# Auction.com Scraper — Foreclosure & Bank-Owned Homes (`scrapersdelight/auction-com-scraper`) Actor

Scrape US foreclosure & bank-owned (REO) real-estate auctions from auction.com: address, city/state/zip/county, beds/baths/sqft, property type, occupancy, estimated value, starting & current bid, reserve status, bid count and auction dates. Nationwide or by state, no login.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/scrapersdelight/auction-com-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Scrapers Delight](https://apify.com/scrapersdelight) (community)
- **Categories:** Automation, Lead generation, Real estate
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 0 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$1.00 / 1,000 per auction property returneds

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

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 examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## 🏚️ Auction.com Scraper — Foreclosure & Bank-Owned Homes

**Scrape live US real-estate auctions from auction.com: foreclosure and bank-owned (REO) properties with full address, beds/baths/sqft, property type, estimated value, starting & current bid, reserve status and auction dates. Scan the whole country or pick states. No login, no API key.**

> 🕒 Updated: 2026-07-11 · 🇺🇸 ~15,000 active US auctions · 🏦 Foreclosure + bank-owned (REO) · 💰 Starting & live bid, reserve status, auction dates · 🚫 No login

Auction.com is the largest US foreclosure and bank-owned real-estate auction marketplace. **This actor turns its live inventory into a clean, structured dataset** — every active property with the address, physical details, valuation and the auction economics investors actually price a deal on. Point it at a state (or leave it blank for the whole country) and export to JSON, CSV, Excel or Google Sheets, or pull it via API.

Built for **real-estate investors, wholesalers, house flippers, iBuyers and hard-money lenders** who need the full auction pipeline in a spreadsheet, refreshed on a schedule.

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### What it does

- 🏦 **Foreclosure & bank-owned (REO) inventory** — every active listing on auction.com, tagged by `property_type` (e.g. `BANK_OWNED`) and `is_foreclosure` (trustee sale) so you can split REO from foreclosure.
- 🏠 **Full property core** — address, city, state, county, ZIP, `beds`, `baths`, `sqft`, `lot_size`, `year_built`, structure type and occupancy status.
- 💰 **The auction economics** — `estimated_value`, `starting_bid`, live `current_bid`, `bid_count`, `reserve_status`, `auction_start`, `auction_end` and online/live flag.
- 🗺️ **Nationwide or by state** — leave **States** empty to pull every active US auction (~15k), or pass `["TX","FL","CA"]`. You can also paste auction.com search URLs.
- 🔗 **Direct listing URL + photo** on every row.
- ⚡ **Fast & reliable** — reads auction.com's own structured data feed (not fragile HTML), so runs come back complete, not blocked.

### 📊 Output — one flat record per property

| Field | Type | Example |
|---|---|---|
| 🏠 `address` | text | `3111 Kiowa, San Antonio, TX 78211, Bexar County` |
| 🏙️ `city` / `state` / `zip` | text | `San Antonio` / `TX` / `78211` |
| 🏦 `property_type` | text | `BANK_OWNED` |
| 🔨 `is_foreclosure` | bool | `false` |
| 🛏️ `beds` / 🛁 `baths` / 📐 `sqft` | number | `2` / `1` / `748` |
| 💵 `estimated_value` | number | `60000` |
| 🟢 `starting_bid` | number | `1` |
| 📈 `current_bid` / `bid_count` | number | `null` / `0` |
| 🔒 `reserve_status` | text | `RESERVE_NOT_MET` |
| 📅 `auction_start` / `auction_end` | date | `2026-07-13T12:00:00Z` |
| 🔗 `url` | link | `https://www.auction.com/details/3111-kiowa-st-san-antonio-tx-2118366` |

Plus `listing_id`, `street`, `county`, `product_type`, `occupancy_status`, `structure_type`, `lot_size`, `year_built`, `is_online`, `auction_status`, `listing_status`, `is_hot`, `financing_available`, `buyer_premium_available`, `event_code`, `photo_url`, `photos_count`, `scraped_at`.

