Craigslist Real Estate Scraper | FSBO & Rentals

Craigslist Real Estate Scraper | FSBO Listings & Rentals

Scrape public Craigslist real estate listings for FSBO homes, rentals, rooms, sublets, and vacation rentals with structured prices, bedrooms, bathrooms, square footage, photos, descriptions, owner/dealer signals, and public contact indicators.

Search Craigslist real estate by city, housing category, price, bedrooms, ZIP radius, owner/dealer type, or direct listing URLs, then export clean property data for analysis, monitoring, or lead workflows.

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Apify Actor: parsebird/craigslist-real-estate-scraper - scrapes public Craigslist real estate listings. Call via ApifyClient: client.actor("parsebird/craigslist-real-estate-scraper").call(run_input={"mode":"search","city":"sfbay","category":"rea","listingType":"owner","minPrice":200000,"maxPrice":900000,"minBedrooms":2,"maxListings":25,"includePhotos":true,"includeContactInfo":true}). Inputs: mode (search/direct_urls, default search), city (Craigslist city code, default sfbay), category (apa/rea/roo/sub/vac, default rea), listingType (all/owner/dealer, default all), minPrice, maxPrice, minBedrooms, postalCode, searchDistance, maxListings (1-500, default 25), includePhotos, includeContactInfo, directUrls. Output fields: url, title, price, bedrooms, bathrooms, sqft, location, posting_date, photos, body, attributes, by_owner, housing_type, contact_available, phone_numbers, emails, scraped_at. API docs: https://docs.apify.com/api/v2 Token: https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations

What is Craigslist Real Estate Scraper | FSBO Listings & Rentals?

Craigslist Real Estate Scraper | FSBO Listings & Rentals is a Craigslist scraper for public housing listings. It collects structured property data from Craigslist categories such as apartments, real estate for sale, rooms, sublets, and vacation rentals.

Use it as a Craigslist real estate API alternative when you need repeatable data exports, scheduled monitoring, or integration-ready property datasets without manually browsing city pages.

What can Craigslist Real Estate Scraper do?

• Search Craigslist real estate by city code, category, owner/dealer type, price range, bedrooms, ZIP code, and radius.
• Scrape direct Craigslist listing URLs when you already have specific public property pages.
• Extract public listing details including title, price, beds, baths, square footage, neighborhood, description, attributes, photos, and listing URL.
• Detect FSBO/by-owner signals from category codes and visible listing text when Craigslist exposes them.
• Extract only public phone numbers and emails visible in the listing body when includeContactInfo is enabled.
• Run on Apify with scheduling, API access, proxy support, integrations, and exports to JSON, CSV, and Excel.

What data can you extract from Craigslist real estate listings?

Field	Description
url	Public Craigslist listing URL
title	Listing title
price	Listing price when visible
bedrooms / bathrooms	Bedroom and bathroom counts parsed from attributes or text
sqft	Square footage when visible
location	Neighborhood, address hint, or map address when Craigslist exposes it
posting_date	Public posted timestamp when available on the listing page
photos	Public Craigslist image URLs
body	Cleaned listing description text
attributes	Visible Craigslist attribute chips such as 2br, 1ba, or 950ft2
by_owner	Boolean owner/FSBO signal inferred from visible Craigslist signals
housing_type	Parsed housing type such as condo, house, apartment, studio, room, or land
contact_available	Whether public phone/email contact text was found
phone_numbers / emails	Public contact strings found in the listing body
scraped_at	UTC timestamp for the scrape

How to scrape Craigslist real estate listings

1. Open the actor on Apify and choose search mode.
2. Enter a Craigslist city code such as sfbay, newyork, losangeles, or chicago.
3. Pick a category: rea for real estate for sale, apa for apartments, roo for rooms, sub for sublets, or vac for vacation rentals.
4. Add optional filters such as listingType, price range, minimum bedrooms, postal code, search distance, and includePhotos.
5. Set maxListings between 1 and 500.
6. Run the actor and download results in JSON, CSV, Excel, or HTML from the dataset.
7. Use Apify scheduling to monitor Craigslist cities daily or connect results to Apify integrations, Make, Zapier, n8n, webhooks, or your own API workflow.

For exact listing pages, set mode to direct_urls and paste public Craigslist listing URLs into directUrls.

Input parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
mode	string	No	search	Use search for city/category scraping or direct_urls for exact listing URLs
city	string	No	sfbay	Craigslist city code
category	string	No	rea	Housing category: apa, rea, roo, sub, or vac
listingType	string	No	all	all, owner, or dealer
directUrls	array	For direct mode	-	Public Craigslist listing URLs
minPrice / maxPrice	integer	No	-	Price range filters
minBedrooms	integer	No	-	Minimum visible bedroom count
postalCode	string	No	-	ZIP/postal code for radius search
searchDistance	integer	No	10	Radius in miles when postalCode is provided
maxListings	integer	No	25	Result cap from 1 to 500
includePhotos	boolean	No	true	Include public image URLs
includeContactInfo	boolean	No	false	Extract only public phone/email strings visible in listing text

Input / Output

Example input:

