("mrdoe/propertyfinder-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 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)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.propertyfinder.ae/en/search?c=1&l=1&t=1&fu=0&ob=mr"
    }
  ],
  "maxItems": 5
}' |
apify call mrdoe/propertyfinder-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,mrdoe/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 <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` 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/mGitgnhTVRWzvCoBK/builds/RcfXulYP6O5HEnElR/openapi.json