Fang.com (房天下 / SouFun) Data Parser & API

Fang.com (房天下), formerly SouFun, is one of China’s longest-running property portals — ~30M unique monthly visitors (Similarweb, stale estimate) — and PropAPIS extracts its new-build, resale, rental and commercial listings plus developer project data through a single REST API. Fang.com is especially strong on new-build / pre-sale inventory, though China remains the hardest parse target in the region.

Platform Overview

Market Position

• One of China’s top property portals — ~30M unique monthly visitors (Similarweb, stale estimate)
• Operated by Fang Holdings (formerly SouFun Holdings), a pioneer of China online real estate
• Competes with 58.com’s Anjuke and KE Holdings’ Beike/Lianjia nationally
• China web-visit figures are stale Similarweb estimates and understate mobile-app usage (per the research report)

Market Coverage

Geographic Coverage:

• Tier-1 cities: Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen
• Hundreds of mainland prefecture-level cities
• Strong new-build / pre-sale project coverage nationwide

Property Types:

• New-build / developer projects (deepest segment)
• Resale (second-hand) housing
• Apartments and residential units
• Commercial (offices, retail)

Data Availability

Fang.com is historically strongest on new-build and developer-direct project data — sales status, pricing and project phases. As with all mainland portals, access is gated by GeeTest slider CAPTCHAs, browser fingerprinting and Great-Firewall latency, making reliable extraction the most expensive in the region (per the research report).

Data Fields Available

PropAPIS extracts structured data from each Fang.com listing:

Property Information

• Address: Community (小区), building and district
• Price: Sale price or rent
• Bedrooms and Bathrooms
• Property Type: Apartment, house, commercial unit
• Area: Built-up area (sq m)
• Floor and Orientation

New-Build / Project Data

• Developer: Developer name
• Project: Development / project name
• Sales Status: On-sale / pre-sale / sold-out where shown
• Project Pricing: Average and unit-level price

Listing Details

• Description: Full listing text
• Photos: Image URLs
• Community: 小区 name and reference
• Listed Date

Agent Information

• Agency: Agency name and branch
• Agent: Listing agent name
• Agent Contact: Where published

Location Data

• District and Community
• City
• Coordinates: Latitude and longitude where available

API Endpoints

Get Property Details

from propapis import PropAPIS
 
api = PropAPIS(api_key='your_api_key')
 
# Get a listing by URL or ID
property_data = api.platforms.fang.get_property(
    listing_id='12345678'
)
 
print(f"Title: {property_data.title}")
print(f"Price: CNY {property_data.price:,}")
print(f"Community: {property_data.community}")
print(f"Area: {property_data.area} sqm")

Search Listings

# Search Fang.com listings
listings = api.platforms.fang.search(
    city='Beijing',
    purpose='for-sale',
    min_price=3000000,
    max_price=10000000,
    min_bedrooms=2
)
 
for listing in listings[:10]:
    print(f"{listing.title} - CNY {listing.price:,}")
    print(f"  {listing.community} | {listing.area} sqm")

Search New-Build Projects

# Search new-build / developer projects
projects = api.platforms.fang.search_newbuild(
    city='Beijing'
)
 
for project in projects[:5]:
    print(f"{project.name} - {project.developer}")
    print(f"  Status: {project.sales_status} | avg CNY {project.avg_price:,}/sqm")

Quick Start

from propapis import PropAPIS
 
api = PropAPIS(api_key='your_api_key')
 
# Search Fang.com listings in Beijing
listings = api.platforms.fang.search(city='Beijing', purpose='for-sale')
 
for listing in listings[:5]:
    print(f"{listing.title} - CNY {listing.price:,}")

import { PropAPIS } from 'propapis';
 
const api = new PropAPIS({ apiKey: 'your_api_key' });
 
// Search Fang.com listings in Beijing
const listings = await api.platforms.fang.search({
  city: 'Beijing',
  purpose: 'for-sale',
});
 
listings.slice(0, 5).forEach((l) => {
  console.log(`${l.title} - CNY ${l.price.toLocaleString()}`);
});

curl "https://api.propapis.com/v1/platforms/fang/search?city=Beijing&purpose=for-sale" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer your_api_key"

Frequently asked questions

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