# Changelog of Dubizzle Property Scraper — Dubai/UAE + DLD Deed Data (`sian.agency/dubizzle-property-scraper`) Actor

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

## Changelog

All notable changes to **Dubizzle Property Scraper — Dubai/UAE + DLD Deed Data** will be documented in this file.

### \[2026-09-11]

#### 🖼️ Images

- 🖼️ **The photos were always collected — now you can see them.** The full image gallery and its preview thumbnail appear in the Output tab and in every export, instead of only in the raw JSON.

### \[2026-07-25]

#### 👤 Agent profiles now bill under their own event (v1.0.8)

- **`AgentProfileExtracted`** — agent profile rows from `searchMode: "agents"` now charge a dedicated event ($0.024 FREE / **$0.008 BRONZE** / $0.006 GOLD+) instead of sharing `PropertyExtracted`. A profile row carries the agent's contact details and portfolio size, so it's priced as its own deliverable rather than as a listing.
- **Portfolio listings are unchanged** — every listing returned under an agent still charges `PropertyExtracted` at the normal ladder.
- Corrected the published `DldDeedEnriched` prices in this README: the ladder has been $0.036 FREE / $0.012 BRONZE / $0.009 GOLD+ since 2026-05-20, but the docs still showed the pre-launch $0.006 BRONZE figure.

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### \[2026-07-02]

#### 👤 NEW: Agents Mode (v1.0.5)

- **`searchMode: "agents"`** — feed agent slugs (`agentSlugs`, e.g. `lewis-dady-105732`) or numeric IDs (`agentIds`) and get the agent's **full profile + complete listing portfolio** in one run. Slugs and IDs come from the `agent` field of any listing row — run any search first, then drill into the agents you care about.
- **Agent profile rows** (marked `recordType: "agent"`): name, **email**, phone (where exposed), bio, photo, agency affiliation, languages and specialities with EN + AR labels, and total listing count. Email is the primary contact field on most profiles.
- **Full listing portfolio per agent**: every active listing an agent carries — same 30+ field row shape as search results (price, beds/baths, area, photos, RERA-relevant fields), with sale/rent inferred per listing. Toggle off via `includeAgentListings: false` for profile-only contact harvesting.
- **Pasted profile URLs accepted** — drop in the agent's profile page URL and the slug is extracted automatically.
- **New `Agents` dataset view** for a clean contact-sheet table (photo, name, email, phone, agency, portfolio size).
- Priced like regular rows: each agent profile and each portfolio listing charges the standard per-result event — no new fees.

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### \[2026-05-20]

#### 🎉 Dubizzle Property Scraper — Launch (v1.0)!

- **🏛️ Dubai Land Department (DLD) Deed Enrichment — Unique on the Apify Store**: Toggle `includeDld: true` to pull DLD building registry, floor count, parking spaces, off-plan project metadata, and the official `dubailand_listing_validation_url` per listing. No other Apify actor exposes this layer — premium $0.006 BRONZE pay-per-event.
- **🧭 6 Search Modes — Best-in-Class Coverage**: `bylocation`, `bylocationid`, `bycoordinates`, `bypolygon`, `byurl`, `byid`. Polygon mode unlocks hyperlocal neighbourhood-level analyst workflows incumbent URL-only Dubizzle actors can't touch.
- **🌐 Bilingual EN + AR Fields Shipped Per Row**: Every text field paired with its Arabic variant — `listingTitleAr`, `listingDescriptionAr`, `location.nameAr`, `urlAr`. Other Dubizzle scrapers silently drop Arabic; this actor surfaces it automatically at no extra charge.
- **📜 RERA `permit_number` Per Listing**: UAE-mandatory legal-listing field surfaced on every row — critical for compliance, title-search, and broker-validation workflows.
- **👤 Agent + Agency Drill-Down + HTML Market Report**: Full agent profiles, agency data, and `/agent/listings` inventory mapping. Plus an auto-generated HTML market KPI report per run (median AED price, AED/sqft, ready vs off-plan tally, top areas by inventory) saved to `report.html`.
- **🔁 Similar Listings Enrichment**: Toggle `includeSimilar: true` to bundle up to 12 comparable listings per row in a single call — ideal for comp-set construction and rental-yield benchmarking.
- **💸 Tier-Laddered Pay-Per-Event Pricing**: FREE $0.030 → flat **$0.0015 at GOLD** on the bulk row, with the DLD layer priced separately so it never bundles into the base run cost.

#### 💎 User Benefits

- **One run replaces three brittle scrapers**: Dubizzle listings + DLD deed data + agent intelligence in a single API call — stop stitching mash-ups together.
- **Best Dubai property data on the Apify Store**: 6 search modes, 30+ fields per row, bilingual EN+AR, and the unique DLD layer no incumbent offers.
- **Try-before-you-buy FREE tier**: 25 listings per run, no credit card, every search mode available — including polygon. Evaluate the full thing before committing.
- **Granular pay-per-event charging**: Pay only for the rows and enrichments you actually use. The DLD premium is opt-in; base runs stay cheap.
- **Production-ready at scale**: 500 listings per query, multiple queries per run, bulk location arrays, and the `purpose: "both"` mode for sale + rent in one shot.

#### 🎯 Use Cases

- **UAE PropTech engineers** building Dubai-focused dashboards with deep portfolio-level building data via the DLD layer.
- **Dubai property investment analysts** tracking off-plan supply, computing rental yields, and sizing the ready-vs-off-plan curve.
- **Off-plan developers** monitoring competitor pre-handover pricing via `offplan_project_info` from the DLD payload.
- **Real-estate agency intelligence teams** mapping competitor agent inventory through `/agent/details` + `/agent/listings`.
- **RERA compliance and title-search firms** validating listings via `permit_number` + the DLD `dubailandListingValidationUrl`.
- **Arabic-speaking market researchers** producing native-language analyst reports from bilingual `listingTitleAr` / `listingDescriptionAr` / `urlAr` / `location.nameAr` fields.

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