Housing Intel
PremiumComplete real estate data stack for housing economists, analysts, and brokerages. Mortgage rates, property valuations, employment data, affordability metrics, signal detection across 46 indicators — 44 tools from 8 data sources.
Included Packs
800K+ economic time series. Mortgage rates, housing starts, Case-Shiller, existing home sales.
Employment data, CPI shelter/rent components, construction employment, wages. No API key needed.
Building permits, housing starts, homeownership rates, ACS housing data by geography.
Fair market rents, income limits, affordability data, ZIP-to-county crosswalks.
Property-level detail, AVM valuations, sales history, assessments, rental estimates, school data.
Weekly inventory, new listings, pending sales, days on market, price reductions by ZIP/city/state.
Export analysis to spreadsheets. Read, write, append, create.
Pre-built workflows: market snapshots, property reports, rental analysis, affordability, signal scan.
Workflows
housing_market_snapshotPulls mortgage rates, housing starts, Case-Shiller, unemployment, OER, and construction employment. Metro-level FHFA HPI when metro_name provided.
housing_property_reportComplete property analysis — detail, AVM valuation, sales history, and tax assessment combined into one report.
housing_rental_analysisRental AVM estimate + HUD fair market rents + rent CPI trend for rental market intelligence.
housing_affordability_checkMortgage rate + median home price + income limits + payment calculation. Metro FHFA HPI when metro_name provided.
housing_employment_outlookConstruction employment, residential building jobs, JOLTS data, unemployment — full labor market view.
housing_signal_scanScans 46 indicators for reversals, unusual moves, acceleration, and extreme readings. Case-Shiller (20 metros), metro CPI (14 cities), NAR, employment, wage growth.
Setup
Sign up with GitHub, then get your API key from the account page.
Choose one option below. FRED, BLS, Census, and HUD work immediately — no API keys needed.
For property-level data. Sign up at api.developer.attomdata.com. Mention your key in prompts: "use ATTOM key: YOUR_KEY"
For real-time weekly inventory and listings. Contact [email protected]. Mention your key in prompts: "use Altos key: YOUR_KEY"
For exporting analysis to spreadsheets. One-click connect on the account page.
Option A: Add to Claude Code / Desktop (persistent)
Add this to your MCP settings. Loads 44 housing tools — not the full 800+ gateway.
{
"mcpServers": {
"pipeworx-housing": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"mcp-remote",
"https://gateway.pipeworx.io/mcp?vertical=housing",
"--header",
"Authorization:Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"
]
}
}
}Option B: Session only (nothing persists)
Paste this as your first message in Claude. Goes away when you close the session.
Use this MCP server for this conversation:
npx -y mcp-remote "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/mcp?vertical=housing" --header "Authorization:Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"
Then scan all housing indicators for signals.All 44 Included Tools
Housing Intel (Meta-Pack) — 6 tools
housing_market_snapshot National macro + metro FHFA HPIhousing_property_report Property detail + AVM + sales + assessmenthousing_rental_analysis Rental AVM + HUD FMR + rent CPIhousing_affordability_check Payment calc + income limits + metro HPIhousing_employment_outlook Construction + JOLTS + unemploymenthousing_signal_scan 46-series signal detectionFRED — 5 tools
fred_get_series Fetch any FRED time seriesfred_search Search 800K+ series by keywordfred_series_info Series metadatafred_category Browse category treefred_releases Latest data releasesBLS — 4 tools (no key needed)
bls_get_series Employment, CPI, wages databls_search Curated housing/employment seriesbls_latest Latest value for any seriesbls_popular_series 21 pre-selected housing indicatorsCensus — 5 tools
census_acs ACS housing data by geographycensus_building_permits Monthly permitscensus_housing_starts Starts + completionscensus_homeownership Quarterly homeownership ratecensus_available_datasets Dataset discoveryHUD — 5 tools
hud_fair_market_rents FMR by state/county/metrohud_income_limits Income thresholds by areahud_crosswalk ZIP-to-county/CBSA mappinghud_chas Affordability strategy datahud_list_states State code referenceATTOM — 8 tools (BYO key)
attom_property_detail Full property characteristicsattom_property_search Search by ZIP/locationattom_sales_history 10-year sales historyattom_avm Automated valuation + confidenceattom_assessment Tax assessment detailsattom_sales_trend Market trends by geographyattom_rental_avm Rental estimate + yieldattom_school_search Schools near locationAltos Research — 6 tools (BYO key)
altos_market_stats Weekly inventory, DOM, pricesaltos_inventory_trend Multi-week inventory trendaltos_active_listings Individual active listingsaltos_pending_sales Under-contract listingsaltos_new_listings Listings < 1 week oldaltos_list_files Available data filesGoogle Sheets — 5 tools (OAuth)
sheets_read Read spreadsheet datasheets_write Write to a rangesheets_append Append rowssheets_get_spreadsheet Sheet metadatasheets_create Create new spreadsheet