`housing_market_snapshot`

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

Get national housing market overview: mortgage rates, housing starts, Case-Shiller index, unemployment, construction employment. Optionally add metro-level prices (e.g., “Denver”, “Atlanta”).

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`_fredKey`	string	yes	FRED API key (https://fred.stlouisfed.org/docs/api/api_key.html)
`metro_name`	string	no	Metro area name for metro-level FHFA HPI (e.g., “Denver”, “Atlanta”). Supports top 50 US metros. National data is always included.

Example call

Arguments

{
  "_fredKey": "your-housing-intel-api-key"
}

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_market_snapshot","arguments":{"_fredKey":"your-housing-intel-api-key"}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

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

const result = await pipeworx.call('housing_market_snapshot', {
  "_fredKey": "your-housing-intel-api-key"
});

More examples

{
  "_fredKey": "your-housing-intel-api-key",
  "metro_name": "Denver"
}

Response shape

Always returns: snapshot_date, metro, note, mortgage_rate, housing_starts, case_shiller, unemployment, owners_equiv_rent, construction_employment

Field	Type	Description
`snapshot_date`	string	ISO date of snapshot
`metro`	string	Metro area name (National or requested metro)
`note`	string	Data scope note
`mortgage_rate`	object
`housing_starts`	object
`case_shiller`	object
`unemployment`	object
`owners_equiv_rent`	object
`construction_employment`	object
`metro_hpi`	object

Full JSON Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "snapshot_date": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "ISO date of snapshot"
    },
    "metro": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Metro area name (National or requested metro)"
    },
    "note": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Data scope note"
    },
    "mortgage_rate": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "scope": {
          "type": "string",
          "enum": [
            "national"
          ]
        },
        "current": {
          "type": "number",
          "description": "Current mortgage rate (%)"
        },
        "4wk_ago": {
          "type": "number",
          "description": "Rate from 4 weeks ago"
        },
        "trend": {
          "type": "string",
          "enum": [
            "rising",
            "falling",
            "stable"
          ]
        },
        "error": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Error message if unavailable"
        }
      }
    },
    "housing_starts": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "scope": {
          "type": "string",
          "enum": [
            "national"
          ]
        },
        "current": {
          "type": "number",
          "description": "Current housing starts value"
        },
        "unit": {
          "type": "string",
          "enum": [
            "thousands"
          ]
        },
        "3mo_trend": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "date": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "value": {
                "type": "number"
              }
            }
          }
        },
        "error": {
          "type": "string"
        }
      }
    },
    "case_shiller": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "scope": {
          "type": "string",
          "enum": [
            "national"
          ]
        },
        "current": {
          "type": "number"
        },
        "3mo_trend": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "date": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "value": {
                "type": "number"
              }
            }
          }
        },
        "error": {
          "type": "string"
        }
      }
    },
    "unemployment": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "scope": {
          "type": "string",
          "enum": [
            "national"
          ]
        },
        "current": {
          "type": "number"
        },
        "trend": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "date": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "value": {
                "type": "number"
              }
            }
          }
        },
        "error": {
          "type": "string"
        }
      }
    },
    "owners_equiv_rent": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "scope": {
          "type": "string",
          "enum": [
            "national"
          ]
        },
        "current": {
          "type": "number"
        },
        "trend": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "date": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "value": {
                "type": "number"
              }
            }
          }
        },
        "error": {
          "type": "string"
        }
      }
    },
    "construction_employment": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "scope": {
          "type": "string",
          "enum": [
            "national"
          ]
        },
        "current": {
          "type": "number"
        },
        "unit": {
          "type": "string",
          "enum": [
            "thousands"
          ]
        },
        "trend": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "date": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "value": {
                "type": "number"
              }
            }
          }
        },
        "error": {
          "type": "string"
        }
      }
    },
    "metro_hpi": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "series": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "FRED series ID"
        },
        "metro": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "current": {
          "type": "number"
        },
        "trend": {
          "type": "string",
          "enum": [
            "rising",
            "falling",
            "stable"
          ]
        },
        "recent_data": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "date": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "value": {
                "type": "number"
              }
            }
          }
        },
        "yoy": {
          "type": "object",
          "properties": {
            "change": {
              "type": "number"
            },
            "pctChange": {
              "type": "number"
            }
          }
        },
        "error": {
          "type": "string"
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "snapshot_date",
    "metro",
    "note",
    "mortgage_rate",
    "housing_starts",
    "case_shiller",
    "unemployment",
    "owners_equiv_rent",
    "construction_employment"
  ]
}

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.

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