Using Houski datasets: Comprehensive property data for any use case

Alex Wilkinson

CEO of Houski

2026-03-31

Property datasets across 16 countries

Unlike Multiple Listing Service (MLS) data locked behind real estate board memberships and licensing, Houski provides self-serve access to more than 220 million properties across 16 countries, from Canada and the United States to much of Europe and South Korea. Financial institutions, government agencies, insurers, marketers, and artificial intelligence (AI) developers can use our datasets page for immediate access to targeted property intelligence.

How the datasets page works

The datasets page makes it easy to find and purchase what you need:

Select your location: filter by country, province, or city
Browse 90+ pre-built datasets, each designed for specific industry use cases
View pricing and sample data: click any dataset to see per-record costs and a preview
Purchase and download: pay by credit card and download as a ZIP from your datasets dashboard

All datasets include latitude/longitude, postal codes, and standardized property attributes, ready for immediate use.

Dataset categories

Finance & Banking

Top 10% household income: properties in areas where 20%+ of households earn $150,000+
High-income professionals: areas with finance, management, and graduate-level education concentrations
First-time homebuyer targets: high concentrations of 25-34 year olds for first-time homebuyer mortgage products
Investment property returns: properties with 12%+ cap rates for investment lending analysis
Luxury properties ($1.5M+): for jumbo mortgages and private banking
Commercial properties: filtered by zoning and use type, for commercial lending and site selection

Government & Municipal

Assessment vs market value gaps: properties where assessments differ significantly from market value
Aging housing stock: pre-1970 construction for retrofit and infrastructure planning
Senior population concentrations: high 65+ populations for healthcare and transit planning
Transit deserts: low transit accessibility for expansion planning
Housing affordability stress: lower-income areas for housing policy development

Insurance

Flood risk properties: the lowest flood safety scores (the highest-risk tier) for underwriting and premium pricing
Fire risk properties: highest wildfire risk for exposure assessment
Multi-hazard exposure: properties exposed to multiple natural hazards
High-value home insurance: $2M+ properties for specialized coverage

Direct mail campaigns

Roofs needing replacement: 15+ year old roofs for contractor campaigns
HVAC systems due for replacement: aging heating systems for furnace/heat pump offers
Homes with swimming pools: for pool maintenance and renovation services
Large lot properties: 800+ sq m lots for landscaping and outdoor services
Older homes for renovation: pre-1975 construction for general contractors
Young family neighborhoods: high child populations for family services

Census & demographics

Language communities: Chinese, Punjabi, Spanish, Tagalog, French-speaking areas
Single-parent households: for family support services
Empty nesters & retirees: for retirement services and downsizing
University-educated areas: for professional services marketing
Public transit commuters: for urban services and advertising

Quality of life & livability

High quality of life areas: excellent air, safety, and nature scores
Entertainment and dining districts: high food/drink and entertainment scores
Top school districts: excellent education scores for family marketing

Premium location features

Waterfront properties: premium lakefront, riverfront, oceanfront
Golf course properties: properties backing onto golf courses
Cul-de-sac homes: safer streets with lower traffic
Properties with RV parking: for outdoor enthusiast marketing

Pricing

The cost per record is the API price of the fields the dataset carries, so it varies with the dataset (typically around a cent per record)
Minimum purchase is $99 USD
Total price shown before purchase based on record count
Prices are in United States dollars whatever country the data covers

A dataset of 50,000 properties at 1 cent per record costs $500 USD.

Download and access

Purchased datasets appear in your datasets dashboard where you can:

See all purchases with dates
Download each as a ZIP
Re-download anytime

API access for the same data

Everything on the datasets page is also accessible via our property API. Use the API for:

Real-time queries instead of bulk downloads
Integration into existing systems
Custom filtering beyond pre-built datasets
Programmatic access for automation

Same data, same per-record pricing, added flexibility. The one difference is licensing: data used to train a model has to be bought for that purpose, as the next section explains.

Use case: LLM and AI training data

For AI developers, Houski datasets are well suited to training and fine-tuning large language models (LLMs):

Structured, consistent data: 400+ standardized fields per property
Comprehensive coverage: more than 220 million properties, not just listings
Rich context: demographics, valuations, risk scores, and property characteristics
Machine-ready format: CSV/JSON ready for training pipelines

One rule matters here. Houski's terms of service allow training a model on Houski data only when the data was bought from us for that express purpose, so a training set comes from a dataset purchase or a custom dataset made for training, not from everyday API calls. The block below is a live call against the real API showing the shape of the rows such a dataset carries, each of which can become a question-answer pair for fine-tuning:

API request

TypeScript code

const houski_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', 'calgary');
    url.searchParams.set('country_abbreviation', 'ca');
    url.searchParams.set('province_abbreviation', 'ab');
    url.searchParams.set('select', 'address,property_type,bedroom,bathroom_full,interior_sq_m,estimate_sale_price');

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

    return data;
}

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

// Log the response
console.log(data);
})();

API response

JSON

{
  "cache_hit": false,
  "cost_cents": 2.58,
  "data": [
    {
      "address": "518 Rochester Terrace NW",
      "bathroom_full": 2,
      "bedroom": 3,
      "estimate_sale_price": 1476086,
      "interior_sq_m": 169.45374,
      "property_id": "103f92f6cf7bbdd9",
      "property_type": "Land"
    },
    {
      "address": "36 Crimson Ridge Heights NW",
      "bathroom_full": 2,
      "bedroom": 3,
      "estimate_sale_price": 426463,
      "interior_sq_m": 169.45374,
      "property_id": "104fb85a9c002e5d",
      "property_type": "Commercial"
    },
    {
      "address": "54 Rowmont Link NW",
      "bathroom_full": 2,
      "bedroom": 3,
      "estimate_sale_price": 850575,
      "interior_sq_m": 169.45374,
      "property_id": "1055f97323e53f25",
      "property_type": "House"
    },
    {
      "address": "499 Rochester Terrace NW",
      "bathroom_full": 2,
      "bedroom": 3,
      "estimate_sale_price": 869910,
      "interior_sq_m": 169.45374,
      "property_id": "1106094a42c3757d",
      "property_type": "Land"
    },
    {
      "address": "304 30 Rochester View NW",
      "bathroom_full": 2,
      "bedroom": 2,
      "estimate_sale_price": 616919,
      "interior_sq_m": 121.70197,
      "property_id": "1198b011e799062c",
      "property_type": "Townhouse"
    },
    {
      "address": "95 Royston He NW",
      "bathroom_full": 2,
      "bedroom": 3,
      "estimate_sale_price": 944068,
      "interior_sq_m": 169.45374,
      "property_id": "11aa161875771a70",
      "property_type": "Land"
    }
  ],
  "error": "",
  "pagination": {
    "current_page": 1,
    "has_next_page": true,
    "has_previous_page": false,
    "page_total": 110113
  },
  "price_quote": false,
  "result_total": 660677,
  "time_ms": 30,
  "ui_info": {
    "city": "Calgary",
    "city_id": "6ec95b53075d062c",
    "city_link": "ca/ab/calgary",
    "city_slug": "calgary",
    "country": "Canada",
    "country_abbreviation": "CA",
    "country_abbreviation_id": "9ace2b6431b7f1be",
    "country_abbreviation_link": "ca",
    "country_slug": "canada",
    "province": "Alberta",
    "province_abbreviation": "AB",
    "province_abbreviation_id": "aae1f05a0f89d2c7",
    "province_abbreviation_link": "ca/ab",
    "province_slug": "alberta"
  }
}

Custom datasets

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Custom field selection
Specific geographic boundaries
Historical data requirements
Recurring data delivery
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