# Redfin Property Discovery Scraper (`trovevault/redfin-property-discovery-scraper`) Actor

Discover public Redfin sale listings by location and property type. Extract descriptions, prices, areas, rooms, features, images, brokers, and URLs.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/trovevault/redfin-property-discovery-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Trove Vault](https://apify.com/trovevault) (community)
- **Categories:** Real estate
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 1 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.85 / 1,000 listings

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Redfin Property Discovery Scraper

Discover public Redfin sale listings from buyer-facing inputs: location, operation, property type, and result limit. The Actor returns structured listing rows with descriptions, prices, area, price per square meter, rooms, main image, features, broker name, and listing URLs.

This is a discovery Actor. You do not need to provide search result URLs.

### Why Use This Actor

Use this Actor when you need a clean sale-listing dataset from Redfin without manually building search URLs or copying listings from the website.

It is useful for:

- US real estate lead discovery by major city or ZIP code
- sale inventory checks on Redfin
- price and area comparison across Redfin listings
- monitoring broker supply in large US markets
- TroveVault pipelines that combine several property portals into one dataset

### What It Extracts

Each dataset row can include:

- `platform`, `listingId`, `title`, and `url`
- `operation` and `propertyType`
- `price`, `currency`, `priceText`, and `pricePerM2`
- `areaM2`, `bedrooms`, and `bathrooms`
- `address`, `city`, and `country`
- `description`
- `features`, such as Redfin key facts, listing tags, virtual tour, video, 3D tour, new construction, or hot home
- `sellerName`
- `mainImage` and `images`
- `listedAtText`
- `scrapedAt`
- `runId` when supplied in the input

Fields are only populated when they are publicly visible in Redfin listing data.

### Input

```json
{
  "location": "New York, NY",
  "operation": "sale",
  "propertyType": "any",
  "maxItems": 3,
  "datasetId": "",
  "runId": ""
}
```

#### Input Fields

- `location` - Major US city or ZIP code to search. City-level searches are recommended for stable results, for example `New York, NY`, `Los Angeles, CA`, `Chicago, IL`, `Dallas, TX`, `Austin, TX`, or `Seattle, WA`.
- `operation` - Dropdown. Use `sale` for properties for sale. Redfin rental pages currently require an AWS WAF browser flow and are not enabled in this first build.
- `propertyType` - Dropdown. Use `any`, `apartment`, `house`, `land`, or `commercial`.
- `maxItems` - Maximum number of listings to save. Use a small number for quick checks and a larger number for broader discovery.
- `datasetId` - Optional Apify dataset ID. When provided, each saved listing is also appended to that dataset, which is useful when combining several discovery Actors.
- `runId` - Optional workflow run ID. When provided, it is copied into each output row and the `RUN_SUMMARY` key-value record.

### Output Example

```json
{
  "platform": "Redfin",
  "listingId": "221245692",
  "title": "21414 104 Ave, Queens Village, NY, 11429",
  "url": "https://www.redfin.com/NY/Queens-Village/21414-104th-Ave-11429/home/20737417",
  "operation": "sale",
  "propertyType": "house",
  "price": 750000,
  "currency": "USD",
  "priceText": "750000 USD",
  "pricePerM2": 5814,
  "areaM2": 129,
  "bedrooms": 4,
  "bathrooms": 3,
  "address": "21414 104 Ave, Queens Village, NY, 11429",
  "city": "Queens Village",
  "country": "United States",
  "description": "Welcome to this spacious Colonial home featuring 4 generously sized bedrooms...",
  "features": ["spacious driveway", "off-street parking", "4,000 sq ft lot"],
  "sellerName": "Skylight Real Estate Consultan",
  "mainImage": "https://ssl.cdn-redfin.com/photo/269/mbphoto/686/genMid.1023686_0.webp",
  "images": ["https://ssl.cdn-redfin.com/photo/269/mbphoto/686/genMid.1023686_0.webp"],
  "listedAtText": "Active",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-07-24T10:30:00.000Z",
  "runId": "parent-workflow-run"
}
```

### API Usage

```bash
curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/trovevault~redfin-property-discovery-scraper/runs" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_TOKEN>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"location":"New York, NY","operation":"sale","propertyType":"any","maxItems":3}'
```

To append rows to an existing dataset and tag them with a workflow run:

```bash
curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/trovevault~redfin-property-discovery-scraper/runs" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_TOKEN>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"location":"New York, NY","operation":"sale","propertyType":"any","maxItems":50,"datasetId":"YOUR_DATASET_ID","runId":"YOUR_PARENT_RUN_ID"}'
```

### Notes And Limitations

- Use English values for `operation` and `propertyType`; the Actor maps them internally to Redfin filters.
- This first build supports major US sale markets and ZIP-code discovery. The region resolver can be expanded as we add more Redfin coverage.
- Redfin rental pages currently require an AWS WAF browser flow, so rental discovery is not exposed in the input schema for this version.
- The Actor does not return private contact details and does not bypass logins, paywalls, or private contact flows.

### Related Actors

- Zillow Property Discovery Scraper
- Realtor.com Property Discovery Scraper
- Homes.com Property Discovery Scraper
- Apartments.com Property Discovery Scraper
- Trulia Property Discovery Scraper

### Changelog

#### 0.1

- Initial Redfin sale discovery Actor with dropdown operation/property type, optional pipeline IDs, description extraction from listing remarks, price-per-square-meter calculation, and low-cost default test input.

# Actor input Schema

## `location` (type: `string`):

Major US city or ZIP code to search. Use English names, for example New York, NY; Los Angeles, CA; Chicago, IL; Dallas, TX; Austin, TX; Seattle, WA; or 10001. City-level searches are usually more precise and stable than broad regions.

## `operation` (type: `string`):

Sale listings are supported in this version. Redfin rental pages currently require an AWS WAF browser flow and are not enabled.

## `propertyType` (type: `string`):

Choose the type of property to discover. Use Any to return the broadest listing set supported by Redfin.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of property listings to return. Use smaller values for quick checks and higher values for broader market discovery.

## `datasetId` (type: `string`):

Optional Apify dataset ID to append each saved listing to, in addition to this run's default dataset. Use this when chaining multiple discovery actors into one shared dataset.

## `runId` (type: `string`):

Optional external or Apify run ID copied into each output row and RUN\_SUMMARY. Use this to trace listings back to a parent workflow run.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "location": "New York, NY",
  "operation": "sale",
  "propertyType": "apartment",
  "maxItems": 3
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `dataset` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "location": "New York, NY"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("trovevault/redfin-property-discovery-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "location": "New York, NY" }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("trovevault/redfin-property-discovery-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "location": "New York, NY"
}' |
apify call trovevault/redfin-property-discovery-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=trovevault/redfin-property-discovery-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/xpAhx8dDcJ7bLjs1v/builds/9bFSaI0qQYYfhxXaU/openapi.json