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Apartments.com Scraper
parseforge/apartments-com-scraper
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Scrapes rental property listings from Apartments.com search results. Returns each listing as a flat row with rent price, address, floor plan details, and property type.
- Total users
- 39
- Monthly active
- 8
- Total runs
- 591
- Bookmarked
- 1
- Rating
- 5.0 (1)
- Last modified
- 12 days ago
Overview
Apartments.com Scraper
Scrape rental listings from Apartments.com by city, state, or direct URL, up to a million per run. Every listing returns with its rent price, floor plan details, address, and property type. No login or API key. Export to CSV, JSON, Excel, or XML.
Apartments.com is the largest rental marketplace in the U.S., but manually collecting listings for market analysis is slow and repetitive. This Apartments.com scraper reads public search results directly, letting you filter by location, bedrooms, price, and property type, and returns each matching listing in a consistent, flat schema. It handles pagination and data extraction so you get a clean dataset without writing any code.
| Who uses it | What they scrape Apartments.com for |
|---|---|
| Market researchers | Tracking rental price trends across different cities and neighborhoods. |
| Real estate investors | Finding undervalued properties by comparing asking rents in a target market. |
| Property managers | Monitoring competitor listings to set competitive rental rates. |
| Data analysts | Building rental market datasets for predictive pricing models. |
What it does
This Actor collects rental property listings from Apartments.com search results and returns each one as a flat row with rent price, address, floor plan details, and property type.
- 🏙️ Location search: enter a city and state like 'Los Angeles, CA' to scrape all available listings in that area.
- 🔗 Direct URL input: paste a pre-filtered Apartments.com search URL to replicate an exact search with custom parameters.
- 🛏️ Bedroom filter: narrow results to studios, 1-bedroom, 2-bedroom, 3-bedroom, or 4+ bedroom units.
- 💰 Price cap: set a maximum monthly rent to focus on properties within a specific budget.
- 🏠 Property type: filter by apartments, houses, townhomes, or condos to match your investment or research criteria.
Results export to CSV, JSON, Excel, or XML, or straight from the API.
What you can do with Apartments.com data
📈 Monitor rental market trends.
A market researcher runs the scraper monthly on 'Austin, TX' with a 2-bedroom filter to track median rent changes and report on housing affordability.
🏢 Analyze competitor properties.
A property manager scrapes listings in their zip code weekly to compare amenities and adjust their own rents to stay competitive.
💼 Build a lead list for investment.
A real estate investor scrapes all multi-family properties under $2,000 in a growing suburb to identify potential acquisition targets.
🗺️ Map rental density by neighborhood.
A data analyst collects thousands of listings across Chicago, geocodes the addresses, and builds a heatmap of rental supply for a city planning report.
Why choose this scraper
| What you get | |
|---|---|
| No API registration | Bypass the need for an official API key or OAuth setup. The scraper reads public listing data directly. |
| Structured output | Every listing is parsed into the same flat schema, ready for analysis in Excel, SQL, or a BI tool. |
| Flexible targeting | Search by city name or paste a URL with custom filters already applied on Apartments.com. |
How it compares
This Actor focuses on fast, schema-consistent search-result scraping from Apartments.com with simple location and filter inputs. Here is how it compares to other actors that also scrape Apartments.com.
| Feature | ParseForge | Apartments Scraper API | Real Estate Aggregator | Apartments.com Scraper with Agents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scrapes Apartments.com search results | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Location-based search input | Yes | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed |
| Filter by bedrooms, price, and property type | Yes | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed |
| Deduplication across multiple real estate sources | Not listed | Not listed | Yes | Not listed |
| Agent contact data extraction | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Yes |
| Pay-per-event pricing model | Not listed | Yes | Not listed | Not listed |
Configure the run
Drive the Actor from a location name or a direct Apartments.com search URL, and apply optional filters for bedrooms, maximum price, and property type so only matching listings reach your dataset. The Input tab lists every parameter.
A first run with the defaults:
{
"startUrl": "https://www.apartments.com/los-angeles-ca/",
"maxItems": 10
}
A larger pull:
{
"startUrl": "https://www.apartments.com/los-angeles-ca/",
"maxItems": 200
}
Pricing
Pay-per-result: $0.03199 per result collected. You pay only for the results written to your dataset.
| Results collected | Approximate cost |
|---|---|
| 100 results | $3.20 |
| 1,000 results | $31.99 |
| 10,000 results | $319.90 |
New Apify accounts start with $5 in free credit.
Free users
Free-plan runs return up to 10 results as a preview. Upgrade your Apify plan to collect up to 1,000,000 results per run.
Run it
- Create a free Apify account with $5 in credit.
- Open the Apartments.com Scraper.
- Set your inputs and any filters, then click Start.
- Export the results as CSV, Excel, JSON, or XML from the Dataset tab.
Run it programmatically through the Apify API (run-sync-get-dataset-items) or the ApifyClient for JavaScript and Python.
