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

System Requirements #

SSL/TLS 1.2+

Getting Started - What Can I Do?#

Lookup Deeds #

Find historical deeds for a property.

Endpoint #

/v4/WEB/LookupDeeds

Click here to go to the full endpoint documentation.

Try it Now #

GET JSON
POST JSON
GET XML
POST XML

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>
   '

Lookup Homes By Owner #

Find other properties owned by an individual.

Endpoint #

/v4/WEB/LookupHomesByOwner

Click here to go to the full endpoint documentation.

Try it Now #

GET JSON
POST JSON
GET XML
POST XML

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>
   '

Lookup Property #

Find additional information about a specific property.

Endpoint #

/v4/WEB/LookupProperty

Click here to go to the full endpoint documentation.

Try it Now #

GET JSON
POST JSON
GET XML
POST XML

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 #

Language	Repository
C# .NET	MelissaData/Property-Dotnet
Java	MelissaData/Property-Java
Python3	MelissaData/Property-Python3
Postman Collection	MelissaData/Property-Postman

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