HotPads Data Parser & API

HotPads is a map-based US rental portal in the Zillow Group family — mirroring Zillow’s rental inventory — and PropAPIS extracts its rents, amenities, and availability through a single REST API. Access long-term rental listings on a map-first interface without building or maintaining a scraper.

HotPads is owned by Zillow Group and shares the Zillow backend and anti-bot stack, so PropAPIS’s Zillow-cluster coverage reaches Zillow, Trulia, and HotPads under one corporate data regime.

Platform Overview

HotPads is a map-centric rental search portal owned by Zillow Group, drawing low-millions of monthly visits (SimilarWeb — hotpads.com ). Its rental inventory largely mirrors Zillow’s rental feed and runs on the shared Zillow infrastructure and PerimeterX/HUMAN anti-bot stack.

Market Coverage

Geographic Coverage:

• US Nationwide, map-first across major metros
• Apartments, houses, condos and rooms for rent

Property Types:

• Apartment communities and managed buildings
• Single-family rentals and condos
• Rooms and shared housing

Data Availability

HotPads exposes standard rental fields — rent, beds, baths, sqft, amenities, fees, pet policy, and availability — drawn from the Zillow Group rental feed.

Data Fields Available

PropAPIS extracts the full rental field set from each HotPads listing:

Listing Basics

• Address: Full property address (real-time)
• Rent: Monthly asking rent per unit (real-time)
• Bedrooms: Number of bedrooms (real-time)
• Bathrooms: Number of bathrooms (real-time)
• Square Footage: Unit interior area (real-time)

Unit & Availability

• Floor Plan: Named floor plan / layout (static)
• Availability: Move-in / available date (real-time)
• Fees: Application, admin and deposit fees (real-time)
• Pet Policy: Pet rules and pet fees (static)

Amenities & Media

• Amenities: Building and unit amenities (static)
• Photos: Listing imagery
• Coordinates: Latitude and longitude

API Endpoints

PropAPIS exposes HotPads rental data through search and detail endpoints under api.platforms.hotpads. Use search_listings to query by location and rental criteria, and get_listing for the full unit-level record.

Quick Start

Extract HotPads rentals with the PropAPIS SDKs or a direct REST call.

from propapis import PropAPIS
 
api = PropAPIS(api_key='your_api_key')
 
# Search rental listings
listings = api.platforms.hotpads.search_listings(
    location='Chicago, IL',
    min_beds=1,
    max_rent=2200,
)
 
for listing in listings[:5]:
    print(f"{listing.address} — ${listing.rent:,}/mo")
    print(f"  {listing.beds}bd / {listing.baths}ba")

import { PropAPIS } from 'propapis';
 
const api = new PropAPIS({ apiKey: 'your_api_key' });
 
const listings = await api.platforms.hotpads.searchListings({
  location: 'Chicago, IL',
  minBeds: 1,
  maxRent: 2200,
});
 
for (const listing of listings.slice(0, 5)) {
  console.log(`${listing.address} — $${listing.rent.toLocaleString()}/mo`);
}

curl "https://api.propapis.com/v1/platforms/hotpads/listings" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer your_api_key" \
  -G \
  --data-urlencode "location=Chicago, IL" \
  --data-urlencode "min_beds=1" \
  --data-urlencode "max_rent=2200"

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