real-estate-scrape 0.1.4

Get the estimated value of a property from Redfin and Zillow

real-estate-scrape

Get the estimated value of a property from Redfin and Zillow

Automated usage

To make charts like this by getting the value of a property once a day, see mikepqr/real-estate-scrape-eg.

Advanced/manual usage

Export REDFIN_URL and ZILLOW_URL. To optionally use scraperapi, also export SCRAPERAPI_KEY. Then to scrape and append to data.csv in the current working directory:

$ pip install real-estate-scrape
$ real-estate-scrape

Why

Redfin and Zillow both give you an estimate of the current market value of your home. That estimate is given to the nearest dollar (!) and comes with a chart that claims to be the history of that estimate. That historical chart is a lie. The estimate for today bounces around a lot, but they retcon the history to pretend it doesn't. The precision of today's estimate and the smoothness of the chart make the estimate look ridiculously trustworthy. This scraper captures the bouncing, which gives you a good idea how much to trust the current value (probably good to 10-20% at most).

Caveats

• The Zillow scraper doesn't work if the house is on the market. The page layout changes and I can't figure out the xpath. PRs welcome.