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Property

Overview

The Property Cloud API returns information about a given parcel of property, including: assessed value; last sale price; current mortgage; physical dimensions of land; and square footage. The level of detail may vary according to location.

The Property service can be used to:

  • Look up U.S. properties by address, county FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standards) and APN (Assessor's Parcel Number), or Melissa Address Key (MAK)
  • Find the owner's name, address, and value of the home
  • Learn about the various properties and characteristics of a property such as size, rooms, number of buildings, amenities, improvements, etc.
  • Search through historical deeds for a home to see past buyers and sales
  • Find other properties owned by a homeowner

Documentation

Useful Resources

Product Page

https://www.melissa.com/property-data

Support Center

https://www.melissa.com/company/product-support

Download OpenAPI description
property.json
property.yaml
Languages
Servers
https://property.melissadata.net/v4/WEB/

Lookup Deeds

Use this endpoint to find deeds and/or transactions.

Operations

Lookup Homes by Owner

Use this endpoint to find homes owned by a homeowner.

Operations

Lookup homes owned by a homeowner

Request

The LookupHomesByOwner endpoint returns an array of homes owned by a homeowner based on their address (MAK).

The following are the possible minimum input requirements:

  • mak
  • ff
Query
formatstring

Desired format of the response.

Enum"json""xml"
Example: format=JSON
idany(password)required

The License Key issued by Melissa.

Example: id={REPLACE-WITH-YOUR-LICENSE-KEY}
tstring

Transmission Reference - This is a string value that serves as a unique identifier for this set of records. It is returned as sent.

Example: t=Test
ffstring

The free form address.

makstringrequired

A proprietary unique key identifier for an address.

Example: mak=9005381555
curl -i -X GET \
  'https://property.melissadata.net/v4/WEB/LookupHomesByOwner?id={REPLACE-WITH-YOUR-LICENSE-KEY}&mak=9005381555'

Responses

Successful response

Body
Versionstring

The current service version number.

TransmissionReferencestring

Optional. Serves as a unique request identifier.

Resultsstring

Lists error codes from any errors caused by the most recent request as a whole. For more information, see Property Result Codes.

TotalRecordsinteger

Total number of records.

RecordsArray of objects(LookupHomesByOwner_Records)
Response
{
  "Version": "7.4.2.1079",
  "TransmissionReference": "Test",
  "Results": "YS07",
  "TotalRecords": 3,
  "Records": [
    { … },
    { … },
    { … }
  ]
}

Lookup homes owned by a homeowner

Request

The LookupHomesByOwner endpoint returns an array of homes owned by a homeowner based on their address (MAK).

The following are the possible minimum input requirements:

  • OwnerMAK
  • FreeForm
Body
required
Formatstring

Desired format of the response.

Enum"json""xml"
CustomerIdstringrequired

The License Key issued by Melissa.

TransmissionReferencestring

This is a string value that serves as a unique identifier for this set of records. It is returned as sent.

FreeFormstring

Free form address for the property.

OwnerMAKstring

A proprietary unique key identifier for an address derived from Address Checking.

curl -i -X POST \
  https://property.melissadata.net/v4/WEB/LookupHomesByOwner \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
    "TransmissionReference": "Test",
    "CustomerId": "{REPLACE-WITH-YOUR-LICENSE-KEY}",
    "OwnerMAK": "9005381555",
    "FreeForm": ""
  }'

Responses

Successful response

Body
Versionstring

The current service version number.

TransmissionReferencestring

Optional. Serves as a unique request identifier.

Resultsstring

Lists error codes from any errors caused by the most recent request as a whole. For more information, see Property Result Codes.

TotalRecordsinteger

Total number of records.

RecordsArray of objects(LookupHomesByOwner_Records)
Response
{
  "Version": "7.4.2.1079",
  "TransmissionReference": "Test",
  "Results": "YS07",
  "TotalRecords": 3,
  "Records": [
    { … },
    { … },
    { … }
  ]
}

Lookup Property

Use this endpoint to get general information regarding a property.

Operations