# Zillow Scraper - Homes for Sale & Rent Listings (`sweet_stickball/zillow-scraper`) Actor

Scrape Zillow listings for a city, ZIP code or neighborhood: price, Zestimate, beds, baths, square feet, home type, status, address and coordinates, for sale or for rent. Zillow real estate scraper with flat JSON output.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/sweet_stickball/zillow-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [CrawlKit](https://apify.com/sweet_stickball) (community)
- **Categories:** Real estate
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.96 / 1,000 property listings

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
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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

## Zillow Scraper - Homes for Sale & Rent Listings

Scrape real estate listings from Zillow including prices, Zestimates, property details and agent information. Supports sale and rental listings across US locations.

### What it does

- Takes a search query (city/state, ZIP, or address) and returns structured listing data.
- Extracts property details: price, Zestimate, bedrooms, bathrooms, square footage, lot size, home type, status, coordinates.
- Includes broker information when available.
- Supports both for-sale and for-rent listings.
- Uses browser TLS impersonation (curl_cffi) to handle Zillow's anti-bot measures.

### Input

| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description |
|-----------|------|----------|---------|-------------|
| `searchQuery` | string | Yes | — | City/state, ZIP code, or address to search |
| `maxItems` | integer | No | 20 | Maximum number of listings to return |
| `listingType` | string | No | sale | Listing type: "sale" or "rent" |

### Output

One dataset item per listing:

```json
{
    "zpid": "58313397",
    "address": "2307 Cheyenne Cir",
    "city": "Austin",
    "state": "TX",
    "zipCode": "78745",
    "price": 995000.0,
    "zestimate": 962200.0,
    "bedrooms": 4,
    "bathrooms": 2.0,
    "sqft": 2049,
    "lotSize": null,
    "homeType": "SINGLE_FAMILY",
    "yearBuilt": null,
    "daysOnZillow": 4,
    "agent": null,
    "brokerName": "Christies Intl Real Estate Lone Star",
    "listingUrl": "https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/2307-Cheyenne-Cir-Austin-TX-78745/58313397_zpid/",
    "imageUrl": "https://photos.zillowstatic.com/fp/3dafce257cca8f790e05deeab8c0f22a-p_e.jpg",
    "latitude": 30.224419,
    "longitude": -97.79659,
    "listingType": "FOR_SALE",
    "statusText": "Active",
    "isBuilding": false,
    "buildingName": null,
    "unitsAvailable": null,
    "currency": "USD",
    "query": "Austin, TX",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-10-21T09:49:59.938875+00:00"
}
```

For rentals, apartment buildings are returned as one item with `isBuilding: true`, `zpid: null`, `buildingName`, `unitsAvailable`, and `price`/`bedrooms` set to the lowest advertised unit rent and bedroom count.

### Pricing

Pay-per-event, **no start fee**: **$1.60 per 1,000 listings** on the Apify Free plan, with lower prices on paid plans. Each listing pushed to the dataset is one event.

| Event | Free | Starter | Scale | Business | Enterprise |
|-------|------|---------|-------|----------|------------|
| Property listing (`LISTING`) | $1.60 | $1.40 | $1.20 | $0.96 | $0.96 |

Prices in USD per 1,000 events.

#### Cost examples (Free plan)

| Scenario | Listings | Cost |
|----------|----------|------|
| Quick look | 40 | $0.064 |
| One city | 500 | $0.80 |
| Several cities | 5,000 | $8.00 |

### Limitations

- US listings only. Zillow does not cover international properties.
- Data comes from Zillow search result pages. Fields only shown on a property's detail page (`yearBuilt`, `agent`) are usually `null`; `lotSize` and `zestimate` are filled only when the search card provides them.
- Zillow shows at most 20 result pages (about 800 listings) per search. Use narrower queries (ZIP codes, neighborhoods) for more.
- Zillow uses PerimeterX bot protection. The Actor tries new datacenter proxy sessions first, then US residential sessions; it never solves challenges. If every attempt is blocked, the run fails with a clear message.
- Rental data coverage varies by market.

### Related Actors

- [Realtor.com Scraper - Homes for Sale & Rent Listings](https://apify.com/sweet_stickball/realtor-scraper) — Scrape Realtor.com listings for a city or ZIP code: price, beds, baths, square feet, lot size, property type, status, list date, days on market, coordinates and photos, for sale or for rent.
- [Airbnb Scraper - Listings, Prices & Ratings](https://apify.com/sweet_stickball/airbnb-scraper) — Scrape Airbnb search results for any location: listing name, price per night, total price, rating, review count, room type, beds, badges and coordinates, with optional dates and currency.
- [Google Trends Scraper - Interest Over Time & Related Queries](https://apify.com/sweet_stickball/google-trends-scraper) — Scrape Google Trends: interest over time and related queries for up to 5 compared keywords, by country, time range and category.

# Actor input Schema

## `searchQuery` (type: `string`):

City/state, ZIP code, or address to search.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of listings to return.

## `listingType` (type: `string`):

Type of listing to search for.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchQuery": "Austin, TX",
  "maxItems": 10,
  "listingType": "sale"
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

Dataset items shown with the 'results' view.

# 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 = {
    "searchQuery": "San Francisco, CA",
    "maxItems": 10
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("sweet_stickball/zillow-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 = {
    "searchQuery": "San Francisco, CA",
    "maxItems": 10,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("sweet_stickball/zillow-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 '{
  "searchQuery": "San Francisco, CA",
  "maxItems": 10
}' |
apify call sweet_stickball/zillow-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,sweet_stickball/zillow-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/MJ8nvzwoSt5Ga5pqx/builds/aLVoVS2JgoW3x8iJi/openapi.json