Use with AI agents (MCP)
Give an AI agent live access to Apartments.com through the Model Context Protocol. Add the Actor to Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client:
claude mcp add --transport http apify "https://mcp.apify.com?tools=parseforge/apartments-com-scraper"
Then prompt it in plain language to run the scraper and read back the results.
Troubleshooting
Why am I getting no results?
Check that your location string matches Apartments.com's format, like 'Los Angeles, CA' or 'los-angeles-ca'. Also verify that your filters are not too restrictive. A max price of $500 in a major city may return zero listings.
The scraper is returning fewer results than I see on the website.
Apartments.com sometimes shows sponsored listings or duplicates. The Actor deduplicates by listing ID. Lower your maxItems or broaden your filters to capture more unique listings.
I am getting blocked or seeing captchas.
Increase the run's memory or switch to a higher-tier proxy plan in Apify. Residential proxies are more effective for large-scale scraping of real estate sites.
The location search is not finding my city.
Try using the URL-encoded city name format, like 'san-francisco-ca'. If that fails, perform the search manually on Apartments.com and paste the full URL into the startUrl field.
My run timed out before reaching maxItems.
Increase the Actor's timeout setting in the run options. For very large scrapes, consider splitting the work into multiple runs by neighborhood or price range.
FAQ
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Can I scrape listings from multiple cities in one run? | The Actor accepts one location or one URL per run. To scrape multiple cities, run the Actor once per city, or provide a list of URLs in a separate orchestrator Actor. |
| Does this scraper get past Apartments.com anti-bot protections? | The Actor runs on Apify's platform with residential proxies and smart request handling to minimize blocking. For high-volume runs, a proxy plan is recommended. |
| What data fields does the scraper return? | Each listing row includes the property name, address, rent price, number of bedrooms and bathrooms, square footage, property type, and a link to the full listing page. |
| Can I filter by amenities like in-unit laundry or a pool? | The input schema supports filtering by bedrooms, price, and property type. For amenity filters, apply them directly on Apartments.com and paste the resulting URL into the startUrl field. |
| Is it legal to scrape Apartments.com? | The Actor only collects publicly available data. You are responsible for complying with Apartments.com's terms of service and applicable laws in your jurisdiction. |
| How many listings can I scrape in one run? | You can set the maxItems input up to 1,000,000. The actual number depends on how many listings match your search criteria on Apartments.com. |
| Can I get the full description and photos from each listing? | The Actor returns the summary data visible in search results. For full descriptions, photos, and amenities, you would need to follow the listing links with a separate detail-page scraper. |
| What output formats are supported? | You can export your dataset in CSV, JSON, Excel, XML, or RSS, or push it directly to a database or data warehouse via Apify integrations. |
| Does the scraper handle Apartments.com pagination? | Yes, the Actor automatically follows pagination links and scrolls through search results until it reaches your maxItems limit or the end of the listings. |
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🆘 Need help? Email parseforge@protonmail.com with your run ID, your input, and what you expected.
⚠️ Disclaimer. This Actor is unofficial and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by CoStar Group, Inc. It collects only publicly available data. You are responsible for using the collected data in compliance with the source's terms of service and applicable data-protection laws, including GDPR, CCPA, and PIPL. Do not use it to collect personal data unlawfully.
Input
| Field | Type | What it does | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| startUrl | string | Direct Apartments.com search results URL to scrape. Use this to scrape a specific search with pre-applied filters. Either provide this OR location, not both. | https://www.apartments.com/los-angeles-c |
| maxItems | integer | Maximum number of apartments to collect per run. | 10 |
| location | string | City and state to search for apartments (e.g., 'Los Angeles, CA' or 'los-angeles-ca'). Either provide this OR a direct URL, not both. | not set |
| bedrooms | string (5 options) | Filter by number of bedrooms | not set |
| priceMax | integer | Maximum monthly rent price in USD | not set |
| propertyType | string (4 options) | Type of property to search for | not set |
Pricing
from $23.99 per 1,000 results
| Charged for | What it is | Price each |
|---|---|---|
| Actor Start | Charged once when the run starts. | $0.005 |
| Result Item | Charged once per result collected. | $0.02399 to $0.03199 |
Tiered: the lower figure is the price on a higher Apify plan. Billing and the free credit live on Apify.
API
One POST returns the dataset directly. Same shape for every scraper in the library, so swapping the slug is the only change.
curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/parseforge~apartments-com-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=$APIFY_TOKEN" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"helloWorld": 123
}' Examples
Input that runs as-is.
{
"helloWorld": 123
} Reviews
Rated 5.0 out of 5 across 1 review. Read them on Apify.
Issues
We build and maintain this scraper, so a problem with it comes to us. Report it on the Apify listing and the thread stays attached to the scraper where the next person can find it: open an issue.
Broken and urgent, or you would rather not post in public? Write to parseforge@protonmail.com and it reaches the people who wrote it.