# UK Council Tax Band Lookup by Postcode

> UK Council Tax Band Lookup by Postcode is a paid API for AI agents from property.payapi.market, paid per call via x402, $0.001/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Returns the council tax band (A–H) for properties in a given UK postcode.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://property.payapi.market/council-tax
- Price: $0.001/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/property-payapi-market-ef430eb4
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_WHZGebUgOXGJER6xlJmuF

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 property-payapi-market-ef430eb4 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: What council tax band applies to properties in the postcode SW1A 1AA?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to quickly look up the council tax band for a UK postcode as part of property research, cost-of-living analysis, or home-buying/renting decisions. Prefer this over manual council website lookups when automating property data enrichment pipelines.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or malformed postcode returns an error
- Postcode not found in dataset returns null or empty result
- Non-UK postcodes are not supported
- Postcode with no residential properties may return no band

## How this service works

UK council tax bands A–H by postcode.

## Output

Returns the council tax band (A through H) assigned to residential properties in the specified UK postcode, helping users understand local taxation levels before renting or purchasing.

## Example request

```json
{
 "postcode": "SW1A 1AA"
}
```

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "postcode": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "UK postcode."
  }
 }
}
```

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