# Provident Estate Scraper (`mrdoe/provident-estate-scraper`) Actor

Scrape Provident Estate Dubai property listings for sale and rent. Extract apartments, villas and townhouses with prices, bedrooms, bathrooms, area, community, DLD permit numbers, completion status, furnishing, descriptions and property images.

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

## Pricing

from $0.80 / 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

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

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# README

![Provident Estate Scraper hero](https://api.apify.com/v2/key-value-stores/kE36venAoVchGsE6b/records/provident-estate-scraper--hero.png)

### What does Provident Estate Scraper do?

Provident Estate Scraper collects property listings from Provident Real Estate, one of Dubai's larger brokerages, covering ready and off-plan apartments, villas and townhouses across the city. Open a for-sale or for-rent results page on the site, copy the URL, paste it into **Start URLs**, and run the Actor. You get back a clean, structured dataset of every matching property — price, size, bedrooms, bathrooms, community, DLD permit number, completion and furnishing status, images and the full description — ready for market research, price benchmarking, or lead lists.

### Why use Provident Estate Scraper?

- **Dubai sale and rent coverage** — apartments, villas, townhouses and off-plan projects.
- **Compliance field** — the DLD (Dubai Land Department) permit number for every listing.
- **Complete per-listing data** — price, size, bedrooms, bathrooms, community, completion and furnishing status, and the full description.
- **Clean, normalised output** — numeric price and area, community split out, deduplicated image URLs.
- **Simple input** — paste a search URL, set how many results you want, run.
- **Automation-ready** — schedule recurring runs to track new listings and price changes.

### What makes this different

This Actor reads the listing data straight from each property page, so the DLD permit number, completion status and furnishing type come through alongside the basics in one clean row. It works without a proxy, which keeps runs fast and cheap.

### What data can you extract?

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

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

| Field | Description |
| --- | --- |
| `id` / `reference` | Provident listing reference (e.g. PS-3108264) |
| `url` | Canonical listing URL |
| `channel` | `sale` or `rent` |
| `title` | Listing headline |
| `description` | Full listing description |
| `propertyType` | Apartment, Villa, Townhouse, Penthouse, Commercial |
| `purpose` | For Sale / For Rent |
| `completionStatus` | Completed or off-plan |
| `furnishing` | Furnished / semi-furnished / unfurnished |
| `price` / `priceCurrency` | Numeric price and currency (AED) |
| `bedrooms` / `bathrooms` | Room counts (0 = studio) |
| `area` / `areaUnit` | Built-up area and unit (sqft) |
| `location` / `community` | Address string and community |
| `developer` | Master developer, where shown |
| `permitNumber` | DLD permit number |
| `agencyName` | Always "Provident Real Estate" |
| `imageUrls` | Listing photo URLs |
| `scrapedAt` | ISO timestamp of collection |

### How to use Provident Estate Scraper

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

1. Open [providentestate.com](https://www.providentestate.com) and build a search (for sale / for rent, community, price).
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 | Dubai properties for sale | Provident Estate results 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. |
| `proxyConfiguration` | Object | No | Apify Proxy off | Optional proxy settings. Enable only if results look blocked or incomplete. |

### Output Data

Each dataset item is one property. Example:

```json
{
  "id": "PS-3108264",
  "reference": "PS-3108264",
  "url": "https://www.providentestate.com/buy/1-bedroom-apartment-for-sale-in-avelon-boulevard-arjan-dubai32063/",
  "channel": "sale",
  "title": "Apartment for sale with 1 bedroom in Avelon Boulevard, Arjan, Dubai at AED 1,265,000 [PS-3108264]",
  "propertyType": "Apartment",
  "completionStatus": "Completed",
  "furnishing": "Semi furnished",
  "price": 1265000,
  "priceCurrency": "AED",
  "bedrooms": 1,
  "bathrooms": 2,
  "area": 1096,
  "areaUnit": "sqft",
  "community": "Avelon Boulevard",
  "permitNumber": "71615942617",
  "agencyName": "Provident Real Estate",
  "imageUrls": ["https://d3h330vgpwpjr8.cloudfront.net/x/property/PS-3108264/images/.../1008x640/one.webp"],
  "scrapedAt": "2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z"
}
```

### Usage Examples

- **All Dubai properties for sale:** `https://www.providentestate.com/dubai/properties-for-sale/`
- **Properties for rent:** `https://www.providentestate.com/dubai/properties-for-rent/`
- **A specific community:** `https://www.providentestate.com/dubai/properties-for-sale/downtown-dubai/`
- **A single property:** paste any `.../buy/...` or `.../rent/...` URL.

### Tips for Best Results

- Apply community and price filters on the site before copying the URL.
- Add multiple search URLs in one run — `maxItems` applies to each URL separately.

### Known Limitations

- `developer` is only returned where the listing names one.
- Agent contact details are not published on the public listing pages and are not collected.
- Very large searches are limited 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. `maxItems` is per start URL.

**Can I scrape a specific community or price range?** Yes — apply those filters on providentestate.com and use the resulting 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) for current prices.

**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 Provident Real Estate's terms of service and all applicable laws. Listings may include personal data; 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

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

# Actor input Schema

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

One or more Provident Real Estate pages to scrape. Use a for-sale or for-rent results page (for example https://www.providentestate.com/dubai/properties-for-sale/ or an area page such as .../properties-for-sale/downtown-dubai/), or a direct property page URL. 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. Provident Estate works reliably without a proxy, so Apify Proxy is off by default.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.providentestate.com/dubai/properties-for-sale/"
    }
  ],
  "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.providentestate.com/dubai/properties-for-sale/"
        }
    ],
    "maxItems": 5
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("mrdoe/provident-estate-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.providentestate.com/dubai/properties-for-sale/" }],
    "maxItems": 5,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("mrdoe/provident-estate-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.providentestate.com/dubai/properties-for-sale/"
    }
  ],
  "maxItems": 5
}' |
apify call mrdoe/provident-estate-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,mrdoe/provident-estate-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/21Hwh8htcSzpue06i/builds/7NpORWCob0ApyhNsZ/openapi.json