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HouseCanary Alternative: Open Property Data

Looking for a HouseCanary alternative? If your goal is property facts you can download in bulk and redistribute, an open public-records dataset covers it — free, CC0, and self-serve.

What HouseCanary is

HouseCanary focuses on valuations and analytics for enterprise real-estate and lending customers, generally under a commercial agreement.

The open alternative

If you need the raw property facts and history rather than a packaged valuation product — and want to run your own analysis — an open dataset gives you the inputs directly. RealEstateDataset is a free, CC0 dataset of ~146M U.S. properties — address, beds, baths, square footage, lot size, year built, property type, status, last sold price/date, and nested price/tax history in Parquet. Download the whole country or a single state, county, or ZIP. Every record's id is a live endpoint on Straply's API for current, one-property lookups.

How to decide

Want to own the data, run unlimited analysis, and redistribute it? Start with the free bulk file. Need a specific property refreshed on demand? Use the API. Compare the whole landscape in real estate data sources, or see the fields in the data dictionary.

Frequently asked

Is there a free HouseCanary alternative?

Yes — the RealEstateDataset bulk files are free under CC0 (no sign-up, commercial use allowed), and the Straply API has a free tier for live lookups.

What's included per property?

Address, location (lat/lng), beds, baths, square footage, lot size, year built, property type, listing status, last sold price and date, plus heating, HOA, and amenity flags. Parquet adds nested price and tax history.

Does it include sale and tax history?

Yes — the Parquet files include nested price history and tax history per property, alongside the current characteristics and status.
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