Craigslist Real Estate & Housing Scraper
Fast & Cheap ($0.35/1k): Monitor & scrape Craigslist real estate (FSBO), rentals, apartments & homes in 700+ cities. Filter by beds, baths, sqft, price, pets, parking & commercial.
{
"listingId": "7900000003",
"url": "https://www.craigslist.org/view/d/white-plains-spacious-3br-apartment/7900000003",
"listingStatus": "active",
"title": "Spacious Top-Floor 3BR Apartment — Garage, Laundry, Pet Friendly",
"price": 3650.0,
"currency": "USD",
"subarea": "wch",
"description": "Bright 3-bedroom, 1.5-bath apartment with attached garage parking and laundry in building. Dogs and cats OK.",
"postDate": "2026-10-22T10:01:59-0400",
"city": "White Plains",
"state": "NY",
"zipCode": "10601",
"latitude": 41.034,
"longitude": -73.7629,
"isDealer": false,
"bedrooms": 3,
"bathrooms": 1.5,
"sqft": 1300,
"housingType": "apartment",
"laundry": "laundry in bldg",
"parking": "attached garage",
"thumbnailUrl": "https://images.craigslist.org/00B0B_1ZBm7qXYZ_600x450.jpg",
"imageUrls": [
"https://images.craigslist.org/00B0B_1ZBm7qXYZ_1200x900.jpg"
]
}
Features
What the Craigslist Real Estate & Housing Scraper Extracts
FSBO Real Estate & Apartment Rental Extraction
Scrapes apartments/housing for rent (apa), real estate for sale by owner or broker (rea/reo), sublets (sub), rooms/shares (roo), and commercial office space (off).
Bedrooms, Bathrooms, SqFt & Amenity Attributes
Extracts structured bedrooms, bathrooms, square footage, housing type (apartment, house, condo, townhouse), laundry options, parking type, and pet policies (cats_ok, dogs_ok).
Direct Landlord & Seller Contact Parsing
Extracts phone numbers and email addresses directly from property descriptions alongside exact GPS coordinates and neighborhood boundaries.
Multi-City Regional Presets & Custom Search URLs
Scan dozens of Craigslist metro markets in a single run using regional presets or paste any filtered browser search URL directly into startUrls.
Integration
Run It From Python or n8n
from apify_client import ApifyClient
client = ApifyClient("YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN")
run_input = {
"searchQuery": "2br apartment",
"category": "apa",
"subdomain": "losangeles",
"scrapeDetails": True,
"hasImage": False,
"postedToday": False
}
run = client.actor("unitbytes/craigslist-real-estate-property-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
print(item.get("title"), item.get("price"), item.get("postDate"))n8n Workflow Template
Schedule this scraper and send results to Google Sheets, Airtable, or Slack.
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: Which Craigslist housing and real estate categories are supported?
Supports Apartments & Housing for Rent (apa), Real Estate for Sale (rea), By-Owner FSBO Real Estate (reo), Rooms & Shares (roo), Sublets (sub), Vacation Rentals (vac), and Commercial Office (off).
Q: What structured property attributes are extracted?
Extracts price, bedrooms, bathrooms, square_feet, housing_type, laundry, parking, cats_ok, dogs_ok, wheelchair_accessible, no_smoking, furnished, GPS coordinates, and parsed phone/email contacts.
Q: Can I filter by bedrooms, bathrooms, square footage, and pet policy?
Yes. Set minPrice, maxPrice, minBedrooms, minBathrooms, minSqft, maxSqft, catsOk, and dogsOk across any city or regional preset.
Q: Can I paste a custom Craigslist housing search URL?
Yes. Copy any filtered Craigslist housing or real estate URL from your browser into searchUrl or startUrls for instant extraction at $0.50 per 1,000 properties.
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