`housing_signal_scan`

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

No MCP client? Call it directly: GET https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/housing_signal_scan for the schema, then POST the same URL with its arguments for the data.

Scan 45+ housing indicators for anomalies and reversals. Flags unusual moves across rates, starts, sales, prices, wages, unemployment, and rent. Each signal carries its own observation_date and cadence — series here span weekly (mortgage rate) to quarterly (median sales price), and Case-Shiller is additionally a 3-month moving average, so “turned negative” does not mean “this month” for every series. freshness states the full span and the oldest component.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`_fredKey`	string	no	FRED API key (gateway-injected; only needed outside the gateway)
`_blsKey`	string	no	BLS registration key (optional — raises the shared quota; https://data.bls.gov/registrationEngine/)

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_signal_scan","arguments":{}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

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

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

Response shape

Field	Type	Description
`scan_date`	string	Today’s date in YYYY-MM-DD format
`total_series_scanned`	number
`flagged_count`	number
`freshness`	object
`signals`	array	Detected anomalies and reversals across housing indicators
`flagged_series`	array
`all_series`	array

Full JSON Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "scan_date": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Today's date in YYYY-MM-DD format"
    },
    "total_series_scanned": {
      "type": "number"
    },
    "flagged_count": {
      "type": "number"
    },
    "freshness": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "as_of": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "span_days": {
          "type": "number"
        },
        "oldest_component": {
          "type": "object",
          "properties": {
            "series": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "observation_date": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "cadence": {
              "type": "string"
            }
          }
        },
        "statement": {
          "type": "string"
        }
      }
    },
    "signals": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "type": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Type of signal detected"
          },
          "message": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Human-readable signal description"
          },
          "series": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "observation_date": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "cadence": {
            "type": "string"
          }
        }
      },
      "description": "Detected anomalies and reversals across housing indicators"
    },
    "flagged_series": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "series": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "label": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "current": {
            "type": "number"
          },
          "prior": {
            "type": "number"
          },
          "periodChange": {
            "type": "number"
          },
          "yoy": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "change": {
                "type": "number"
              },
              "pctChange": {
                "type": "number"
              }
            }
          },
          "trend": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "signals": {
            "type": "array",
            "items": {
              "type": "object",
              "properties": {
                "type": {
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "message": {
                  "type": "string"
                }
              }
            }
          },
          "observation_date": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "cadence": {
            "type": "string"
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "all_series": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "series": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "label": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "current": {
            "type": "number"
          },
          "periodChange": {
            "type": "number"
          },
          "yoy": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "change": {
                "type": "number"
              },
              "pctChange": {
                "type": "number"
              }
            }
          },
          "trend": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "signal_count": {
            "type": "number"
          },
          "observation_date": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "cadence": {
            "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_signal_scan