Live FRED, Zillow, Census permits, HUD and county property records.

Housing answers, cited.
79 Housing Intel tools behind one URL.
31×–228× less expensive than frontier models

Q: What data sources are included in Housing Intel?

Housing Intel bundles FRED (mortgage rates, housing starts, Case-Shiller), BLS (CPI shelter, construction employment), Census Bureau (building permits, ACS housing), HUD (fair market rents, income limits), ATTOM Data (property-level detail, AVM valuations, sales history), and Altos Research (weekly inventory, days on market) into a single MCP connection.

Q: Can I get property-level valuations and rental estimates through Pipeworx?

Yes. ATTOM provides automated valuation (AVM), rental AVM with yield, full sales history, tax assessments, and school data at the address level. Altos Research adds weekly market statistics — active listings, pending sales, new listings, price reductions — at the ZIP, city, or state level. Both require their own API keys; sign up for a 30-day ATTOM trial at api.developer.attomdata.com.

Q: How is Pipeworx Housing Intel different from a Zillow API or Redfin scrape?

Zillow's official API was retired for general use, and scraping listing sites is fragile and prohibited by their terms. Housing Intel uses primary-source institutional data: ATTOM for property records, HUD for affordability, FRED for macro indicators, BLS for labor data. The result is durable, citation-friendly data agents can rely on for analysis rather than thin display scraping.

Q: What does the housing_signal_scan tool actually scan?

housing_signal_scan walks 46 indicators across FRED, BLS, and Census — Case-Shiller for 20 metros, metro CPI for 14 cities, NAR existing-home sales, construction employment, wage growth, and labor-market data — and flags reversals, unusual moves, acceleration, and extreme readings. One call surfaces the signals worth investigating instead of a 46-series time-series dump.

What a home costs in a metro, where mortgage rates sit today, how many permits were pulled last month, and whether a household on the local wage can afford any of it. Each figure carries the release it came from.

One connection · no per-source API keys · free to start

← All verticals

Included Packs

📈

FRED

800K+ economic time series. Mortgage rates, housing starts, Case-Shiller, existing home sales.

👷

BLS

Employment data, CPI shelter/rent components, construction employment, wages. No API key needed.

🏗️

Census Bureau

Building permits, housing starts, homeownership rates, ACS housing data by geography.

🏘️

HUD

Fair market rents, income limits, affordability data, ZIP-to-county crosswalks.

🏡

ATTOM Data

Property-level detail, AVM valuations, sales history, assessments, rental estimates, school data.

📊

Altos Research

Weekly inventory, new listings, pending sales, days on market, price reductions by ZIP/city/state.

📋

Google Sheets

Export analysis to spreadsheets. Read, write, append, create.

🔗

Housing Intel (Meta-Pack)

Pre-built workflows: market snapshots, property reports, rental analysis, affordability, signal scan.

Workflows

housing_market_snapshot

Pulls mortgage rates, housing starts, Case-Shiller, unemployment, OER, and construction employment. Metro-level FHFA HPI when metro_name provided.

housing_property_report

Complete property analysis — detail, AVM valuation, sales history, and tax assessment combined into one report.

housing_rental_analysis

Rental AVM estimate + HUD fair market rents + rent CPI trend for rental market intelligence.

housing_affordability_check

Mortgage rate + median home price + income limits + payment calculation. Metro FHFA HPI when metro_name provided.

housing_employment_outlook

Construction employment, residential building jobs, JOLTS data, unemployment — full labor market view.

housing_signal_scan

Scans 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 for Pipeworx

Connect to Claude

Choose one option below. FRED, BLS, Census, and HUD work immediately — no API keys needed.

ATTOM API Key (optional, 30-day free trial)

For property-level data. Sign up at api.developer.attomdata.com. Mention your key in prompts: "use ATTOM key: YOUR_KEY"

Altos Research API Key (optional, subscription)

For real-time weekly inventory and listings. Contact [email protected]. Mention your key in prompts: "use Altos key: YOUR_KEY"

Connect Google Sheets (optional)

