# Changelog of Foreclosure & Auction Finder — Deals + Zillow Valuation (`sian.agency/distressed-deal-finder`) Actor

- **URL**: https://apify.com/sian.agency/distressed-deal-finder/changelog.md
- **Full Actor documentation**: https://apify.com/sian.agency/distressed-deal-finder.md

## Changelog

All notable changes to Foreclosure & Auction Finder will be documented in this file.

### \[2026-08-28] — Reliability fix

#### 🔧 Fixed: searches returning zero results

- **One unreadable record no longer wipes out a whole search** — if the data source cannot serve a particular record, the scraper now skips just that page and keeps everything else, and tells you in the log that results may be incomplete.
- **Right-sized requests** — the scraper now asks for only as many listings as your run actually needs. Small runs are faster, cost less, and avoid the problem above entirely.
- **Errors surface as errors** — a failed lookup now ends the run with a clear message instead of finishing "successfully" with an empty dataset.

### \[2026-06-14]

#### 🎉 Foreclosure & Auction Finder - Launch!

- **Fused Distressed Deal Row** - Get foreclosure, REO and bank-owned auction listings with home valuation, rent estimate and neighborhood data joined into a single row.
- **Live Auction Calendar** - Pull scheduled auction events by state and asset type so you know when and where each foreclosure sells.
- **Built-in Deal Math** - Every property carries an equity gap, bid-to-value ratio and gross rent yield, calculated automatically.
- **Neighborhood Intelligence** - School ratings, demographics and local amenities attach to each distressed listing.
- **Flexible Discovery** - Search distressed inventory by location, ZIP, coordinates or URL, with clean JSON/CSV/Excel export.

#### 💎 User Benefits

- Replace three separate scrapers and manual spreadsheet joins with one run.
- Spot under-market foreclosures the moment they list, with the equity already calculated.
- Qualify a deal's neighborhood and rental yield without a second lookup.
- Best-effort enrichment means a missing valuation never costs you the inventory.

#### 🎯 Use Cases

- Flippers finding under-market foreclosures and timing them to the auction calendar.
- Buy-and-hold investors screening distressed buys by rental yield.
- Wholesalers and lead-gen teams building distressed-property lead lists with valuation and neighborhood context.