| https://fronterasignal.com/api/v1/materials Use to check what common building materials cost on the shelf in the Rio Grande Valley (McAllen, Mission, Edinburg): 2x4 and 2x6 studs, OSB, drywall, concrete mix, CMU block, rebar, shingles, underlayment, housewrap, insulation, paint, doors, deck screws. Dated prices at big-box | base | USDC | $0.01 | exact |
| https://fronterasignal.com/api/v1/companies Use to vet a developer, owner, architecture firm or trade contractor in the Rio Grande Valley, Texas: projects filed since late 2024 (count, total and largest cost, cities, dates, newest projects) and state trade licenses held by the business (A/C, electrical, sign, elevator), cu | base | USDC | $0.02 | exact |
| https://fronterasignal.com/api/v1/cost-per-sqft 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, renovati | base | USDC | $0.03 | exact |
| https://fronterasignal.com/api/v1/nearby Use to size competing or neighboring construction around one Rio Grande Valley address before you buy, lend, lease or build there: count, summed filed cost and each commercial project within radius_mi (default 1, max 5), nearest first. Hidalgo, Cameron, Starr and Willacy counties | base | USDC | $0.03 | exact |
| https://fronterasignal.com/api/v1/parcel Use when you have a Hidalgo County, Texas street address and need its parcel record before an offer, a loan or a site visit: parcel id, property class, acres, year built, building size, last deed, values, taxing units and the owner if it is a company or public body (people are wi | base | USDC | $0.04 | exact |
| https://fronterasignal.com/api/v1/projects Use to find who is about to build what in the Rio Grande Valley, Texas (Hidalgo, Cameron, Starr, Willacy counties): commercial projects over $50,000 filed with the state before construction, with owner, design firm, estimated cost, square feet and dates. For suppliers, subcontrac | base | USDC | $0.03 | exact |
| https://fronterasignal.com/api/v1/series/permits-monthly 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-M | base | USDC | $0.05 | exact |
| https://fronterasignal.com/api/v1/snapshot Use to size up the construction market in one Rio Grande Valley city (McAllen, Edinburg, Mission, Pharr, San Juan, Weslaco, Donna, Mercedes, Brownsville, Harlingen) or the whole Valley before you lend, build, buy or sell there: permits, housing units by type, sales-tax trend, mon | base | USDC | $0.02 | exact |
| https://fronterasignal.com/api/v1/issue Use when you need a written weekly briefing on Rio Grande Valley construction (permits, materials, labor, housing supply, major projects) in English or Spanish, as structured JSON with headline, key figures, chart data and full text. Pass week=YYYY-Www for a past issue. | base | USDC | $0.50 | exact |
| https://fronterasignal.com/api/v1/series/absorption Use when you need housing supply for the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission and Brownsville-Harlingen metros (months of supply, inventory, days on market, homes sold) by week, to judge whether the market is oversupplied before building, lending or buying. | base | USDC | $0.25 | exact |
| https://fronterasignal.com/api/v1/series/calls Use when you want to check how reliable Frontera Signal forecasts are before trusting them: every dated call with its resolve-by date and grade (HIT, MISS, PUSH or OPEN). | base | USDC | $0.25 | exact |
| https://fronterasignal.com/api/v1/series/cost-basket-weekly Use when you need the recent direction and level of construction inputs priced for South Texas: framing lumber, studs, OSB, drywall, rebar, copper, Gulf Coast diesel, the 30-year mortgage rate and construction PPI. Weekly, dated, ranged. Not a bid or quote. | base | USDC | $0.25 | exact |
| https://fronterasignal.com/api/v1/series/labor-ranges Use when you need construction labor conditions in the Rio Grande Valley: typical build time for a 2,100 sq ft house, the immigration-enforcement climate and construction-loan trend. Aggregated; no firm-level data. | base | USDC | $0.25 | exact |
| https://fronterasignal.com/api/v1/series/permits-weekly Use when you need building-permit activity for Rio Grande Valley cities (McAllen, Edinburg, Pharr, Mission, Weslaco, Brownsville, Harlingen and others) by ISO week and permit class, to judge local construction demand before a lending, supply or market-entry decision. DARK means t | base | USDC | $0.25 | exact |
