Snapshot

{
  "construction_costs": [
    {
      "age_days": 25,
      "approx": true,
      "as_of": "2026-09-11",
      "cadence": "weekly",
      "direction": "up",
      "direction_detail": "up_futures",
      "measure": "framing_lumber",
      "source": "Frontera Signal",
      "stale": true,
      "unit": "USD/MBF",
      "value": 578.5,
      "value_text": "~578.50",
      "value_type": "number"
    }
  ],
  "data_through_week": "2026-W40",
  "disclaimer": "Every value carries as_of, age_days, ca…",
  "generated_at": "2026-10-06T20:51:04.360Z",
  "housing_permits_monthly": {
    "latest": [
      {
        "age_days": 36,
        "as_of": "2026-08-31",
        "buildings_total": 54,
        "cadence": "monthly",
        "county": "Hidalgo",
        "five_plus_unit_buildings": 0,
        "five_plus_unit_units": 0,
        "month": "2026-08",
        "place": "McAllen",
        "single_family_buildings": 42,
        "single_family_units": 42,
        "source": "public permit statistics",
        "stale": false,
        "status": "reported",
        "three_four_unit_buildings": 0,
        "three_four_unit_units": 0,
        "two_unit_buildings": 12,
        "two_unit_units": 24,
        "units_total": 66,
        "valuation_usd": 11374705
      }
    ],
    "source": "public permit statistics"
  },
  "housing_supply": [
    {
      "age_days": 67,
      "as_of": "2026-07",
      "cadence": "monthly",
      "geo": "McAllen",
      "measure": "entry_price_per_sqft",
      "source": "Frontera Signal",
      "stale": false,
      "unit": "USD/sqft",
      "value": {
        "high": 190,
        "low": 186,
        "unit": "USD/sqft"
      },
      "value_text": "186-190",
      "value_type": "range"
    }
  ],
  "labor": [
    {
      "age_days": 67,
      "as_of": "2026-07",
      "cadence": "monthly",
      "measure": "build_time_2100sf",
      "source": "Frontera Signal",
      "stale": false,
      "unit": "months",
      "value": {
        "high": 11,
        "low": 9,
        "unit": "months"
      },
      "value_text": "9-11 months",
      "value_type": "range"
    }
  ],
  "latest_issue": {
    "title": "Mortgage rate jumps to 7.28% as McAllen…",
    "url": "https://fronterasignal.com/issues/2026-…",
    "week_id": "2026-W40"
  },
  "material_prices": {
    "latest": [
      {
        "age_days": 5,
        "as_of": "2026-10-01",
        "cadence": "weekly",
        "high_usd": 3.98,
        "item": "2x4 stud, 8 ft",
        "item_key": "stud_2x4_8ft",
        "low_usd": 3.98,
        "source": "Frontera Signal",
        "stale": false,
        "stores": 1,
        "unit": "each"
      }
    ],
    "note": "Shelf prices at Valley big-box stores a…",
    "source": "Frontera Signal"
  },
  "new_commercial_projects": {
    "as_of": "2026-10-04",
    "cadence": "weekly",
    "latest": [
      {
        "address": "212 LINDBERG BUILDING A UNIT 1",
        "city": "McAllen",
        "county": "Hidalgo",
        "design_firm": "G.D. DRAFTING & DESIGNS",
        "estimated_cost_usd": 165980,
        "estimated_end": "2027-02-26",
        "estimated_start": "2026-10-19",
        "facility": "LINDBERG CENTER CONDOMINIUMS",
        "funding": "private",
        "id": "FSP-806786d275",
        "name": "GOMEZ CARDIOVASCULAR CLINIC",
        "owner": "VELOCITY TRIPLE J",
        "registered": "2026-10-01",
        "scope_of_work": "Renovation of commercial unit",
        "source": "public state construction filing",
        "square_feet": 3192,
        "status": "Review Complete",
        "type_of_work": "Renovation/Alteration",
        "zip": "78501"
      }
    ],
    "matched": 314,
    "source": "public state construction filing"
  },
  "permits": {
    "history": [
      {
        "age_days": 11,
        "as_of": "2026-09-25",
        "cadence": "weekly",
        "count": 3,
        "measure": "commercial_projects_registered_state",
        "source": "Frontera Signal",
        "stale": false,
        "status": "reported",
        "value_usd": null,
        "week_id": "2026-W39"
      }
    ],
    "latest": [
      {
        "age_days": 8,
        "as_of": "2026-09-28",
        "cadence": "weekly",
        "count": 1,
        "measure": "commercial_projects_registered_state",
        "source": "Frontera Signal",
        "stale": false,
        "status": "reported",
        "value_usd": 300000,
        "week_id": "2026-W40"
      }
    ],
    "latest_week": "2026-W40",
    "note": "Reported rows first. dark = the city pu…"
  },
  "place": {
    "city": "McAllen",
    "county": "Hidalgo County, Texas",
    "metro": "McAllen-Edinburg-Mission"
  },
  "publisher": "Frontera Signal",
  "sales_tax": {
    "latest": [
      {
        "age_days": 6,
        "as_of": "2026-09-30",
        "cadence": "monthly",
        "city": "McAllen",
        "county": "Hidalgo",
        "month": "2026-09",
        "net_payment_usd": 8646783.48,
        "payments_to_date_usd": 81419238.95,
        "prior_year_payment_usd": 7978565.44,
        "source": "state sales tax allocation records",
        "stale": false,
        "to_date_yoy_pct": 7.78,
        "yoy_pct": 8.37
      }
    ],
    "note": "Local sales tax the state sent the city…",
    "source": "state sales tax allocation records"
  }
}

