How to Get Zillow Property Data Through an API: Listings, Sold Prices and Zestimates

To get Zillow property data programmatically, use Scavio's Zillow API. POST /api/v1/zillow/search with a city or ZIP returns about 41 listings a page for sale, for rent or recently sold, each with price, beds, baths, square footage, coordinates and, for sales, the sale date. /api/v1/zillow/property adds one home's Zestimate, Rent Zestimate, last sale and dated price history, and /api/v1/zillow/reviews returns a Zillow agent's profile and reviews. Every call costs 1 credit, about $0.002 on the Growth plan billed yearly, and needs no Zillow partner approval.

Zillow Group's own Zestimates and MLS Listings APIs are for approved businesses and invited MLS partners, so they are the wrong tool if you need data from an API key today.

Step 1: Search a city's listings

curl -s https://api.scavio.dev/api/v1/zillow/search \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SCAVIO_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"location": "Denver, CO"}'

On October 27, 2026 this returned 41 of 3,838 Denver homes for sale in one call. Each row carries the zpid, price, address, coordinates, beds, baths, living area, lot size, home type, days on Zillow, broker and photos. Nine rows had a dated price cut, for example "price_change": -149900 on September 24. location also takes a ZIP, a county slug or a pasted zillow.com search URL, and page moves through the rest; next_page_url is null on the last page.

Step 2: Pull recently sold homes for comps

curl -s https://api.scavio.dev/api/v1/zillow/search \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SCAVIO_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"location": "Denver, CO", "listing_status": "sold"}'

This returned 41 of 30,359 Denver sales, all closed between October 23 and 26. One row, as captured (gallery trimmed):

{
  "zpid": "13284039",
  "url": "https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/2665-Dahlia-St-Denver-CO-80207/13284039_zpid/",
  "status": "SOLD",
  "home_status": "RECENTLY_SOLD",
  "price": 875000,
  "price_display": "$875,000",
  "zestimate": 878600,
  "rent_zestimate": 3617,
  "tax_assessed_value": 914900,
  "address": "2665 Dahlia Street, Denver, CO 80207",
  "zipcode": "80207",
  "beds": 3,
  "baths": 2,
  "living_area": 2550,
  "lot_area_value": 4310,
  "lot_area_unit": "sqft",
  "home_type": "SINGLE_FAMILY",
  "date_sold": "2026-10-26T07:00:00.000Z",
  "days_on_zillow": 1
}

Divide price by living_area and you have price per square foot: the median single-family sale that week was $349 in Denver, $582 in Seattle and $185 in Columbus. One caveat: in non-disclosure states Zillow shows no sale price, and the same search for Austin returned 41 sales with price null on every one. To filter comps, use the city name with beds_min, home_type, sqft_min or days_on_zillow; a bare ZIP only works without filters.

Step 3: Get one property with its Zestimate and price history

curl -s https://api.scavio.dev/api/v1/zillow/property \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SCAVIO_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"zpid": "13288820"}'

zpid takes the id from a search row or a full Zillow listing URL. The captured response, trimmed to the valuation fields and the first three of 17 price points:

{
  "zpid": "13288820",
  "home_status": "FOR_SALE",
  "home_type": "SINGLE_FAMILY",
  "price": 1350000,
  "price_per_square_foot": 368,
  "price_change": -149900,
  "price_change_date": "2026-09-24",
  "zestimate": 1330900,
  "rent_zestimate": 5376,
  "last_sold_price": 1600000,
  "date_sold": "2024-07-02T00:00:00.000Z",
  "street_address": "1521 Monaco Parkway",
  "city": "Denver",
  "neighborhood": "South Park Hill",
  "bedrooms": 5,
  "bathrooms": 4,
  "living_area": 3669,
  "year_built": 1937,
  "mls_id": "9275500",
  "price_history": [
    { "date": "2026-09-24", "price": 1350000 },
    { "date": "2026-08-27", "price": 1499900 },
    { "date": "2026-07-16", "price": 1550000 }
  ]
}

The full history runs back to 2000 and shows the home listed at $1,750,000 on March 5, 2026 before six reductions. The response also carries the description, 47 photos, a fact sheet, the brokerage and the MLS name. A brand-new listing may have no Zestimate yet: a Phoenix house listed that day came back with zestimate null and its May 2026 sale at $247,500.

Step 4: Check rentals for yield

curl -s https://api.scavio.dev/api/v1/zillow/search \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SCAVIO_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"location": "Denver, CO", "listing_status": "for_rent"}'

Denver returned 41 of 14,586 rentals. Apartment buildings come back as one row with is_building: true, a rent range (min_rent 1715, max_rent 2370 for IMT Cherry Creek), available_unit_count and a units list by bedroom count. Pass the building's url to /property for floor plans and amenities. Pair rents with the Rent Zestimate from Step 3 to estimate gross yield by neighbourhood.

Step 5: Look up an agent's reviews

curl -s https://api.scavio.dev/api/v1/zillow/reviews \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SCAVIO_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"screen_name": "ericbramlett"}'

This endpoint is about agents, not properties. For Eric Bramlett's team it returned a rating of 5 across 2,223 reviews, split into 1,213 "helped me buy" and 426 "helped me sell", 5,851 past sales, 146 for-sale listings, an active Texas license, service areas, the team roster and the latest reviews with text, date and four sub-ratings (local knowledge, process expertise, responsiveness, negotiation skills).

All three endpoints

For a side-by-side of every option, including Zillow's own partner APIs, see the best Zillow property data APIs.

Getting started

1. Sign up at dashboard.scavio.dev/sign-up: 50 free credits, no card required.
2. Copy your API key from the dashboard.
3. Send a POST to /api/v1/zillow/search with a city and your key in the Authorization header.

Try the Zillow API free in the playground first, try the no-code Zillow scraper and bulk Zestimate lookup, or call it from Claude and other agents through the MCP server.

Reference: Zillow API overview · search · property · agent reviews