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PropertyData UK Analytics Scraper

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Scrapes UK property market analytics from PropertyData by postcode or city. Returns rental yield, average sold price, price per square foot, and sales volume per postcode as a flat row.

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Overview

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PropertyData UK Analytics Scraper

Scrape UK property analytics from PropertyData by postcode or city, up to a million properties per run. Every record returns rental yields, average prices, price per square foot, sales volumes, and local market scores. No API key required. Export to CSV, JSON, Excel, or XML.

PropertyData is a UK property analytics platform that aggregates sold prices, rental yields, and market activity for every postcode. This Actor reads the public analytics pages directly, so you can pull the numbers for a handful of postcodes or blanket an entire city without clicking through the site. It returns one flat row per postcode, ready for your spreadsheet or model.

Who uses it What they scrape PropertyData for
Property investors Compare rental yields across postcode districts to shortlist buy-to-let targets.
Estate agents Pull average sold prices and price-per-square-foot benchmarks for a new valuation report.
Market analysts Track sales volumes and price movements across a whole city over time.
Proptech builders Feed clean, structured UK housing-market data into an automated valuation model or dashboard.

What it does

This Actor collects UK property market analytics from PropertyData for given postcodes or auto-discovered postcode districts within a city, and returns each postcode's yield, average price, price per square foot, and sales volume as a flat row.

  • ๐Ÿ“ Postcode lookup: supply a list of UK postcodes and get the analytics for each one directly.
  • ๐Ÿ™๏ธ City-wide discovery: pick a city and the Actor finds every postcode district inside it, then scrapes them all.
  • ๐Ÿ“Š Core metrics: rental yield, average sold price, average asking price, price per square foot, and sales volume.
  • โš™๏ธ Volume cap: set a maximum number of properties to collect per run so you stay within your data budget.

Results export to CSV, JSON, Excel, or XML, or straight from the API.

What you can do with PropertyData data

๐Ÿ“ˆ Screen buy-to-let postcodes.

An investor feeds ten target postcodes into the Actor and ranks them by gross rental yield to decide which three to view in person.

๐Ÿ  Build a city-wide price map.

A proptech startup scrapes every postcode district in Manchester to populate a heatmap of average sold prices and price per square foot.

๐Ÿ“Š Monitor market activity.

A market analyst runs the Actor weekly on Bristol and compares sales volumes against the previous month to spot cooling or heating demand.

๐Ÿ’ฐ Feed an automated valuation model.

A data engineer pipes the average price and price-per-square-foot columns into a regression model that estimates property values from address inputs.

Why choose this scraper

What you get
No API key PropertyData has no public API; this reads the same pages you see in a browser.
City auto-discovery Pick a city and the Actor finds every postcode district for you, no manual list needed.
Flat output One row per postcode with the same columns every time, ready for CSV, JSON, Excel, or XML.
Rental yield included Gross rental yield is computed and returned alongside price and sales data.

How it compares

This Actor scrapes PropertyData for postcode-level analytics, while the competitors below target individual property listings on different platforms.

Feature ParseForge Zillow Property Scraper Propertyfinder Scraper Rightmove Property Search Scraper
UK postcode analytics Yes Not listed Not listed Not listed
Rental yield data Yes Not listed Not listed Not listed
Price per square foot Yes Not listed Not listed Not listed
City-wide auto-discovery Yes Not listed Not listed Not listed
Individual property listings Not listed Yes Yes Yes
Agent details Not listed Yes Yes Not listed

Configure the run

Drive the Actor from UK postcodes or city names, alone or together, and the max-items cap stops the run once enough records have been collected. The Input tab lists every parameter.

A first run with the defaults:

{
 "postcodes": [
 "W14 9JH"
 ],
 "cities": [
 "manchester"
 ],
 "maxItems": 10
}

A larger pull:

{
 "postcodes": [
 "W14 9JH"
 ],
 "cities": [
 "manchester"
 ],
 "maxItems": 200
}

Pricing

Pay-per-result: $0.0075 per result collected. You pay only for the results written to your dataset.