# bash or zsh: see the payment challenge. Nothing is charged.
curl -sS -g -i 'https://fronterasignal.com/api/v1/snapshot?city=McAllen'

# x402 v2 sends the challenge base64-encoded in the PAYMENT-REQUIRED header (v1 sends it in the body).
# To read the header:
curl -sS -g -o /dev/null -D - 'https://fronterasignal.com/api/v1/snapshot?city=McAllen' \
  | grep -i '^payment-required:' | cut -d' ' -f2 | tr -d '\r' | base64 --decode

// npm i @x402/fetch @x402/evm viem
import { wrapFetchWithPayment, x402Client } from "@x402/fetch";
import { registerExactEvmScheme } from "@x402/evm/exact/client";
import { privateKeyToAccount } from "viem/accounts";

// Pays at most $0.02 per call.
const client = new x402Client().setSpendControls({ maxAmountPerPayment: "$0.02" });
registerExactEvmScheme(client, { signer: privateKeyToAccount(process.env.EVM_PRIVATE_KEY) });
const pay = wrapFetchWithPayment(fetch, client);

// Not sure it's safe to pay? ToolVet checks it first for $0.005. Pay for that from a separate
// client: this one is capped at $0.02 per payment. GET https://toolvet.app/api/v1/check?url=https%3A%2F%2Ffronterasignal.com%2Fapi%2Fv1%2Fsnapshot
const res = await pay("https://fronterasignal.com/api/v1/snapshot?city=McAllen");
console.log(res.status, await res.text());

# pip install "x402[requests,evm]"
import os
from eth_account import Account
from x402 import x402ClientSync
from x402.http.clients import x402_requests
from x402.mechanisms.evm import EthAccountSigner
from x402.mechanisms.evm.exact.register import register_exact_evm_client

# Pays at most $0.02 per call.
client = x402ClientSync().set_spend_controls({"max_amount_per_payment": "$0.02"})
register_exact_evm_client(client, EthAccountSigner(Account.from_key(os.environ["EVM_PRIVATE_KEY"])))

with x402_requests(client) as session:
    res = session.get("https://fronterasignal.com/api/v1/snapshot?city=McAllen")
    print(res.status_code, res.text)