{
  "mode": "search",
  "city": "sfbay",
  "category": "rea",
  "listingType": "owner",
  "minPrice": 200000,
  "maxPrice": 900000,
  "minBedrooms": 2,
  "maxListings": 25,
  "includePhotos": true,
  "includeContactInfo": true
}

Example output:

{
  "url": "https://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/rea/d/san-francisco-condo/1234567890.html",
  "title": "2BR Condo For Sale By Owner",
  "price": 825000,
  "bedrooms": 2,
  "bathrooms": 1,
  "sqft": 950,
  "location": "Mission District",
  "posting_date": "2026-06-26T15:30:00-0700",
  "photos": ["https://images.craigslist.org/00a0a_example_600x450.jpg"],
  "body": "Charming 2 bedroom condo with hardwood floors...",
  "attributes": ["2br", "1ba", "950ft2"],
  "by_owner": true,
  "housing_type": "condo",
  "contact_available": true,
  "phone_numbers": ["(415) 555-0100"],
  "emails": [],
  "scraped_at": "2026-07-11T11:30:00Z"
}

Download the dataset in JSON, HTML, CSV, or Excel, or access it through the Apify API.

Use cases

• FSBO lead research: find public for-sale-by-owner listings before they move to other channels.
• Rental market monitoring: compare rents, amenities, and available supply across neighborhoods.
• Investor sourcing: watch Craigslist real estate for owner-posted properties, land, and small deals.
• Property management research: monitor rooms, sublets, apartments, and vacation rental patterns.
• Data enrichment: feed listing URLs, prices, descriptions, and public contact signals into spreadsheets, CRMs, dashboards, or internal tools.

How much does it cost to scrape Craigslist real estate listings?

This actor uses pay-per-event pricing. One event is one matching Craigslist real estate listing pushed to the dataset. Apify account credits or free trial credits may cover small test runs depending on your account.

Tier	Event	Price per event	Price per 1,000 listings
Free, Bronze, Silver	real-estate-listing-scraped	$0.00299	$2.99
Gold	real-estate-listing-scraped	$0.00269	$2.69

For example, collecting 100 matching listings costs about $0.30 on Free, Bronze, or Silver, before any account-level credits.

Python API example

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN")

run = client.actor("parsebird/craigslist-real-estate-scraper").call(run_input={
    "mode": "search",
    "city": "sfbay",
    "category": "rea",
    "listingType": "owner",
    "minPrice": 200000,
    "maxPrice": 900000,
    "minBedrooms": 2,
    "maxListings": 25,
    "includePhotos": True,
    "includeContactInfo": True,
})

for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item["title"], item["price"], item["url"])

JavaScript API example

import { ApifyClient } from "apify-client";

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: "YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN" });

const run = await client.actor("parsebird/craigslist-real-estate-scraper").call({
  mode: "search",
  city: "sfbay",
  category: "rea",
  listingType: "owner",
  minPrice: 200000,
  maxPrice: 900000,
  minBedrooms: 2,
  maxListings: 25,
  includePhotos: true,
  includeContactInfo: true
});

const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
for (const item of items) {
  console.log(`${item.title} - ${item.price} - ${item.url}`);
}

Is it legal to scrape Craigslist real estate listings?

This actor extracts public Craigslist listing data. Use it responsibly, respect Craigslist's terms, do not misuse personal data, and make sure your use case complies with applicable laws and regulations. For general background, read Apify's guide: Is web scraping legal?.

Other Craigslist scrapers / Related Actors

• Craigslist Scraper - broader Craigslist categories including cars, jobs, services, and for-sale listings.
• Propertyfinder Scraper - real estate listing data from Property Finder.
• Funda Scraper - Netherlands real estate listings.
• Fotocasa Scraper - Spanish real estate listings.
• BusinessesForSale Listings Scraper - business acquisition listings and contact URLs.

FAQ

Can I scrape Craigslist FSBO listings? Yes. Set listingType to owner. The actor keeps listings only when Craigslist category codes or visible text indicate owner/FSBO status.

Does the actor collect hidden Craigslist reply emails? No. includeContactInfo extracts only phone numbers or emails visible in the public listing body. It does not automate Craigslist reply flows.

Can I scrape rentals as well as homes for sale? Yes. Use apa for apartments, roo for rooms, sub for sublets, vac for vacation rentals, and rea for real estate for sale.

How do I find my Craigslist city code? Use the subdomain in the Craigslist URL. For example, https://sfbay.craigslist.org/ uses sfbay.

Can I schedule recurring Craigslist real estate runs? Yes. Use Apify scheduling to run the actor hourly, daily, weekly, or on a custom interval.

Can I connect results to other tools? Yes. Use the Apify API, dataset webhooks, or Apify integrations to send data to spreadsheets, databases, CRMs, Make, Zapier, n8n, or custom apps.

Why are some fields empty? Craigslist listings vary by poster and city. If a listing does not show square footage, contact text, photos, or a posted timestamp publicly, that field may be empty.

Where can I report issues? Open an issue on the actor's Issues tab or contact ParseBird from the Apify Console with the city, category, input, and an example listing URL.

Legal and compliance

Craigslist Real Estate Scraper | FSBO Listings & Rentals is designed for public listing research, monitoring, and analysis. Review the source site's terms, handle personal data carefully, and use the exported JSON, CSV, Excel, API, and integration workflows only for compliant purposes.