Results collected Approximate cost
100 results $0.75
1,000 results $7.50
10,000 results $75.00

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

  1. Create a free Apify account with $5 in credit.
  2. Open the PropertyData UK Analytics Scraper.
  3. Set your inputs and any filters, then click Start.
  4. 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 PropertyData 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/propertydata-scraper"

Then prompt it in plain language to run the scraper and read back the results.

Troubleshooting

Why am I getting no results for my postcode?

Check that the postcode is valid and formatted correctly with a space, such as 'W14 9JH'. PropertyData may not have analytics for very new or very small postcodes.

The run stopped before scraping all postcodes in the city.

You likely hit the 'Maximum properties' limit. Increase the number or remove the cap to let the Actor collect every district.

Some postcodes return partial or missing data.

PropertyData may not have a full set of metrics for every postcode. Missing fields will appear as empty in your dataset; this is expected for low-transaction areas.

The Actor is running slowly on a large city.

City-wide runs discover many postcode districts and scrape each one sequentially. Reduce the city selection to one at a time or lower the max-items cap if you need faster turnaround.

I get an error about the site being unreachable.

PropertyData may be temporarily down or blocking the request. Wait a few minutes and retry. If the problem persists, try enabling a proxy in the Actor's advanced settings.

FAQ

Question Answer
What data does PropertyData provide? PropertyData aggregates UK Land Registry sold prices, current asking prices, rental yields, price per square foot, and sales volumes at the postcode level. It also computes a local market score.
Do I need a PropertyData account or API key? No. The Actor reads the public-facing pages on propertydata.co.uk, so no login, account, or API key is required.
Can I scrape a whole city at once? Yes. Select a city from the dropdown and the Actor will discover every postcode district inside it, then scrape each one automatically.
How do I limit the number of results? Set the 'Maximum properties' field to the number of postcode records you want. The Actor stops as soon as it reaches that count.
What is a postcode district? A postcode district is the outward part of a UK postcode, such as W14 or SW1A. The Actor scrapes at this level when you use city discovery.
Does this return individual property listings? No. PropertyData provides aggregate analytics per postcode, not individual homes for sale or rent. You get average prices, yields, and sales counts.
Can I mix postcodes and cities in one run? Yes. Provide postcodes and select one or more cities; the Actor will scrape the postcodes you supplied plus every district it discovers in the chosen cities.
What export formats are supported? You can export the dataset as CSV, JSON, Excel, or XML from the Apify platform after the run finishes.
How current is the data? The Actor reads whatever PropertyData displays on its public pages at the moment of the run. Sold-price data reflects the latest Land Registry release.
Is this legal to scrape? The Actor only reads publicly accessible pages. You should review PropertyData's terms of service and ensure your use complies with them and with UK law.

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๐Ÿ†˜ Need help? Email parseforge@protonmail.com with your run ID, your input, and what you expected.

โš ๏ธ Disclaimer. This Actor is unofficial and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by PropertyData. 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

FieldTypeWhat it doesDefault
postcodes array List of UK postcodes to look up (e.g. W14 9JH, SW1A 2AA). Each postcode returns rental yield, price per sqft, average prices, and more. If empty, the selected city will be used to discover postcodes automatically. ["W14 9JH"]
cities array Select one or more UK cities to automatically discover and scrape all postcode districts. Only used when no postcodes are provided. ["manchester"]
maxItems integer Maximum number of properties to collect per run. 10

Pricing

from $7.00 per 1,000 results

Charged forWhat it isPrice each
result Single result in the default dataset. $0.007 to $0.0075

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.

POST ยท run and get results
curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/parseforge~propertydata-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=$APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "helloWorld": 123
  }'

Examples

Input that runs as-is.

input.json
{
  "helloWorld": 123
}

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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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