Metadata-Version: 2.4
Name: real-estate-scrape
Version: 0.1.7
Summary: Get the estimated value of a property from Redfin and Zillow
Home-page: https://github.com/mikepqr/real-estate-scrape
Author: Mike Lee Williams
Author-email: mike@mike.place
Project-URL: Bug Reports, https://github.com/mikepqr/real-estate-scrape/issues
Project-URL: Source, https://github.com/mikepqr/real-estate-scrape
Keywords: twitter
Classifier: Development Status :: 4 - Beta
Classifier: Environment :: Console
Classifier: Intended Audience :: End Users/Desktop
Classifier: Topic :: Utilities
Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only
Description-Content-Type: text/markdown
Requires-Dist: lxml
Requires-Dist: matplotlib
Requires-Dist: pandas
Requires-Dist: requests

# real-estate-scrape

Get the estimated value of a property from Redfin and Zillow

## Automated usage

![Plot of Redfin and Zillow estimated value as a function of time](https://github.com/mikepqr/real-estate-scrape-eg/raw/main/data.png)

To make charts like this by getting the value of a property once a day, see
[mikepqr/real-estate-scrape-eg](https://github.com/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).
