Zumper API: Get average rents by city
Gets Zumper's current median monthly rents for studio through three-bedroom homes in a city, with monthly and yearly percentage changes. National rank is included only when the same-month U.S. national report ranks the city.
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Inputs
Values from the run on Oct 23, 2026, shown under Output.
- City, required
city City with state or province, for example Austin, TX.
Austin, TX
Input as JSON
{ "city": "Austin, TX"}Output
{ "city": "Austin, TX", "month": "2026-10", "currency": "USD", "report_page_link": "https://www.zumper.com/rent-research/austin-tx" , "national_rent_rank": null, "studio_median_monthly_rent": 1369, "one_bedroom_median_monthly_rent": 1305, "two_bedroom_median_monthly_rent": 1650, "three_bedroom_median_monthly_rent": 2204, "studio_change_vs_last_year_percent": -13.3, "studio_change_vs_last_month_percent": 19.65423111919927, "one_bedroom_change_vs_last_year_percent": -12.42, "two_bedroom_change_vs_last_year_percent": -16.88, "one_bedroom_change_vs_last_month_percent": 2.163833075734158, "two_bedroom_change_vs_last_month_percent": 2.695924764890282, "three_bedroom_change_vs_last_year_percent": -12.3, "three_bedroom_change_vs_last_month_percent": 3.261904761904762}Code
curl https://api.fous.com/v1/runs \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $FOUS_API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{"method":"zumper.com/get_average_rents","input":{"city":"Austin, TX"}}' # Save as fous.py, then run: python3 fous.pyimport json, os, timefrom urllib.error import HTTPErrorfrom urllib.request import Request, urlopenAPI = "https://api.fous.com/v1/runs" KEY = os.environ["FOUS_API_KEY"]HEADERS = { "Authorization": f"Bearer {KEY}", "Content-Type": "application/json" ,}def call(url, body=None): data = json.dumps(body).encode() if body else None request = Request(url, data, HEADERS) try: with urlopen(request, timeout=120) as r: return r.status, json.load(r) except HTTPError as error: message = json.load(error)["error"]["message"] raise RuntimeError(message) from errorstatus, run = call(API, { "method": "zumper.com/get_average_rents" , "input": { "city": "Austin, TX" }})# 202: still going after 30 s. Ask again until it ends.while status == 202: time.sleep(2) status, run = call(f"{API}/{run['id']}")print(json.dumps(run["data"], indent=2))// Save as fous.mjs, then run: node fous.mjsconst api = "https://api.fous.com/v1/runs" ;const headers = { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.FOUS_API_KEY}`, "Content-Type": "application/json" ,};let response = await fetch(api, { method: "POST", headers, body: JSON.stringify({ "method": "zumper.com/get_average_rents" , "input": { "city": "Austin, TX" } }), signal: AbortSignal.timeout(120_000),});let run = await response.json();// 202: still going after 30 s. Ask again until it ends.while (response.status === 202) { await new Promise((done) => setTimeout(done, 2_000)); response = await fetch(`${api}/${run.id}`, { headers }); run = await response.json();}if (!response.ok) throw new Error(run.error.message);console.log(run.data);# Connect your agent to Fous once, over MCP (Streamable HTTP):# https://api.fous.com/mcp# Set FOUS_API_KEY first: create a key at https://app.fous.com/keys.# Claude Codeclaude mcp add \ --scope user \ --transport http fous https://api.fous.com/mcp \ --header "Authorization: Bearer ${FOUS_API_KEY:?Set FOUS_API_KEY to your Fous API key}"# Codexcodex mcp add fous \ --url https://api.fous.com/mcp \ --bearer-token-env-var FOUS_API_KEY# Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf, Cline and morenpx -y add-mcp https://api.fous.com/mcp -g -n fous \ --header "Authorization: Bearer ${FOUS_API_KEY:?Set FOUS_API_KEY to your Fous API key}"# Then ask your agent:# "Use Fous to run zumper.com/get_average_rents# with {"city":"Austin, TX"}"Over HTTP, the answer’s data holds the output. A run still going after 30 seconds answers 202 with its id: ask GET /v1/runs/{id} until it ends.
