# Changelog of able Property Scraper — Japan Rental Data & API (`sian.agency/able-property-scraper`) Actor

- **URL**: https://apify.com/sian.agency/able-property-scraper/changelog.md
- **Full Actor documentation**: https://apify.com/sian.agency/able-property-scraper.md

## Changelog

All notable changes to able Property Scraper will be documented in this file.

### \[2026-06-20]

#### 🎉 able Property Scraper - Launch!

- **One Row Per Unit** - Turns every able.co.jp result card into one clean record — rent, layout, area, floor, deposit and key money, ready for analysis
- **JPY-Normalised Pricing** - Converts `21.2万円` to `212000` JPY automatically while keeping the original string for reference
- **Three Ways In** - Scrape by pasted able search URL (every filter preserved), by area (prefecture + JIS city codes), or by specific listing URL
- **Overview & Detail Depths** - Fast unit cards for whole-market sweeps, or full spec tables (orientation, building type, latitude/longitude, equipment, security, room features, full photo gallery)
- **Brokerage Fee Captured** - Surfaces each unit's 仲介手数料 (brokerage fee) for true move-in-cost comparison
- **Rent-per-m² Built In** - Yield and comparison math ready out of the box for investment analysis

#### 💎 User Benefits

- Turn endless able scrolling into a clean JSON/CSV dataset in under a minute
- Pay only for the listings you actually receive — transparent pay-per-result
- Export to JSON, CSV, or Excel straight from the dataset
- No account or API key required

#### 🎯 Use Cases

- Real-estate analysts mapping rent-by-area across a Japanese prefecture
- Property investors comparing gross yields across buildings and units
- Relocation agents shortlisting rentals with deposit, key money, brokerage fee and station walk-times
- Data teams monitoring Japanese rent prices and new inventory over time