# Changelog of Hotpads Scraper — US Apartments & Homes for Rent (`sian.agency/hotpads-property-scraper`) Actor

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

## Changelog

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

### \[2026-09-10] — Reliability fix

#### 🛠️ Fixes

- **A failed search no longer looks like an empty one** — when the data service can't complete a request, you now get a clear message saying so instead of a successful run with zero results.
- **Temporary refusals are ridden out** — short-lived rate limits and blocks are retried automatically instead of ending the run.

### \[2026-07-01]

#### 🎉 Hotpads Property Scraper - Launch!

- **6 Rental Lookup Modes in One Actor** - Search Hotpads by location, coordinates or URL; enrich any listing by ID or URL; and resolve places with location autocomplete.
- **Rentals-First Data Model** - Every listing returns rent ranges, bed/bath/sqft ranges, availability dates, building amenities and management company.
- **Unit-Level Enrichment** - Detail lookups return per-model pricing, full amenity lists, nearby schools, neighborhood info and leasing contact.
- **Powerful Rent Filters** - Filter by price range, beds, baths, property type (apartment, house, condo, townhome, room) and pet policy, then sort by newest, price or distance.
- **Built-In Market KPIs + HTML Report** - Median rent, rent-per-sqft distribution and city / state breakdowns on every run.

#### 💎 User Benefits

- Turn Hotpads into an on-demand US rentals data feed for pricing, sourcing and lead generation.
- Only pay for the rows you keep with transparent pay-per-result pricing.
- Get the depth you need — a cheap per-listing headline plus optional unit-level enrichment.
- Export clean, structured JSON / CSV / Excel straight from the Apify dataset.

#### 🎯 Use Cases

- Rental analysts benchmarking median rent and rent-per-sqft across a metro.
- Investors screening multifamily and single-family rentals by yield potential.
- Leasing teams pricing their units against the local competitor comp set.
- Relocation services building pet-friendly, move-in-ready shortlists.
- Proptech sales teams enriching property-manager and operator outreach lists.