Question 1

Where does the data come from?

Accepted Answer

From each city's or town's assessor, which publishes its property records on an online database hosted by Vision Government Solutions. The actor uses the database's own sales search, then opens each sold property's record.

Question 2

How recent are the sales?

Accepted Answer

As recent as the town makes them. Towns post sales on their own schedule: in an October 2026 check some showed sales from the week before, most were a few weeks to two months behind, and a few update once a year. The run log shows each town's newest sale.

Question 3

Why is the buyer empty on some rows?

Accepted Answer

The town has recorded the sale but has not yet put the new owner on the property record. The row then says owner_is_buyer: false, and the owner and mailing address shown are still the seller's. Run the same towns again in a few weeks.

Question 4

What does absentee_owner mean?

Accepted Answer

The buyer's mailing address is not the property itself (or is in another state): usually an investor, a landlord, a second-home buyer or a company. False means the buyer gets mail at the house they bought.

Question 5

Which cities and towns are covered?

Accepted Answer

The 274 whose assessors publish on a Vision Government Solutions database: 72 in Connecticut, 77 in Massachusetts, 41 in New Hampshire, 35 in Maine, 19 in Rhode Island, 23 in Virginia, 4 in Vermont, 2 in Pennsylvania and 1 in Minnesota. Type a name that is not covered and the run returns the free list of the ones that are.

Question 6

Can I get phone numbers or emails?

Accepted Answer

No. Assessor records carry names and mailing addresses only, which is what direct mail needs.

Question 7

How am I charged?

Accepted Answer

$0.02 per sale delivered. Notices are free: a town with no sales in your window, a database that did not answer, or a run cut short by its time or your maximum charge. Use 'Maximum sales' to cap the whole run.

Field	Type
`state`	string\|null
`city`	string\|null
`address`	string\|null
`sale_date`	string\|null
`sale_price`	integer\|null
`property_type`	string\|null
`model`	string\|null
`style`	string\|null
`living_area_sqft`	integer\|null
`land_area_sqft`	integer\|null
`parcel_id`	string\|null
`buyer`	string\|null
`seller`	string\|null
`owner`	string\|null
`co_owner`	string\|null
`owner_is_buyer`	boolean\|null
`owner_mailing_address`	string\|null
`owner_mailing_street`	string\|null
`owner_mailing_city`	string\|null
`owner_mailing_state`	string\|null
`owner_mailing_zip`	string\|null
`absentee_owner`	boolean\|null
`book_page`	string\|null
`previous_sale_price`	integer\|null
`previous_sale_date`	string\|null
`year_built`	integer\|null
`bedrooms`	integer\|null
`bathrooms`	number\|null
`half_baths`	integer\|null
`total_rooms`	integer\|null
`heat_type`	string\|null
`ac_type`	string\|null
`assessed_value`	integer\|null
`appraised_value`	integer\|null
`land_acres`	number\|null
`zoning`	string\|null
`land_use`	string\|null
`photo_url`	string\|null
`source_url`	string\|null
`notice`	string\|null
`notice_type`	string\|null

Field	Type	Req	Default	Description
`state`	string	no	`"CT"`	The state to search. Covered: the cities, towns and counties whose assessor publishes its records on a Vision Government Solutions online database (274 in all).
`cities`	array	no	`["Bridgeport","Fairfield","Trumbull"]`	City or town names, e.g. 'New Haven' or 'Canton'. In Virginia and Pennsylvania, a county or independent city, e.g. 'Gloucester County'. Leave empty to search every city and town in the state. A name that is not covered returns the free list of names that are.
`city`	string	no	—	One city or town; kept for saved tasks and API callers that send one value. Combined with 'Cities or towns'.
`soldWithinDays`	integer	no	`30`	Sales recorded in this many days up to today. Towns post sales on their own schedule: some within a week, most within a month or two, a few once a year.
`dateFrom`	string	no	—	Start date, YYYY-MM-DD. Overrides 'Sold within the last'.
`dateTo`	string	no	—	End date, YYYY-MM-DD. Defaults to today.
`propertyTypes`	array	no	`["single_family","condo","multi_family"]`	Which sales to return: single_family, condo, multi_family, vacant_land, commercial, other. Default: homes (single-family, condo, 2-4 family and larger).
`minPrice`	integer	no	`1`	The default of 1 leaves out $0 deeds (transfers between family members or into a trust), which are rarely new homeowners. Set 0 to include them.
`maxPrice`	integer	no	—	Optional upper price limit.
`includeOwnerDetails`	boolean	no	`true`	Open each property's record for the buyer, the seller, the owner's mailing address, beds, baths, year built and assessed value. Off: only what the sales list carries (address, date, price, type, living area, land area), which is faster.
`maxResults`	integer	no	`1000`	Spend cap for the WHOLE run, across every city and town, not per city. The run stops once it has delivered this many sales. A statewide Connecticut month was about 630 home sales in October 2026.
`proxyConfiguration`	object	no	`{"useApifyProxy":false}`	Off by default. Turn it on if a run reports that a database refused the search.