Schema
Input schema
{ "type": "object", "required": [ "city" ], "properties": { "city": { "type": "string", "examples": [ "Austin, TX" ], "description": "City with state or province, for example Austin, TX." } }}Output schema
{ "type": "object", "required": [ "city", "month", "currency", "national_rent_rank", "report_page_link", "studio_median_monthly_rent", "studio_change_vs_last_month_percent", "studio_change_vs_last_year_percent", "one_bedroom_median_monthly_rent", "one_bedroom_change_vs_last_month_percent", "one_bedroom_change_vs_last_year_percent", "two_bedroom_median_monthly_rent", "two_bedroom_change_vs_last_month_percent", "two_bedroom_change_vs_last_year_percent", "three_bedroom_median_monthly_rent", "three_bedroom_change_vs_last_month_percent", "three_bedroom_change_vs_last_year_percent" ], "properties": { "city": { "type": "string", "description": "City and state or province." }, "month": { "type": "string", "description": "Month the city figures cover, YYYY-MM." }, "currency": { "type": "string", "description": "Currency code for the monthly rents." }, "report_page_link": { "type": "string", "description": "City rent research report page." }, "national_rent_rank": { "type": [ "integer", "null" ], "description": "One-bedroom rent rank in the same-month U.S. national report, when listed." }, "studio_median_monthly_rent": { "type": [ "number", "null" ], "description": "Median monthly rent." }, "one_bedroom_median_monthly_rent": { "type": [ "number", "null" ], "description": "Median monthly rent." }, "two_bedroom_median_monthly_rent": { "type": [ "number", "null" ], "description": "Median monthly rent." }, "three_bedroom_median_monthly_rent": { "type": [ "number", "null" ], "description": "Median monthly rent." }, "studio_change_vs_last_year_percent": { "type": [ "number", "null" ], "description": "Median rent change from last year, percent." }, "studio_change_vs_last_month_percent": { "type": [ "number", "null" ], "description": "Median rent change from last month, percent." }, "one_bedroom_change_vs_last_year_percent": { "type": [ "number", "null" ], "description": "Median rent change from last year, percent." }, "two_bedroom_change_vs_last_year_percent": { "type": [ "number", "null" ], "description": "Median rent change from last year, percent." }, "one_bedroom_change_vs_last_month_percent": { "type": [ "number", "null" ], "description": "Median rent change from last month, percent." }, "two_bedroom_change_vs_last_month_percent": { "type": [ "number", "null" ], "description": "Median rent change from last month, percent." }, "three_bedroom_change_vs_last_year_percent": { "type": [ "number", "null" ], "description": "Median rent change from last year, percent." }, "three_bedroom_change_vs_last_month_percent": { "type": [ "number", "null" ], "description": "Median rent change from last month, percent." } }}- Price
- 1 credit per completed run (1¢ with pay as you go); failed runs are free.
- Method
zumper.com/get_average_rents- Returns
- city, month, currency, median rents and changes by bedroom count, national rank, report link
Use it from your agent
Give your agent this line. It reads SKILL.md, gets a Fous API key and connects the Fous MCP server. Its run then takes the method zumper.com/get_average_rents with the inputs above.
Ask your agent
- What is the current median monthly rent for a studio, one, two, and three bedroom in Austin, TX, and how has it changed over the past month and year?
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- How much do apartments typically rent for in Raleigh, NC right now, and is Raleigh ranked nationally in the latest rent report?
- Give me the monthly median rent figures for Portland, OR across studio to 3-bedroom units, plus the link to the report.
- What are rents currently running in Tampa, FL on Zumper, and how do they compare to last year?
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