Zillow Real Estate Scraper

Scrape property listings from Zillow for any location in the United States. Extract detailed real estate data including prices, property details, Zestimates, agent information, and more.

What does Zillow Scraper do?

This actor scrapes Zillow.com search results for a given location and returns structured property listing data. It handles Zillow's dynamic JavaScript rendering and anti-bot protections using Playwright with stealth techniques and residential proxy rotation.

Use it to:

• Monitor real estate markets - Track listing prices, inventory, and trends in any US market
• Build property datasets - Collect structured data for analysis, machine learning, or CRM import
• Compare listings - Aggregate listings across neighborhoods or zip codes
• Track price changes - Run periodically to detect new listings and price adjustments
• Analyze Zestimates - Compare asking prices to Zillow's automated valuations

Features

• Scrape listings by city, zip code, or neighborhood
• Filter by listing type (for sale, for rent, recently sold)
• Filter by price range, bedrooms, and home type
• Sort results by price, newest, square footage, and more
• Extracts 18+ data fields per listing
• Handles pagination automatically
• Stealth browser fingerprinting to avoid blocks
• Session rotation with residential proxies
• Human-like delays and scrolling behavior
• Structured JSON output ready for analysis

Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
location	String	Yes	-	City and state, zip code, or neighborhood (e.g., "Austin, TX", "90210")
maxResults	Integer	No	20	Maximum listings to return (0 = unlimited, max 500)
listingType	String	No	for_sale	One of: for_sale, for_rent, sold
minPrice	Integer	No	-	Minimum listing price
maxPrice	Integer	No	-	Maximum listing price
minBeds	Integer	No	-	Minimum bedrooms (1-5)
maxBeds	Integer	No	-	Maximum bedrooms (1-5)
homeType	String	No	all	One of: all, houses, condos, townhomes, apartments, manufactured, lots
sortBy	String	No	default	Sort order: default, newest, price_low, price_high, beds, baths, sqft, lot_size
includePhotos	Boolean	No	false	Include photo URLs (increases scrape time slightly)
proxyConfiguration	Object	No	Residential	Proxy settings. Residential proxies strongly recommended.

Example Input

{
    "location": "Austin, TX",
    "maxResults": 50,
    "listingType": "for_sale",
    "minPrice": 300000,
    "maxPrice": 600000,
    "minBeds": 3,
    "homeType": "houses",
    "sortBy": "newest",
    "includePhotos": true
}

Output

The actor stores results in a dataset. Each item represents one property listing with the following fields:

Field	Type	Description
address	String	Full street address
city	String	City name
state	String	State abbreviation
zipCode	String	ZIP code
price	Number	Listing price in USD
bedrooms	Number	Number of bedrooms
bathrooms	Number	Number of bathrooms
sqft	Number	Living area in square feet
lotSize	Number	Lot size value
lotSizeUnit	String	Lot size unit (sqft or acres)
propertyType	String	House, Condo, Townhouse, etc.
listingStatus	String	For Sale, Pending, Sold, etc.
daysOnZillow	Number	Days the listing has been on Zillow
yearBuilt	Number	Year the property was built
url	String	Direct Zillow listing URL
zestimate	Number	Zillow's estimated value
rentZestimate	Number	Zillow's estimated rent
pricePerSqft	Number	Price per square foot
hoaFee	Number	Monthly HOA fee (if applicable)
listingAgent	String	Listing agent or broker name
description	String	Listing description (when available)
photoUrls	Array	Property photo URLs (if includePhotos is true)
latitude	Number	Property latitude
longitude	Number	Property longitude
zpid	String	Zillow Property ID
scrapedAt	String	ISO timestamp of when the data was scraped

Example Output

{
    "address": "1234 Oak Lane, Austin, TX 78701",
    "city": "Austin",
    "state": "TX",
    "zipCode": "78701",
    "price": 475000,
    "bedrooms": 3,
    "bathrooms": 2,
    "sqft": 1850,
    "lotSize": 6500,
    "lotSizeUnit": "sqft",
    "propertyType": "House",
    "listingStatus": "For Sale",
    "daysOnZillow": 12,
    "yearBuilt": 2005,
    "url": "https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1234-Oak-Ln-Austin-TX-78701/12345678_zpid/",
    "zestimate": 490000,
    "rentZestimate": 2800,
    "pricePerSqft": 257,
    "hoaFee": null,
    "listingAgent": "Compass Real Estate",
    "description": "Beautiful 3-bedroom home in downtown Austin...",
    "photoUrls": [
        "https://photos.zillowstatic.com/fp/abc123-p_e.jpg"
    ],
    "latitude": 30.2672,
    "longitude": -97.7431,
    "zpid": "12345678",
    "scrapedAt": "2025-01-15T10:30:00.000Z"
}

Proxy Requirements

Zillow has aggressive anti-bot protections. Residential proxies are required for reliable operation. The actor is pre-configured to use Apify's residential proxy group.

If you use your own proxies, ensure they are residential-grade. Datacenter proxies will be blocked quickly.

Performance and Cost Estimates

Listings	Estimated Time	Estimated Cost (Apify)
20	2-3 minutes	~$0.10-0.15
50	4-7 minutes	~$0.20-0.35
100	8-15 minutes	~$0.40-0.70
200	15-25 minutes	~$0.80-1.40

Costs depend on proxy usage (residential proxies are billed per GB) and compute time. Actual costs may vary based on Zillow's response times and retry rates.

Tips for Best Results

1. Use specific locations - "Austin, TX" works better than just "Austin"
2. Set reasonable maxResults - Start small (20-50) to verify results before scaling up
3. Use filters - Narrowing by price, beds, or home type reduces pages to scrape
4. Schedule runs - Set up periodic runs to track market changes over time
5. Monitor logs - Check run logs for CAPTCHA or rate-limiting warnings

Limitations

• Zillow may change their page structure at any time, which could temporarily affect data extraction
• Very high-volume scraping may trigger rate limits or blocks
• Some fields (description, year built) are only available on detail pages and may be null in search results
• Photo URLs are temporary and may expire after a few days
• Maximum of 500 listings per run (Zillow limits search results to ~800 total)

Legal Notice

This actor is provided for educational and research purposes. Users are responsible for ensuring their use complies with Zillow's Terms of Service and applicable laws. The actor does not use any Zillow API keys or authenticated access.