Use to check whether a commercial building budget in the Rio Grande Valley, Texa
Use to check whether a commercial building budget in the Rio Grande Valley, Texas is in line: median and 25th-75th percentile of filed estimated cost per square foot over the last 24 months, by county (Hidalgo, Cameron, Starr, Willacy) and type of work (new construction, renovation, addition), with n. For estimating, appraisal and lending checks. Filed estimates, not bids. Example: "What does new commercial construction cost per square foot in Hidalgo County right now?"
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Endpoint
GET https://fronterasignal.com/api/v1/cost-per-sqft
| Category | Everything else |
|---|---|
| Provider host | fronterasignal.com |
| Networks | eip155:8453 |
| Payment schemes | exact |
| Self-reported calls, 30 days | 1 from 1 payers (the provider's figure, not ours) |
Our checks, last 30 days
| Day | Result | HTTP | Asked | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-04 | valid payment request | 402 | $0.03 | 451 ms |
Example input (from the provider)
{
"method": "GET",
"queryParams": {
"county": "Hidalgo"
},
"type": "http"
}
Promised output schema (from the provider)
{
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"properties": {
"input": {
"additionalProperties": false,
"properties": {
"method": {
"enum": [
"GET"
],
"type": "string"
},
"queryParams": {
"properties": {
"county": {
"description": "Hidalgo, Cameron, Starr or Willacy (\"Hidalgo County\" also works).",
"enum": [
"Hidalgo",
"Cameron",
"Starr",
"Willacy"
],
"type": "string"
},
"type_of_work": {
"description": "New Construction, Renovation/Alteration or Additions to Existing Building (a unique part of the name works).",
"enum": [
"Additions to Existing Building",
"New Construction",
"Renovation/Alteration"
],
"type": "string"
}
},
"type": "object"
},
"type": {
"const": "http",
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"type",
"method"
],
"type": "object"
},
"output": {
"properties": {
"example": {
"properties": {
"as_of": {
"type": "string"
},
"cadence": {
"type": "string"
},
"dataset": {
"type": "string"
},
"disclaimer": {
"type": "string"
},
"groups": {
"items": {
"properties": {
"county": {
"type": "string"
},
"median_square_feet": {
"type": "integer"
},
"median_usd_per_sqft": {
"type": [
"number",
"null"
]
},
"n": {
"type": "integer"
},
"note": {
"type": "string"
},
"p25_usd_per_sqft": {
"type": [
"number",
"null"
]
},
"p75_usd_per_sqft": {
"type": [
"number",
"null"
]
},
"registered_from": {
"type": "string"
},
"registered_to": {
"type": "string"
},
"source": {
"type": "string"
},
"type_of_work": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"type": "object"
},
"type": "array"
},
"method": {
"type": "string"
},
"projects_used": {
"type": "integer"
},
"publisher": {
"type": "string"
},
"query": {
"properties": {
"county": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"type": "object"
},
"source": {
"type": "string"
},
"window": {
"properties": {
"months": {
"type": "integer"
},
"registered_since": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"type": "object"
}
},
"type": "object"
},
"type": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"type"
],
"type": "object"
}
},
"required": [
"input"
],
"type": "object"
}