HouseCanary MCP, reviewed
The HouseCanary MCP is official, with 149 read-only tools: values, rents, 36-month forecasts, hazards and market stats. It's the deepest analytics server in real estate, built for lenders, analysts and developers.
Verdict
- Best for: valuation accuracy, forecasts and risk: underwriting, portfolio monitoring, market research.
- Official or community: official, published by HouseCanary on PyPI.
- Price: no separate MCP fee.
- Watch out for: technical setup (Python, a config file, your API username and password). Per-call charges add up when an agent makes many calls.
- What it doesn't do: no owner contact info, skip tracing or outreach.
What it is: 149 read-only analytics tools
HouseCanary is a valuation and analytics company. It says its automated value has a 2.5% median error on listed homes (6.8% before listing).
| Category | Tools | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| Property | 31 | Value, value forecast, value by condition, rent and rent forecast, sales and tax history, mortgage liens, notice of default, loan-to-value, HOA fees, schools, flood |
| ZIP | 28 | Price and rent indexes with forecasts, affordability, rental yield, market grade, volatility |
| Census block | 24 | Earthquake, hail, hurricane, tornado and wind risk; Superfund sites; crime |
| Metro (MSA) | 16 | Price and rent indexes with forecasts, returns and risk |
| State | 14 | Price and rent indexes with forecasts, affordability |
| Market Pulse | 10 | For-sale and rental snapshots and time series |
| Block group | 10 | Value and rent distributions, yield |
| Metro division | 8 | Price forecasts, affordability |
| Property Explorer | 4 | Shareable report links, bulk job status |
| Portfolio Monitor | 3 | Your portfolios and their assets |
| Bulk data | 1 | File download links |
Setup
HouseCanary's documented steps:
- Get HouseCanary API credentials (a username and password from an API-enabled plan).
- Install:
pip install housecanary-mcp, or run it without installing withuvx housecanary-mcp. - Add it to Claude Desktop's config file:
{ "mcpServers": { "housecanary": { "command": "uvx", "args": ["housecanary-mcp"],
"env": { "HOUSECANARY_API_USERNAME": "your-username", "HOUSECANARY_API_PASSWORD": "your-password" } } } }
Price
The MCP costs nothing extra. Tool calls bill as normal API calls:
| Plan | Monthly | Billed yearly | API calls, basic endpoints | API calls, premium endpoints |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | $19 | $190 a year | $0.50 each | $4 each |
| Pro | $79 | $790 a year | $0.40 each | $3 each |
| Teams | $199 | $1,990 a year | $0.30 each | $2.50 each |
| Enterprise | custom | contract rate | contract rate |
Limits
- Read-only. It can't change anything. That's safe, but it can't save a contact or start a follow-up.
- No owner contact data. No skip tracing, no phone numbers.
- Technical setup. Python, config files, and credentials in plain text unless you store them carefully.
- Built for lenders and analysts. Forecasts, LTV and hazard risk matter more to underwriting than to finding a seller.
Who should use it
- Lenders and private-money underwriters who want values, LTV and risk in one conversation.
- Analysts and funds tracking markets with forecasts.
- Developers building their own real estate AI who want the deepest analytics.
Not for an investor who wants to find motivated sellers and follow up. HouseCanary tells you what a home is worth, not who owns it.
Alternatives
| If you want | Look at |
|---|---|
| Deal analysis with a rehab budget, pasted as a link into Claude | Homesage |
| Cheap rent and value estimates with a free tier | RentCast |
| Parcel boundaries and ownership | Regrid |
| Skip tracing at 2 cents a hit | Tracerfy |
| One system for distressed properties, owners, texts, call lists and deals | Goliath |
Goliath's MCP does the other half: county-wide properties with filings, their owners, and the follow-up. See the valuation MCP guide for every option.
Questions
Does HouseCanary have an MCP server? Yes, an official one on PyPI (housecanary-mcp) with 149 tools, announced on its blog.
Is it free? There's no MCP fee, but tool calls bill as API calls, except Portfolio Monitor, Market Pulse and bulk data.
Can it change my data? No, HouseCanary filters out every write endpoint.