# AgentFund US Housing Starts & Permits

> AgentFund US Housing Starts & Permits is a paid API for AI agents from x402.agentfund.net, paid per call via x402, $0.005/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Returns the latest US housing starts and building permits data, key leading indicators for the US real estate and construction sectors.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://x402.agentfund.net/x402/macro_housing
- Price: $0.005/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/agentfund-us-housing-starts-permits-b9e62d41
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_51cXA703wfMjF2VLZUWZZ

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability agentfund-us-housing-starts-permits-b9e62d41 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you pull the latest US housing starts and building permits figures for me? I need the most recent release of that macro data.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need programmatic, pay-per-use access to US housing starts and permits macro data without managing API keys or subscriptions. It is ideal for AI agents needing real-time economic indicators for real estate analysis, macro dashboards, or investment research, especially when already using the x402 micropayment protocol.

## Known failure modes

- Payment failure or insufficient USDC balance resulting in 402 response
- Upstream data source unavailable causing service error
- No new data released yet for current period returning stale or empty results
- Malformed request body causing 400 bad request

## How this service works

US Housing Starts & Permits

## Output

Returns structured JSON data containing the most recent US housing starts and building permits statistics, likely including the reported period, seasonally adjusted annual rate figures, month-over-month and year-over-year changes, and breakdowns by permit type or region as available from official sources.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method",
    "bodyType",
    "body"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "body": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {}
    },
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "POST",
      "PUT",
      "PATCH"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "bodyType": {
     "enum": [
      "json",
      "form-data",
      "text"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "asOf": "2026-06",
  "startsThousands": 1427,
  "permitsThousands": 1380,
  "startsMomPercent": 19
 }
}
```

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