Property Level

Rental Value (Batch)

HouseCanary's flagship automated rental value estimate, essential for rental pricing strategies and market analysis.

HouseCanary's proprietary Automated Rental Valuation Model utilizes a unique machine learning algorithm on top of multiple input data sources to estimate the current market rent of a residential property. Responses include upper and lower bounds, as well as a forecast standard deviation (FSD) for transparency into model confidence.

Source: HouseCanary

Pricing Tier: Premium

Updated: Monthly

Request Body Fields

<table><tr><th>Field</th><th>Type</th><th>Description</th><th>Example</th></tr> <tr><td>[]</td><td>object</td><td></td><td></td> </tr> <tr><td>[].slug</td><td>string</td><td>Unique readable string identifier for the property</td><td>123-Main-St-Apt-1B-San-Francisco-CA-94132</td> </tr> <tr><td>[].address</td><td>string</td><td>Either a single URL-safe string ("slug") identifying the address, or just a building number, street name, and optionally unit number (if not a slug the payload must also include other identifiers)</td><td>123 Main St</td> </tr> <tr><td>[].unit</td><td>string</td><td>Unit number for the property, if needed and not already specified in the address string</td><td>Apt 1B</td> </tr> <tr><td>[].city</td><td>string</td><td>City in which the property is located</td><td>San Francisco</td> </tr> <tr><td>[].state</td><td>string</td><td>2-letter acronym of the US state in which the property is located</td><td>CA</td> </tr> <tr><td>[].zipcode</td><td>string</td><td>5-digit US zipcode in which the property is located</td><td>94105</td> </tr> </table>

Response

<table><tr><th>Field</th><th>Type</th><th>Description</th><th>Example</th></tr> <tr><td>price_mean</td><td>integer</td><td>HouseCanary automated monthly rental value. Created using a robust model ensemble methodology.</td><td>1800</td> </tr> <tr><td>price_upr</td><td>integer</td><td>HouseCanary rental AVM upper bound. Calculated as price_mean * (1 + fsd)</td><td>1850</td> </tr> <tr><td>price_lwr</td><td>integer</td><td>HouseCanary rental AVM lower bound. Calculated as price_mean * (1 - fsd)</td><td>1750</td> </tr> <tr><td>fsd</td><td>number</td><td>HouseCanary forecast standard deviation for the HouseCanary rental AVM</td><td>0.08</td> </tr> </table>
post/v2/property/rental_value

Request body

slugstring

Unique readable string identifier for the property

addressstring required

Either a single URL-safe string ("slug") identifying the address, or just a building number, street name, and optionally unit number (if not a slug the payload must also include other identifiers)

unitstring

Unit number for the property, if needed and not already specified in the address string

citystring

City in which the property is located

statestring

2-letter acronym of the US state in which the property is located

zipcodestring

5-digit US zipcode in which the property is located

Example request

[
  {
    "slug": "123-Main-St-Apt-1B-San-Francisco-CA-94132",
    "address": "123 Main St",
    "unit": "Apt 1B",
    "city": "San Francisco",
    "state": "CA",
    "zipcode": "94105"
  }
]

Response

Success

Example response

[
  {
    "property/rental_value": {
      "result": {
        "price_mean": 1800,
        "price_upr": 1850,
        "price_lwr": 1750,
        "fsd": 0.08
      }
    },
    "address_info": {
      "address_full": "123 Main St San Francisco CA 94132",
      "slug": "123-Main-St-Apt-1B-San-Francisco-CA-94132",
      "address": "123 Main St",
      "unit": "Apt 1B",
      "city": "San Francisco",
      "state": "CA",
      "zipcode": "94132",
      "zipcode_plus4": "1234",
      "block_id": "060750313013007",
      "blockgroup_id": "060750201004",
      "county_fips": "06075",
      "metrodiv": "41860",
      "msa": "41860",
      "geo_precision": "rooftop",
      "lat": 37.789,
      "lng": -122.401,
      "status": {
        "match": true,
        "details": [
          "Address fully verified"
        ],
        "requested_item": {
          "zipcode": "94132",
          "address": "123+Main+St"
        },
        "changes": [
          "State added or changed"
        ]
      }
    }
  }
]