---
title: "Rental Value"
method: GET
path: "/v2/property/rental_value"
tags: ["Property Level"]
---

# Rental Value

`GET /v2/property/rental_value`

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 Query Params

<table><tr><th>Property</th><th>Type</th><th>Description</th><th>Example</th></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>

## Query parameters

- `slug` string
- `address` string, required
- `unit` string
- `city` string
- `state` string
- `zipcode` string

## Response `200`

Success

- object[]
  - `property/rental_value` object
    - `api_code_description` string
    - `api_code` unknown
    - `result` object, nullable
      - `price_mean` integer — HouseCanary automated monthly rental value. Created using a robust model ensemble methodology.
      - `price_upr` integer — HouseCanary rental AVM upper bound. Calculated as price_mean * (1 + fsd)
      - `price_lwr` integer — HouseCanary rental AVM lower bound. Calculated as price_mean * (1 - fsd)
      - `fsd` number — HouseCanary forecast standard deviation for the HouseCanary rental AVM
  - `address_info` AddressInfo
    - `address_full` string, nullable — Full address string
    - `slug` string, nullable — HouseCanary address slug
    - `address` string, nullable — Street address
    - `unit` string, nullable — Unit within the building, if any
    - `city` string, nullable — City where property is located
    - `state` string, nullable — 2-character state abbreviation
    - `zipcode` string, nullable — 5-character US zipcode
    - `zipcode_plus4` string, nullable — 4-character zipcode extension
    - `block_id` string, nullable — 15-digit US census block ID
    - `blockgroup_id` string, nullable — 12-digit census block group ID
    - `county_fips` string, nullable — 5-digit US census county ID
    - `metrodiv` string, nullable — 5-digit US census Metropolitan Division ID
    - `msa` string, nullable — 5-digit US census MSA ID
    - `geo_precision` 'rooftop' | 'parcel' | 'zip9' | 'zip5' | 'unknown', nullable — A string describing available geo precision
    - `lat` number, nullable — Latitude value, in degrees
    - `lng` number, nullable — Longitude value, in degrees
    - `status` object
      - `match` boolean — Whether the address was matched to a canonical address in HouseCanary's systems
      - `details` string[]
      - `requested_item` object — Exact address parameters provided in the original API request
      - `changes` string[]
      - `errors` string[]

## Other responses

- `400` — Bad Request
- `401` — Unauthorized
- `429` — Rate limit exceeded

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