Quickstart#
Introduction#
Welcome to the Melissa Property cloud service. This service returns information about a given parcel of property, including: assessed value; last sale price; current mortgage; physical dimensions of land; and square footage. The level of detail may vary according to location.
Property can be used to:
Look up U.S. properties by address, county FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standards) and APN (Assessor’s Parcel Number), or Melissa Address Key (MAK)
Find the owner’s name, address, and value of the home
Learn about the various properties and characteristics of a property such as size, rooms, number of buildings, amenities, improvements, etc.
Search through historical deeds for a home to see past buyers and sales
Find other properties owned by a homeowner
New to Melissa Cloud Services?#
We highly recommend first time users of our web services to review our Using Melissa Cloud APIs section. It will cover critical topics like:
System Requirements#
SSL/TLS 1.2+
Getting Started - What Can I Do?#
Find historical deeds for a property.
Click here to go to the full endpoint documentation.
curl -X GET "https://property.melissadata.net/v4/WEB/LookupDeeds?\
&t=Test\
&id={{customerId}}\
&cols=\
&opt=page:1\
&mak=\
&fips=\
&apn=\
&txid=\
&ff=710%20Winston%20Ln%20Sugar%20Land%20TX\
&format=JSON" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Accept: application/json"
curl -X POST "https://property.melissadata.net/v4/WEB/LookupDeeds" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-d '{
"TransmissionReference": "Test",
"CustomerId": "{{customerId}}",
"Columns": "",
"Options": "page:1",
"PropertyMAK": "",
"FIPS": "",
"APN": "",
"FreeForm": "710 Winston Ln Sugar Land TX"
}
'
curl -X GET "https://property.melissadata.net/v4/WEB/LookupDeeds?\
&t=Test\
&id={{customerId}}\
&cols=\
&opt=page:1\
&mak=\
&fips=\
&apn=\
&txid=\
&ff=710%20Winston%20Ln%20Sugar%20Land%20TX\
&format=XML" \
-H "Content-Type: application/xml" \
-H "Accept: application/xml"
curl -X POST "https://property.melissadata.net/v4/WEB/LookupDeeds" \
-H "Content-Type: application/xml" \
-H "Accept: application/xml" \
-d '<LooupDeedsRequest>
<TransmissionReference>Test</TransmissionReference>
<CustomerId>{{customerId}}</CustomerId>
<Columns/>
<Options>page:1</Options>
<PropertyMAK/>
<FIPS/>
<APN/>
<FreeForm>710 Winston Ln Sugar Land TX</FreeForm>
</LookupDeedsRequest>
'
Find other properties owned by an individual.
Click here to go to the full endpoint documentation.
curl -X GET "https://property.melissadata.net/v4/WEB/LookupHomesByOwner?\
&t=Test\
&id={{customerId}}\
&mak=9005381555\
&ff=\
&format=JSON" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Accept: application/json"
curl -X POST "https://property.melissadata.net/v4/WEB/LookupHomesByOwner" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-d '{
"TransmissionReference": "Test",
"CustomerId": "{{customerId}}",
"OwnerMAK": "9005381555",
"FreeForm": ""
}
'
curl -X GET "https://property.melissadata.net/v4/WEB/LookupHomesByOwner?\
&t=Test\
&id={{customerId}}\
&mak=9005381555\
&ff=\
&format=XML" \
-H "Content-Type: application/xml" \
-H "Accept: application/xml"
curl -X POST "https://property.melissadata.net/v4/WEB/LookupHomesByOwner" \
-H "Content-Type: application/xml" \
-H "Accept: application/xml" \
-d '<LooupHomesByOwnerRequest>
<TransmissionReference>Test</TransmissionReference>
<CustomerId>{{customerId}}</CustomerId>
<OwnerMAK>9005381555</OwnerMAK>
<FreeForm/>
</LookupHomesByOwnerRequest>
'
Find additional information about a specific property.
Click here to go to the full endpoint documentation.
curl -X GET "https://property.melissadata.net/v4/WEB/LookupProperty?\
&t=Test\
&id={{customerId}}\
&cols=\
&account=\
&addresskey=\
&a1=710%20Winston%20Ln\
&a2=\
&apn=\
&city=Sugar%20Land\
&country=\
&fips=\
&ff=\
&mak=\
&state=TX\
&postal=\
&format=JSON" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Accept: application/json"
curl -X POST "https://property.melissadata.net/v4/WEB/LookupProperty" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-d '{
"TransmissionReference": "LookupProperty POST Test",
"CustomerId": "{{customerId}}",
"TotalRecords": "1",
"Columns": "",
"Records": [
{
"RecordID": "1",
"AddressLine1": "710 Winston Ln",
"AddressLine2": "",
"City": "Sugar Land",
"State": "TX",
"PostalCode": "",
"MAK": "",
"FIPS": "",
"APN": "",
"FreeForm": ""
}
]
}'
curl -X GET "https://property.melissadata.net/v4/WEB/LookupProperty?\
&t=Test\
&id={{customerId}}\
&cols=\
&account=\
&addresskey=\
&a1=710%20Winston%20Ln\
&a2=\
&apn=\
&city=Sugar%20Land\
&country=\
&fips=\
&ff=\
&mak=\
&state=TX\
&postal=\
&format=XML" \
-H "Content-Type: application/xml" \
-H "Accept: application/xml"
curl -X POST "https://property.melissadata.net/v4/WEB/LookupProperty" \
-H "Content-Type: application/xml" \
-H "Accept: application/xml" \
-d '<LooupPropertyRequest>
<TransmissionReference>Test</TransmissionReference>
<CustomerId>{{customerId}}</CustomerId>
<Columns/>
<Account/>
<AddressKey/>
<AddressLine1>710 Winston Ln</AddressLine1>
<AddressLine2/>
<APN/>
<City>Sugar Land</City>
<Country/>
<FIPS/>
<FreeForm/>
<PropertyMAK/>
<State>TX</State>
<PostalCode/>
</LookupPropertyRequest>
'
Sample Code#
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