How to Search Rental Listings Using SteadyAPI

Staff Member

Oct 14, 2026

MLS property data , integrate real estate API

Rental search takes a location string and returns a page of listings. Each row has a property id, a price range, a bed and bath summary, and a full address. The price you show a person is price.display. The numbers underneath are price.min and price.max.

👉 To access this endpoint, you must obtain an API key: https://steadyapi.com/register

Authentication

Every call uses a Bearer token from your SteadyAPI dashboard.

Documentation:
https://docs.steadyapi.com/#authenticating-requests

headers = {
  'Authorization': 'Bearer YOUR_API_KEY'
}

Where this fits

If you only have a fragment of a city name, resolve it before this call. Then pass a location such as San Francisco, CA. The property_id on a row is the id for GET /v1/real-estate/property-estimates. Bedroom and price filters live on GET /v1/real-estate/nearby-rentals, not on this search.

Search rental listings

Endpoint: GET /v1/real-estate/rentals-search

Documentation:
https://docs.steadyapi.com/#real-estate-GETapi-v1-real-estate-rentals-search

Parameters

location — required, max 255 characters (example: San Francisco, CA)
limit — optional, default 20, maximum 200
offset — optional, default 0

Location is the whole query. There is no bedroom, bath, or price parameter on this path. limit and offset only change the page. meta.total is the size of the result set. meta.returned is how many rows are in this response. For the sample location, total is 678 and the first page returns 20.

Python

import requests

url = "https://api.steadyapi.com/v1/real-estate/rentals-search"
headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers, params={
    "location": "San Francisco, CA",
    "limit": 20,
    "offset": 0,
})
response.raise_for_status()
payload = response.json()
meta = payload.get("meta") or {}
print(meta.get("total"), meta.get("returned"))

for listing in payload.get("body") or []:
    price = listing.get("price") or {}
    print(listing.get("property_id"), price.get("display"))

Annotated sample

{
  "property_id": "2473364190",
  "price": {
    "min": 1495,
    "max": 1895,
    "display": "$1,495 - $1,895"
  },
  "description": {
    "name": "765 Geary",
    "type": "apartment",
    "beds": { "min": 0, "max": 0, "display": "Studio" },
    "baths": { "min": 1, "max": 1, "display": "1 bath" }
  },
  "address": {
    "line": "765 Geary St",
    "city": "San Francisco",
    "state": "CA",
    "zip": "94109",
    "full": "765 Geary St, San Francisco, CA, 94109"
  }
}

Store property_id. Show price.display and address.full. price.min and price.max are numbers. When they differ, display is a range. Beds 0 is rendered as Studio in beds.display. photo_url may be present on the same row. permalink for this listing is 765-Geary-St_San-Francisco_CA_94109_M24733-64190.