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Imovirtual Portugal Real Estate Scraper
parseforge/imovirtual-portugal-scraper
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Scrapes Imovirtual Portugal property listings by location, transaction type, and property type. Returns each listing as a flat row with price, area, rooms, and URL.
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Overview
Imovirtual Portugal Real Estate Scraper
Scrape Imovirtual Portugal real estate listings by location, transaction type, and property type. Get prices, areas, rooms, and listing URLs for apartments, houses, land, and more. No login or API key. Export to CSV, JSON, Excel, or XML.
Imovirtual is Portugal's leading real estate portal, but browsing it manually is slow and its data is not available through a public API. This Actor reads the public search results directly, filtered by location, transaction type, and property type, and returns each listing as a flat row. Use it to monitor the Portuguese property market, feed your own database, or power a real estate analysis tool.
| Who uses it | What they scrape Imovirtual for |
|---|---|
| Real estate investors | Track asking prices and new listings in specific Portuguese neighborhoods |
| Market analysts | Build datasets of property prices and characteristics for valuation models |
| Property portals | Aggregate listings from Imovirtual into their own search platform |
| Academic researchers | Study housing market trends and affordability in Portugal |
| Real estate agents | Monitor competitor listings and pricing strategies |
What it does
This Actor collects Imovirtual property listings by location, transaction type, and property type, and returns each one as a flat row.
- 📍 Location-based search: Provide a location slug like lisboa, porto, or lisboa/lisboa to target a city or neighborhood.
- 🏠 Property type filter: Choose from apartment, house, land, room, office, shop, warehouse, or building.
- 💰 Transaction type: Select sale (comprar) or rent (arrendar) to match your market segment.
- 🔢 Flexible volume: Set a maximum number of properties per run, from 1 up to 1,000,000.
Results export to CSV, JSON, Excel, or XML, or straight from the API.
What you can do with Imovirtual data
📈 Monitor market prices.
A real estate analyst runs the Actor weekly for Lisbon apartments for sale to track price changes and identify emerging neighborhoods.
🏡 Build a property database.
A startup uses the Actor to collect all rental listings in Porto and stores them in a database to power their own search app.
🔍 Find investment opportunities.
An investor filters for houses under a certain price in the Algarve to shortlist potential purchases before contacting agents.
📊 Academic research.
A university researcher scrapes historical listings to analyze housing affordability and urban development patterns in Portugal.
Why choose this scraper
| What you get | |
|---|---|
| No API key or login | Access public Imovirtual search results without registration or rate limits |
| Structured data | Each listing is returned as a flat row with consistent fields for easy analysis |
| Flexible targeting | Filter by location, transaction type, and property type to get exactly the listings you need |
| Scalable | Collect up to 1,000,000 properties per run for large-scale market studies |
How it compares
This Actor focuses on flexible filtering by location, transaction type, and property type, with a high maximum volume per run.
| Feature | ParseForge | Imovirtual Property Search Scraper | Imovirtual Property Discovery Scraper |
|---|---|---|---|
| Filter by location slug | Yes | Not listed | Yes |
| Filter by transaction type (sale/rent) | Yes | Not listed | Yes |
| Filter by property type | Yes | Not listed | Yes |
| Maximum properties per run up to 1,000,000 | Yes | Not listed | Not listed |
| Export to CSV, JSON, Excel, XML | Yes | Not listed | Not listed |
Configure the run
Drive the Actor with a location slug, transaction type, and property type, and set a maximum number of properties to collect per run. The Input tab lists every parameter.
A first run with the defaults:
{
"maxItems": 10,
"location": "lisboa"
}
A larger pull:
{
"maxItems": 200,
"location": "lisboa"
}
Pricing
Pay-per-result: $0.021 per result collected. You pay only for the results written to your dataset.
| Results collected | Approximate cost |
|---|---|
| 100 results | $2.10 |
| 1,000 results | $21.00 |
| 10,000 results | $210.00 |
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 Imovirtual Portugal Real Estate 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 Imovirtual 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/imovirtual-portugal-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 slug is valid and matches Imovirtual's URL structure. Try a broader location like lisboa instead of a specific neighborhood. Also ensure the transaction type and property type combination exists on the site.
The Actor returns fewer results than expected.
Imovirtual may paginate results, and the Actor respects the maxItems limit. Increase maxItems if you need more listings. Also verify that your filters are not too restrictive.
Some fields are empty in the output.
Not all listings have every field filled on Imovirtual. Empty fields are normal when the source page does not provide that information.
The run fails with an error.
Check that your input values are correct, especially the location slug. If the problem persists, try again later as Imovirtual may be temporarily blocking automated access.
FAQ
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is Imovirtual? | Imovirtual is Portugal's leading real estate portal, listing properties for sale and rent from agents and private sellers across the country. |
| Do I need an API key or login? | No. The Actor reads public search result pages directly, so no registration or authentication is required. |
| What data does the Actor return? | Each listing includes details such as price, area, number of rooms, property type, location, and the listing URL. The exact fields are shown in the sample output. |
| Can I filter by location? | Yes. Provide a location slug like lisboa, porto, or a more specific one like lisboa/lisboa to target a city or neighborhood. |
| What property types are supported? | You can choose from apartment, house, land, room, office, shop, warehouse, or building. |
| Can I scrape both sale and rental listings? | Yes. Set the transaction type to sale (comprar) or rent (arrendar). |
| How many listings can I collect? | You can set a maximum number of properties per run, up to 1,000,000. |
| What output formats are supported? | The Actor can export data to CSV, JSON, Excel, or XML. |
| Is the data real-time? | The Actor scrapes the current public listings at the time of the run, so it reflects what is live on Imovirtual. |
| Can I schedule regular runs? | Yes, you can schedule the Actor to run at intervals using Apify's scheduler to keep your dataset up to date. |
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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 Imovirtual. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| maxItems | integer | How many properties to collect per run. | 10 |
| transaction | string (2 options) | Transaction Type | comprar |
| propertyType | string (8 options) | Property Type | apartamento |
| location | string | Imovirtual location slug (e.g. lisboa, porto, lisboa/lisboa, porto/porto/cedofeita). | lisboa |
Pricing
from $19.00 per 1,000 results
| Charged for | What it is | Price each |
|---|---|---|
| result | Single result in the default dataset. | $0.019 to $0.021 |
Tiered: the lower figure is the price on a higher Apify plan. Billing and the free credit live on Apify.
API
One POST returns the dataset directly. Same shape for every scraper in the library, so swapping the slug is the only change.
curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/parseforge~imovirtual-portugal-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=$APIFY_TOKEN" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"helloWorld": 123
}' Examples
Input that runs as-is.
{
"helloWorld": 123
} Reviews
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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.
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