Use to track new housing permits month by month in Rio Grande Valley cities and
Use to track new housing permits month by month in Rio Grande Valley cities and county areas (Hidalgo, Cameron, Starr, Willacy counties): units and buildings by structure type and valuation since January 2024, with year-to-date totals. Filter by place, county, from and to (YYYY-MM). Covers cities that publish no weekly permits. Example: "How many single-family homes did Brownsville permit each month this year?"
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Endpoint
GET https://fronterasignal.com/api/v1/series/permits-monthly
| 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
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Example input (from the provider)
{
"method": "GET",
"queryParams": {
"from": "2026-01",
"place": "Brownsville"
},
"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"
},
"from": {
"description": "First month to include, YYYY-MM. Default: 12 months back for one place, 3 months otherwise. from=2024-01 returns the whole history.",
"type": "string"
},
"place": {
"description": "A Valley city, or \"Hidalgo County (unincorporated)\" and the like.",
"type": "string"
},
"to": {
"description": "Last month to include, YYYY-MM.",
"type": "string"
}
},
"type": "object"
},
"type": {
"const": "http",
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"type",
"method"
],
"type": "object"
},
"output": {
"properties": {
"example": {
"properties": {
"cadence": {
"type": "string"
},
"disclaimer": {
"type": "string"
},
"fields": {
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"type": "array"
},
"months_available": {
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"type": "array"
},
"note": {
"type": "string"
},
"publisher": {
"type": "string"
},
"query": {
"properties": {
"county": {
"type": "string"
},
"from": {
"type": "string"
},
"place": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"type": "object"
},
"returned": {
"type": "integer"
},
"rows": {
"items": {
"type": "object"
},
"type": "array"
},
"series": {
"type": "string"
},
"source": {
"type": "string"
},
"title": {
"type": "string"
},
"year_to_date": {
"items": {
"type": "object"
},
"type": "array"
},
"year_to_date_differs": {
"items": {
"type": "object"
},
"type": "array"
}
},
"type": "object"
},
"type": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"type"
],
"type": "object"
}
},
"required": [
"input"
],
"type": "object"
}