<details><summary>🏠 Sample record</summary>

```json
{
  "listing_id": "2118366",
  "url": "https://www.auction.com/details/3111-kiowa-st-san-antonio-tx-2118366",
  "address": "3111 Kiowa, San Antonio, TX 78211, Bexar County",
  "city": "San Antonio", "state": "TX", "county": "BEXAR", "zip": "78211",
  "property_type": "BANK_OWNED", "product_type": "REO", "is_foreclosure": false,
  "occupancy_status": "VACANT", "structure_type": "SINGLE_FAMILY",
  "beds": 2, "baths": 1, "sqft": 748, "lot_size": 0.16, "year_built": 1960,
  "estimated_value": 60000,
  "starting_bid": 1, "current_bid": null, "bid_count": 0, "reserve_status": "RESERVE_NOT_MET",
  "auction_start": "2026-07-13T12:00:00Z", "auction_end": "2026-07-15T15:05:30Z",
  "is_online": true, "auction_status": "PENDING", "listing_status": "SALE_PENDING_CLEARED",
  "photo_url": "https://adc-tenbox-prod.imgix.net/resi/propertyImages/1451454/1451454_extf_1.v1.jpeg",
  "photos_count": 28,
  "scraped_at": "2026-07-11T00:00:00.000Z"
}
```

</details>

***

### Input

| Field | What it does |
|---|---|
| **States** | Two-letter US state codes, e.g. `["TX","FL"]`. Leave empty to scan the whole country. |
| **Start URLs** | Optional. auction.com search URLs like `https://www.auction.com/residential/CA` (state auto-detected). |
| **Sort order** | Auction date (soonest first), Newest listed, or Estimated value. |
| **Max results** | Cap per run. `0` = pull everything (up to a safety cap). |
| **Proxy** | Default Apify Proxy is fine — the data feed is not IP-blocked. |

### Typical uses

- 📋 Build a **statewide foreclosure / REO pipeline** refreshed daily.
- 🎯 Filter for **vacant, low-est-value single-family** homes under a bid threshold.
- 🏷️ Feed auction inventory into a **CRM, comps model or acquisition dashboard**.

***

*Public listing data. You are responsible for complying with auction.com's Terms of Service and applicable laws. Not affiliated with Auction.com, LLC.*

# Actor input Schema

## `states` (type: `array`):

Two-letter US state codes to scan for active auctions, e.g. \["TX", "FL", "CA"]. Every active foreclosure / bank-owned property listed on auction.com in each state is returned. Leave EMPTY to scan the whole country (all US active auctions).

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

Optional. Paste auction.com search URLs, e.g. https://www.auction.com/residential/CA . The state is auto-detected from each URL and scanned. Use this or the States field.

## `sort` (type: `string`):

Order results by soonest auction date, most recently listed, or estimated value.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Cap on the number of properties returned this run (cost/speed guard). Default 100; set 0 to pull every matching property (up to a safety cap).

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

Proxy settings. Auction.com's data API is not IP-blocked, so the default Apify Proxy is fine.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "states": [
    "TX"
  ],
  "sort": "auction_date",
  "maxResults": 20,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `records` (type: `string`):

The dataset of scraped auction.com properties (one item per property).

# 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 = {
    "states": [
        "TX"
    ],
    "sort": "auction_date",
    "maxResults": 20
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("scrapersdelight/auction-com-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 = {
    "states": ["TX"],
    "sort": "auction_date",
    "maxResults": 20,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("scrapersdelight/auction-com-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 '{
  "states": [
    "TX"
  ],
  "sort": "auction_date",
  "maxResults": 20
}' |
apify call scrapersdelight/auction-com-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,scrapersdelight/auction-com-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/1F6rzAz4gEoY6SGd8/builds/zxtYG4ToUMlG1DVX5/openapi.json