Housing permits by month

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-MM). Covers cities that publish no weekly permits. Example: "How many single-family homes did Brownsville permit each month this year?"

Returns: New housing units and buildings authorized by permit each month, by structure type (single-family, 2 units, 3-4 units, 5 or more) with valuation, for Valley cities and unincorporated county areas, plus each year-to-date total.

Free sample (a real answer to /api/v1/series/permits-monthly?place=Brownsville&from=2026-01): https://fronterasignal.com/data/v1/samples/series-permits-monthly.json

get/api/v1/series/permits-monthly

Request

  • Base URL: https://fronterasignal.com
  • URL: https://fronterasignal.com/api/v1/series/permits-monthly
  • Auth: none required

Query parameters

place'Alamo' | 'Alton' | 'Bayview' | 'Brownsville' | 'Cameron County (unincorporated)' | 'Combes' | 'Donna' | 'Edcouch' | 'Edinburg' | 'Elsa' | 'Escobares' | 'Granjeno' | 'Harlingen' | 'Hidalgo' | 'Hidalgo County (unincorporated)' | 'Indian Lake' | 'La Feria' | 'La Joya' | 'La Villa' | 'Laguna Vista' | 'Los Fresnos' | 'Los Indios' | 'Lyford' | 'McAllen' | 'Mercedes' | 'Mission' | 'Palm Valley' | 'Palmhurst' | 'Palmview' | 'Penitas' | 'Pharr' | 'Port Isabel' | 'Primera' | 'Progreso' | 'Progreso Lakes' | 'Rancho Viejo' | 'Raymondville' | 'Rio Hondo' | 'San Benito' | 'San Juan' | 'Santa Rosa' | 'South Padre Island' | 'Starbase' | 'Sullivan City' | 'Weslaco' | 'Willacy County (unincorporated)'
Example:Brownsville

A Valley city, or "Hidalgo County (unincorporated)" and the like.

county'Hidalgo' | 'Cameron' | 'Starr' | 'Willacy'
Example:Hidalgo

Hidalgo, Cameron, Starr or Willacy ("Hidalgo County" also works).

fromstring
Example:2026-01

First month to include, YYYY-MM. Default: 12 months back for one place, 3 months otherwise. from=2024-01 returns the whole history.

tostring
Example:2026-01

Last month to include, YYYY-MM.

Response

New housing units and buildings authorized by permit each month, by structure type (single-family, 2 units, 3-4 units, 5 or more) with valuation, for Valley cities and unincorporated county areas, plus each year-to-date total.

publisherstring required
seriesstring required
titlestring required
sourcestring required
cadencestring required
months_availablestring[] required
fieldsstring[] required
returnedinteger required
notestring required
disclaimerstring required

Changes

No recorded changes to this operation across all 1 revision of this API.