`housing_employment_outlook`

Pack: housing-intel · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/housing-intel/mcp

Assess labor market health for housing demand. Returns employment, construction jobs, residential building employment, unemployment rate, and job openings.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`_fredKey`	string	no	FRED API key (accepted for consistency but not used — BLS is free)

Example call

Arguments

{}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/housing-intel/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"housing_employment_outlook","arguments":{}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('housing_employment_outlook', {});

Response shape

Field	Type	Description
`snapshot_date`	string	Today’s date in YYYY-MM-DD format
`total_employment`	object
`construction_employment`	object
`residential_building_employment`	object
`unemployment_rate`	object
`job_openings`	object

Full JSON Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "snapshot_date": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Today's date in YYYY-MM-DD format"
    },
    "total_employment": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "current": {
          "type": [
            "number",
            "null"
          ],
          "description": "Total employment in thousands"
        },
        "recent_trend": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "date": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "value": {
                "type": "number"
              }
            }
          }
        },
        "error": {
          "type": "string"
        }
      }
    },
    "construction_employment": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "current": {
          "type": [
            "number",
            "null"
          ],
          "description": "Construction employment in thousands"
        },
        "recent_trend": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "date": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "value": {
                "type": "number"
              }
            }
          }
        },
        "error": {
          "type": "string"
        }
      }
    },
    "residential_building_employment": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "current": {
          "type": [
            "number",
            "null"
          ],
          "description": "Residential building employment in thousands"
        },
        "recent_trend": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "date": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "value": {
                "type": "number"
              }
            }
          }
        },
        "error": {
          "type": "string"
        }
      }
    },
    "unemployment_rate": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "current": {
          "type": [
            "number",
            "null"
          ],
          "description": "Unemployment rate (percent)"
        },
        "recent_trend": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "date": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "value": {
                "type": "number"
              }
            }
          }
        },
        "error": {
          "type": "string"
        }
      }
    },
    "job_openings": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "current": {
          "type": [
            "number",
            "null"
          ],
          "description": "Total job openings (thousands)"
        },
        "recent_trend": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "date": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "value": {
                "type": "number"
              }
            }
          }
        },
        "error": {
          "type": "string"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config, or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "housing-intel": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/housing-intel/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

housing_employment_outlook