MovingSoon Affordable Housing Scraper

What does MovingSoon Affordable Housing Scraper do?

MovingSoon Affordable Housing Scraper extracts public UK property listings from MovingSoon. Use it as a MovingSoon API alternative for affordable housing, social rent, housing association homes, shared ownership, retirement housing, supported housing and accessible property research.

The Actor accepts MovingSoon search, category, location and individual property URLs. It follows result pages, visits each public property page and saves structured records to an Apify dataset. It does not submit enquiry forms or collect applicant data.

Export results as JSON, CSV, Excel or XML, run the scraper through the Apify API, schedule recurring searches, monitor runs, and connect the dataset to webhooks or other integrations.

Why scrape MovingSoon?

MovingSoon focuses on parts of the UK housing market that general property portals often mix into broader results. This Actor helps you:

• Monitor affordable and social rental supply by location
• Track housing association and provider listings
• Compare weekly rent, monthly rent and service charges
• Research shared ownership prices and equity percentages
• Find retirement, supported, accessible and no-deposit housing
• Build property alerts, dashboards and market datasets
• Schedule recurring runs and connect results through the Apify API

What data can the MovingSoon scraper extract?

Field	Description
property_id	MovingSoon property reference such as MS-141094
title, url, status	Listing identity, public URL and sale/rental classifications
headline_price, price_period	Main advertised price and weekly/monthly period
rent_per_week, rent_per_month	Structured rental amounts when published
available_from	Advertised availability date when published
overall_property_value	Full property value for sale or shared ownership listings
equity_share_percent, equity_share_value	Advertised shared ownership stake
service_charge_monthly	Estimated monthly service charge when available
property_type, bedrooms, bathrooms	Core property facts
address, city, county, postcode	Public listing location
housing_provider	Housing association, agent or property provider
provider_email	Provider email when MovingSoon publishes it in the listing form
provider_phone	Provider contact number when MovingSoon publishes one
tenure, lease_length, council_tax_band	Published tenure, lease and council tax data
accessibility, parking	Extra accessibility and parking details when published
key_information_document_url	Public key information document link when available
key_features	Categories such as first-time buyer or new-build housing
age_restrictions, age_criteria_note	Published Over 55 or Over 60 categories, with a warning when the exact requirement is ambiguous
description, updated_at	Public description and listing update time
images, image_count	Public property image URLs

Fields appear only when MovingSoon publishes a value on the property page.

Some retirement listings are tagged with both Over 55 Housing and Over 60 Housing. In that case, the Actor preserves both categories and tells users to check the full description or contact the provider. It does not guess a minimum age that MovingSoon has not stated clearly.

How to scrape MovingSoon

1. Open the Actor input tab.
2. Add one or more MovingSoon URLs. Search pages, location pages, category pages and direct property URLs are supported.
3. Set the maximum number of listings.
4. Choose whether to include image URLs.
5. Start the Actor and download the dataset as JSON, CSV, Excel, XML or another supported format.

Example input

{
  "startUrls": [
    {"url": "https://movingsoon.co.uk/properties-to-rent/"}
  ],
  "maxItems": 100,
  "includeImages": true,
  "includeDuplicates": false
}

You can also start from a focused page such as a county, DSS-accepted rental, pet-friendly rental, no-deposit rental, retirement property or shared ownership search.

Output example

{
  "property_id": "MS-141094",
  "title": "Shared Ownership in Maldon, Essex 1 bedroom Apartment",
  "status": ["For Sale", "Shared Ownership"],
  "headline_price": "£200,000",
  "rent_per_month": "£298",
  "overall_property_value": "£200,000",
  "equity_share_percent": 35,
  "equity_share_value": "£70,000",
  "service_charge_monthly": "£85",
  "property_type": "Apartment",
  "bedrooms": 1,
  "bathrooms": 1,
  "city": "Maldon",
  "county": "Essex",
  "postcode": "CM9 4HH",
  "housing_provider": "Delta Housing",
  "tenure": "Leasehold"
}

How much does it cost to scrape MovingSoon?

The Actor costs $15 per 1,000 property listings, which is $0.015 per saved listing. You are charged only for results successfully added to the dataset. Set a maximum run charge in Apify to control spending.

Results	Price
100	$1.50
500	$7.50
1,000	$15.00

Tips

• Use direct property URLs to refresh specific records cheaply.
• Use focused category or location URLs to reduce unrelated results.
• Disable images when you only need structured market data.
• Schedule recurring runs to monitor new listings: by default each run skips listings you already received and only returns (and charges for) new ones.
• Turn on Include listings from previous runs (includeDuplicates) when you want a full refresh, then compare property_id, status and updated_at to detect changes.

Use MovingSoon scraper with AI agents

MCP-compatible agents can discover and run this Actor through the Apify MCP server. The Actor's structured schemas describe its search URLs, limits and output fields so an agent can select it, run it and retrieve affordable housing records without custom scraping code.

Example agent requests:

• "Find social rent listings on MovingSoon in Greater Manchester."
• "Extract shared ownership properties from this MovingSoon search URL."
• "Monitor new accessible or retirement housing listings and return prices and providers."

MovingSoon scraper FAQ

Can I scrape MovingSoon search result URLs?

Yes. Add a MovingSoon search, category, location or pagination URL. The Actor follows result pages automatically and visits each matching property page until it reaches maxItems.

Does it return duplicate listings?

No. Within a run each property is saved once, even when it appears in several of your URLs. Across runs, the Actor remembers the listings it has already saved for your account and skips them by default, so repeat and scheduled runs only return new listings and you are not charged again. Turn on Include listings from previous runs (includeDuplicates) to get every matching listing again; each item has seen_in_previous_run so you can tell them apart. The history is stored in a dataset named movingsoon-history-<your user ID> in your own Apify account, and deleting it starts fresh.

Does the scraper support pagination?

Yes. It discovers and follows additional MovingSoon result pages while removing duplicate property URLs and IDs.

Can I use this as a MovingSoon API?

Yes. Start runs with the Apify API and retrieve structured property data from the resulting dataset. You can also schedule runs and connect results to webhooks, Make, Zapier or other Apify integrations.

Does it extract landlord phone numbers or private contact details?

No. The Actor extracts public listing data only. It saves a provider email only when MovingSoon publishes that email on the property page.

Privacy, disclaimer and support

This Actor extracts information visible on public MovingSoon listing pages. It does not submit contact forms, create accounts or collect the personal details requested from prospective applicants.

Our Actors are ethical and do not extract private user data. They only extract information made public on listing pages. Results may still contain public provider or agent information. Personal data is protected by the UK GDPR, the EU GDPR and other regulations. Only process personal data when you have a legitimate reason. Consult a lawyer if you are unsure.

MovingSoon is a trademark of its respective owner. This Actor is independent and is not endorsed by MovingSoon. Website layouts can change; use the Actor Issues tab to report missing fields or parsing problems.