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Get properties with recent listing price decreases
In this example, we are getting any property in Toronto that has decreased its listing price within the last 2 months.
Request
Shell session
curl -X GET "https://api.houski.ca/properties?api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&city=toronto&country_abbreviation=ca&expand=listings&expand_listing_date_gt=2025-04-28&expand_listing_event_eq=Price decrease&filter_expand_match=all&province_abbreviation=on"
TypeScript code
const houski_recipe_data = async (): Promise<PropertiesResponse> => {

    // You must copy the PropertiesResponse type declarations from the 
    // Houski API documentation to strongly type the response

    const url = new URL('https://api.houski.ca/properties');
    url.searchParams.set('api_key', 'YOUR_API_KEY');
    url.searchParams.set('city', 'toronto');
    url.searchParams.set('country_abbreviation', 'ca');
    url.searchParams.set('expand', 'listings');
    url.searchParams.set('expand_listing_date_gt', '2025-04-28');
    url.searchParams.set('expand_listing_event_eq', 'Price decrease');
    url.searchParams.set('filter_expand_match', 'all');
    url.searchParams.set('province_abbreviation', 'on');

    const response = await fetch(url);
    const data = await response.json();

    return data;
}

(async () => {
let data: PropertiesResponse = await houski_recipe_data();

// Log the response
console.log(data);
})();
Response
JSON
{
  "cache_hit": false,
  "cost_cents": 1.28000009059906,
  "data": [
    {
      "address": "311 211 Randolph Road",
      "listings": [
        {
          "expand_estimate_list_price": 565000,
          "expand_listing_date": "2025-05-27",
          "expand_listing_event": "Price decrease",
          "property_id": "103a9ea463a501dc"
        },
        {
          "expand_estimate_list_price": 539000,
          "expand_listing_date": "2025-06-10",
          "expand_listing_event": "Price decrease",
          "property_id": "103a9ea463a501dc"
        }
      ],
      "property_id": "103a9ea463a501dc"
    },
    {
      "address": "78 Wheeler Avenue",
      "listings": [
        {
          "expand_estimate_list_price": 2149000,
          "expand_listing_date": "2025-06-22",
          "expand_listing_event": "Price decrease",
          "property_id": "10808baf8477b76e"
        }
      ],
      "property_id": "10808baf8477b76e"
    },
    {
      "address": "707 19 Grand Trunk Crescent",
      "listings": [
        {
          "expand_estimate_list_price": 520000,
          "expand_listing_date": "2025-06-16",
          "expand_listing_event": "Price decrease",
          "property_id": "109644932243c52e"
        }
      ],
      "property_id": "109644932243c52e"
    },
    {
      "address": "330 25 Bamburgh Circle",
      "listings": [
        {
          "expand_estimate_list_price": 475000,
          "expand_listing_date": "2025-06-19",
          "expand_listing_event": "Price decrease",
          "property_id": "109fedf69fe48c1b"
        }
      ],
      "property_id": "109fedf69fe48c1b"
    },
    {
      "address": "96 Highfield Road",
      "listings": [
        {
          "expand_estimate_list_price": 1549900,
          "expand_listing_date": "2025-05-15",
          "expand_listing_event": "Price decrease",
          "property_id": "10a6fa9e7321d355"
        },
        {
          "expand_estimate_list_price": 1490000,
          "expand_listing_date": "2025-06-15",
          "expand_listing_event": "Price decrease",
          "property_id": "10a6fa9e7321d355"
        }
      ],
      "property_id": "10a6fa9e7321d355"
    },
    {
      "address": "1901 3151 Bridletowne Circle",
      "listings": [
        {
          "expand_estimate_list_price": 485000,
          "expand_listing_date": "2025-06-20",
          "expand_listing_event": "Price decrease",
          "property_id": "10ae80cc9ba77db7"
        }
      ],
      "property_id": "10ae80cc9ba77db7"
    }
  ],
  "error": "",
  "pagination": {
    "current_page": 1,
    "has_next_page": true,
    "has_previous_page": false,
    "page_total": 1003
  },
  "price_quote": false,
  "result_total": 6013,
  "time_ms": 610,
  "ui_info": {
    "city": "Toronto",
    "city_id": "6cdbdee2492718ed",
    "city_link": "ca/on/toronto",
    "city_slug": "toronto",
    "country": "Canada",
    "country_abbreviation": "CA",
    "country_abbreviation_id": "9ace2b6431b7f1be",
    "country_abbreviation_link": "ca",
    "country_slug": "canada",
    "province": "Ontario",
    "province_abbreviation": "ON",
    "province_abbreviation_id": "146699ee774499d3",
    "province_abbreviation_link": "ca/on",
    "province_slug": "ontario"
  }
}