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 HPI

housing_property_report Property detail + AVM + sales + assessment

housing_rental_analysis Rental AVM + HUD FMR + rent CPI

housing_affordability_check Payment calc + income limits + metro HPI

housing_employment_outlook Construction + JOLTS + unemployment

housing_signal_scan 46-series signal detection

FRED — 5 tools

fred_get_series Fetch any FRED time series

fred_search Search 800K+ series by keyword

fred_series_info Series metadata

fred_category Browse category tree

fred_releases Latest data releases

BLS — 4 tools (no key needed)

bls_get_series Employment, CPI, wages data

bls_search Curated housing/employment series

bls_latest Latest value for any series

bls_popular_series 21 pre-selected housing indicators

Census — 5 tools

census_acs ACS housing data by geography

census_building_permits Monthly permits

census_housing_starts Starts + completions

census_homeownership Quarterly homeownership rate

census_available_datasets Dataset discovery

HUD — 5 tools

hud_fair_market_rents FMR by state/county/metro

hud_income_limits Income thresholds by area

hud_crosswalk ZIP-to-county/CBSA mapping

hud_chas Affordability strategy data

hud_list_states State code reference

ATTOM — 8 tools (BYO key)

attom_property_detail Full property characteristics

attom_property_search Search by ZIP/location

attom_sales_history 10-year sales history

attom_avm Automated valuation + confidence

attom_assessment Tax assessment details

attom_sales_trend Market trends by geography

attom_rental_avm Rental estimate + yield

attom_school_search Schools near location

Altos Research — 6 tools (BYO key)

altos_market_stats Weekly inventory, DOM, prices

altos_inventory_trend Multi-week inventory trend

altos_active_listings Individual active listings

altos_pending_sales Under-contract listings

altos_new_listings Listings < 1 week old

altos_list_files Available data files

Google Sheets — 5 tools (OAuth)

sheets_read Read spreadsheet data

sheets_write Write to a range

sheets_append Append rows

sheets_get_spreadsheet Sheet metadata

sheets_create Create new spreadsheet

Common questions

What data sources are included in Housing Intel?

Housing Intel bundles FRED (mortgage rates, housing starts, Case-Shiller), BLS (CPI shelter, construction employment), Census Bureau (building permits, ACS housing), HUD (fair market rents, income limits), ATTOM Data (property-level detail, AVM valuations, sales history), and Altos Research (weekly inventory, days on market) into a single MCP connection.

Can I get property-level valuations and rental estimates through Pipeworx?

Yes. ATTOM provides automated valuation (AVM), rental AVM with yield, full sales history, tax assessments, and school data at the address level. Altos Research adds weekly market statistics — active listings, pending sales, new listings, price reductions — at the ZIP, city, or state level. Both require their own API keys; sign up for a 30-day ATTOM trial at api.developer.attomdata.com.

How is Pipeworx Housing Intel different from a Zillow API or Redfin scrape?

Zillow's official API was retired for general use, and scraping listing sites is fragile and prohibited by their terms. Housing Intel uses primary-source institutional data: ATTOM for property records, HUD for affordability, FRED for macro indicators, BLS for labor data. The result is durable, citation-friendly data agents can rely on for analysis rather than thin display scraping.

What does the housing_signal_scan tool actually scan?

housing_signal_scan walks 46 indicators across FRED, BLS, and Census — Case-Shiller for 20 metros, metro CPI for 14 cities, NAR existing-home sales, construction employment, wage growth, and labor-market data — and flags reversals, unusual moves, acceleration, and extreme readings. One call surfaces the signals worth investigating instead of a 46-series time-series dump.

Housing answers, cited.
79 Housing Intel tools behind one URL.
31×–228× less expensive than frontier models

See it answer one

Connect it to your AI

Included Packs

Workflows

Setup

Option A: Add to Claude Code / Desktop (persistent)

Option B: Session only (nothing persists)

All 44 Included Tools

Housing Intel (Meta-Pack) — 6 tools

FRED — 5 tools

BLS — 4 tools (no key needed)

Census — 5 tools

HUD — 5 tools

ATTOM — 8 tools (BYO key)

Altos Research — 6 tools (BYO key)

Google Sheets — 5 tools (OAuth)

Common questions

Housing answers, cited. 79 Housing Intel tools behind one URL. 31×–228× less expensive than frontier models

See it answer one

Connect it to your AI

Included Packs

Workflows

Setup

Option A: Add to Claude Code / Desktop (persistent)

Option B: Session only (nothing persists)

All 44 Included Tools

Housing Intel (Meta-Pack) — 6 tools

FRED — 5 tools

BLS — 4 tools (no key needed)

Census — 5 tools

HUD — 5 tools

ATTOM — 8 tools (BYO key)

Altos Research — 6 tools (BYO key)

Google Sheets — 5 tools (OAuth)

Common questions

Housing answers, cited.
79 Housing Intel tools behind one URL.
31×–228× less expensive than frontier models