Housing.com Property Search Scraper

An Apify Actor that automates scraping property listings from housing.com. It uses Playwright to extract detailed, structured data for both new projects and resale properties.

Overview

This actor navigates housing.com search pages, collects property listings, and visits each detail page to scrape comprehensive information. Output is structured JSON, suitable for analysis, data pipelines, or market research.

Key Features

• Comprehensive Data: Extracts all visible property details: pricing, location, seller info, amenities, configurations, and images.
• Dual Property Support: Handles both "project" (new developments) and "resale" property types.
• Structured Output: Returns clean, nested JSON with proper data types.
• Headless Browser: Uses Playwright for reliable automation that handles JavaScript-rendered content.
• Apify Platform Ready: Integrates with Apify's storage, scheduling, and proxy infrastructure.

How to Use

Configure the actor with input parameters via the Apify console, API, or SDK. The actor will crawl the provided search URLs and output the scraped data to the default dataset.

Input Parameters

Input Example

{
  "searchUrls": [
    "https://housing.com/in/buy/mumbai/mumbai",
    "https://housing.com/in/buy/bangalore/bangalore"
  ],
  "maxCrawlPerSearch": 50
}

Input/Output

Output Schema

The actor outputs an array of objects, one for each property. Each object contains all scraped fields. Key fields include:

• Basic Info: title, subtitle, propertyType ("project" or "resale"), listingId, url.
• Pricing: price (numeric), displayPrice (formatted object).
• Location: address (object), coords [long, lat], polygonsHash (geographic divisions).
• Property Details: propertyInformation (bedrooms, bathrooms, etc.), builtUpArea, furnishingType.
• Status & Media: currentPossessionStatus, isUc (under construction), imageCount, coverImage.
• Seller & Metadata: sellerCount, postedDate, tags, promotions.

The dataset is stored in the Apify platform and can be exported to JSON, CSV, or accessed via API.