RealtyTrac Foreclosure & REO Listings Scraper

Scrape distressed real estate listings from RealtyTrac — pre-foreclosures, active foreclosures, bank-owned (REO) properties, and sheriff sales. Returns property address, beds/baths/sqft, estimated value, listing status, and property URL. No account required.

What it does

The actor paginates through RealtyTrac's listing pages by distressed listing type. Each listing page returns 24 property cards with structured HTML data. You can filter by listing type and US location (state, city, or county). The actor stops once it reaches your maxItems limit or exhausts all pages.

The site's search results are fully server-rendered — no JavaScript execution required, and no proxy is needed.

Input

Field	Type	Required	Description
listingTypes	Array	No	Types of listings to scrape. Options: foreclosure, pre-foreclosure, bank-owned, reo, sheriff-sale. Defaults to all three main types if omitted.
location	String	No	US location to filter results (e.g. california, los-angeles-ca). Leave blank for national results.
maxItems	Integer	Yes	Maximum number of property records to return.

Example input — foreclosures in California

{
  "listingTypes": ["foreclosure", "pre-foreclosure"],
  "location": "california",
  "maxItems": 100
}

Example input — national bank-owned listings

{
  "listingTypes": ["bank-owned"],
  "location": "",
  "maxItems": 500
}

Output

Each record in the dataset represents one property listing.

Field	Type	Description
property_id	String	Unique RealtyTrac property ID
property_url	String	Full URL to the property detail page on RealtyTrac
listing_type	String	Listing type used to discover this record (foreclosure, pre-foreclosure, bank-owned, sheriff-sale)
listing_status	String	Distressed status as shown on RealtyTrac (e.g. Pre-Foreclosure, Foreclosure, REO / Bank-Owned)
address	String	Street address (e.g. 220 Surrey Oak Ln)
city	String	City
state	String	Two-letter US state abbreviation
zip_code	String	ZIP code
estimated_value	Integer	Estimated property value in USD (null if not shown)
beds	Integer	Number of bedrooms (null if not listed)
baths	Integer	Number of bathrooms (null if not listed)
sqft	Integer	Living area in square feet (null if not listed)
lot_sqft	Integer	Lot size in square feet (null if not listed)
scraped_at	String	ISO-8601 timestamp of when this record was scraped

Example record

{
  "property_id": "1000713871",
  "property_url": "https://www.realtytrac.com/p/surrey-oak-ln-charlotte-nc-28216-1000713871/",
  "listing_type": "foreclosure",
  "listing_status": "Pre-Foreclosure",
  "address": "220 Surrey Oak Ln",
  "city": "Charlotte",
  "state": "NC",
  "zip_code": "28216",
  "estimated_value": 433647,
  "beds": 4,
  "baths": 3,
  "sqft": 2088,
  "lot_sqft": 6745,
  "scraped_at": "2026-06-07T21:41:27.613Z"
}

Notes

• Listing types: RealtyTrac uses overlapping status labels. A property in "Pre-Foreclosure" status appears under the foreclosure listing type URL. Use listingTypes: ["foreclosure", "pre-foreclosure"] together for complete coverage.
• Location filtering: The location field maps to RealtyTrac's URL slug (e.g. california, texas, los-angeles-ca). If the location slug does not match RealtyTrac's URL structure, the actor returns national results.
• Page size: 24 properties per listing page. Pagination continues automatically until maxItems is reached or no more results exist.
• Rate limits: RealtyTrac's listing pages serve cleanly without rate limiting. No proxy is required.