# Price-per-sqm value screen across European markets

> **Casafari is the AI agent-native real estate data intelligence platform.** The most complete property index in Europe: a deduplicated, cleaned property graph of residential and commercial property, for sale and for rent, in 16 countries. Every property is one record with its full price and market history. [How the property graph is built](/docs/property-graph).

**For Property investors, funds and deal sourcers.** Use one Casafari search body per country, sorted by price per sqm, then read energy rating, condition and price history before bidding.

> How do I find the lowest price per square metre properties in Spain, France, Italy, Germany, Portugal and Greece with one API?

## Why do price-per-sqm comparisons break across markets?

Sourcing in several countries usually means a different portal, language and filter logic per market, and the same asset advertised at different prices by different agencies, which distorts any per-square-metre ranking. Benchmarks also move: Spanish notarial statistics put the average price at EUR 1,902 per square metre in 2025, 7.5% above 2024, according to [EjePrime](https://www.ejeprime.com/residencial/la-compraventa-de-viviendas-en-2025-crecio-un-44-y-los-precios-un-75-segun-notarios), and in Greece foreign buyers accounted for 8.7% of transactions in 2025, according to [Greek Reporter](https://greekreporter.com/2026/07/20/foreign-investment-greece-real-estate-2019-2025/).

## How does it work step by step?

1. **One body per country.** `POST /v1/property-sourcing/searches` uses the same request shape everywhere; set `country` or pass a country's own location id in `location_ids`. Property Sourcing covers Andorra, the United Arab Emirates, Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, Spain, France, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Monaco, Poland, Portugal, San Marino and the United States, subject to your account's entitlement.
2. **Screen.** Add `operation: "sale"`, a `price_per_sqm` range, a `living_area_sqm` range, `exclude_features: ["rented_out", "life_annuity", "business_transfer"]` and `sort: "price_per_sqm_asc"`.
3. **Page.** Follow the cursor with `GET /v1/property-sourcing/searches/{cursor}` up to 1,000 results per search; split large cities by location id or price band to go deeper.
4. **Qualify.** `GET /v1/property-sourcing/properties/{property_id}?expand=history` returns construction year, energy rating, condition and the dated price and status changes.
5. **Gauge negotiation room.** In Spain, France, Italy, Germany, Greece and Andorra, list [High Potential Seller Leads](https://developers.casafari.com/docs/seller-leads) around a candidate's coordinates to see repeated price cuts nearby, and compare prices with [Comparables and valuation](https://developers.casafari.com/docs/comparables-valuation).

```bash
curl -X POST https://platform.casafari.com/v1/property-sourcing/searches \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $CASAFARI_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"country": "ES", "location_ids": [12345], "operation": "sale", "exclude_features": ["rented_out", "life_annuity", "business_transfer"], "sort": "price_per_sqm_asc", "page_size": 100}'
```

## What do you get?

One deduplicated record per property with `price.per_sqm`, `first_seen`, `listings_count` and location coordinates, in the same shape for every country, so a cross-market table needs no per-country parsing. Properties priced on request have a null price and should be left out of the ranking.

## What are the limits?

1,000 results per search (100 on Free), 100 per page (25 on Free), 100 units per page and 10 per property read at EUR 0.04 a unit; 50 distinct places a day on pay as you go and Agent, 10 on Free. The screen orders asking prices; it does not label a property as under-priced, so whether a price is below market is your judgement. See [Search properties](https://developers.casafari.com/docs/rest/property-sourcing/search-properties).

## Related use cases

- [Deduplicated buyer shortlist from a plain-language brief](https://developers.casafari.com/docs/property-sourcing/use-cases/deduplicated-buyer-shortlist-from-a-brief)
- [Resolve client-forwarded links to one property record](https://developers.casafari.com/docs/property-sourcing/use-cases/resolve-client-forwarded-links)
- [Shared-mandate and competitor mapping for an office](https://developers.casafari.com/docs/property-sourcing/use-cases/shared-mandate-and-competitor-mapping)
- [New-supply digest for a farm area](https://developers.casafari.com/docs/property-sourcing/use-cases/new-supply-digest-for-a-farm-area)
- [Property Sourcing FAQ](https://developers.casafari.com/docs/property-sourcing/faq)