Attom vs Homes MCP
A side-by-side look at the Attom and Homes MCP MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Attom for real estate work as a local process; choose Homes MCP for real estate as a local process. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
Which MCP server should you choose?
Choose Attom when
- You need dedicated capabilities in the Real Estate domain.
- You prefer a local stdio subprocess transport.
- Its auth model fits you: API key required.
- You want tools like
attom_property_detail, attom_property_search, attom_sales_history.
Choose Homes MCP when
- You need dedicated capabilities in the Real Estate domain.
- You prefer a local stdio subprocess transport.
- Its auth model fits you: other.
- You want tools like
homes_search_properties, homes_get_property, homes_calculate_mortgage.
Feature & specification comparison
Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | ||
|---|---|---|
| Category | Real Estate | Real Estate |
| Quality signal | 61/100 · Good | 63/100 · Good |
| Install command | Confirmed | Confirmed |
| Transport | Local subprocess (stdio) | Local subprocess (stdio) |
| Auth | API key required | other |
| Pricing | Not declared | Free |
| Required env vars | None listed | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 0 | 0 |
| Directory activity | 3 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 2 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | 8 | 21 |
| Full listing | View Attom | View Homes MCP |
Tools & capabilities
Attom tools 8
attom_property_detail"Property details for [address]" / "specs of [house]" / "how many bedrooms / bathrooms" / "year built" / "square footage" / "lot size" — full property characteristics for a US residential or commercial address. Returns lot size, square footage, bedrooms, bathrooms, year built, construction type, and heating/cooling systems from ATTOM Data Solutions (the premium US real estate dataset). Use whenever an agent needs structured property attributes by address.attom_property_search"Find houses / homes / properties / real estate for sale or owned in [ZIP]" / "search properties near [coords]" / "homes in [neighborhood]" — search US residential and commercial properties by ZIP or lat/lng radius with filters (beds, baths, year built, property type). Returns matching addresses and ATTOM property IDs. Use first when you need to find candidate addresses, then call attom_property_detail / attom_avm / attom_sales_history on the picks.attom_sales_history"When was [house] last sold" / "sale history of [property]" / "previous owners of [address]" / "what did [house] sell for last time" — complete sales/transaction history for a US property by address. Returns sale dates, prices, deed types, and buyer/seller details from public deed records via ATTOM.attom_avm"What's [house] worth" / "home value of [address]" / "Zestimate alternative" / "estimated value of [property]" / "how much is [home] valued at" — automated valuation model (AVM) for any US residential property. Returns ATTOM's estimated market value, confidence score, and low/high range. Use for instant home-price questions; pair with attom_sales_history for recent comparable sales.attom_assessment"Property tax / taxes on [address]" / "assessed value of [house]" / "tax bill for [property]" / "what does the county say [home] is worth" — county tax-assessor record for a US property. Returns assessed value, market value, tax amount, tax year, and historical trends from public assessor data via ATTOM.attom_sales_trend"Housing market trends in [ZIP]" / "median home price in [area]" / "is [ZIP] heating up or cooling" / "sales volume in [neighborhood]" — aggregated real estate market trends by ZIP. Returns average/median sale price, sales volume, and price changes monthly / quarterly / yearly across a date range. Use for market-direction questions before pulling individual addresses.attom_rental_avm"How much can I rent [house] for" / "estimated rent for [address]" / "rental income on [property]" / "rental yield of [home]" — rental AVM for a US residential property. Returns estimated monthly rent, rental yield percentage, and rental value range. Use for landlord / investor / cash-flow analysis questions.attom_school_search"Schools near [address]" / "what school district is [house] in" / "best schools in [area]" / "public schools around [coords]" — find K-12 schools near a US location by lat/lng radius. Returns school name, type (public/private), grade levels, distance, and performance rankings. Use for relocation / family-housing questions paired with property search.
Homes MCP tools 21
homes_search_propertiesSearch homes.com listings by free-text location (city, ZIP, neighborhood). Optionally filter by property_type (single_family/condo/townhouse/land/mobile/multi_family), listing_type (for_sale/sold/for_rent/open_houses/new_construction), and sort (newest). Slugifies the location into homes.com's URL routing (e.g. 'Atlanta, GA' + condo + for_sale → /atlanta-ga/condos-for-sale/). Parses the embedded Schema.org JSON-LD to return each listing's address, price, beds/baths, sqft, primary photo, listing agent + brokerage, and the homes.com property URL. `location` is required and must contain Latin letters or digits — a blank or unsluggable location (e.g. only punctuation or non-Latin script) is rejected with an error rather than returning an empty result. KNOWN CAP: homes.com server-renders ~40 listings per page; the response carries `truncated: true` + `total_estimated` when the market has more. To enumerate a busy market, price-band or sub-area your search until each segment fits under the cap. Read-only; safe to call repeatedly.homes_get_propertyFetch a property's full homes.com record. Pass `url` — the full property detail URL (e.g. from a homes_search_properties result's `url` field). Parses the page's Schema.org JSON-LD plus DOM-side sections to return address, lat/lng, beds/baths, sqft, year built, price, status, listing agent + brokerage, highlights, estimated monthly payment, total views, Matterport tour URL, floorplan URLs, schools, HOA fee, lot_size_sqft plus the derived lot_size_acres (round(lot_size_sqft / 43560, 2); both null — never 0 — for condos and listings with no lot), parking, heating/cooling, MLS ID/source, and date posted/modified. Also returns `extracted_features` (lake_front, hot_tub, basement, furnished, dock, community) derived server-side from the listing description so callers don't have to keyword-parse marketing prose. Pass `include_price_history: true` to inline the same data `homes_get_property_history` returns (`listing_events`, `ownership_events`, `lien_events`, `events_normalized`) under `price_history`. Pass `include_tax_history: true` to inline `homes_get_tax_history` records under `tax_history`. Both are off by default; opting in costs nothing extra over the dedicated tools (same page fetch). The raw `description` is omitted by default; pass `include_description: true` to opt back in. `listing_agent` carries name / job title / profile url only; pass `include_agent_contact: true` for the agent's telephone and email. Read-only; safe to call repeatedly.homes_calculate_mortgageLocal-only mortgage payment calculator. Returns a full PITI breakdown (principal + interest, property tax, insurance, HOA, PMI) and total interest over the life of the loan. No network call — fully deterministic, safe to use for scenario comparison without burning a fetch. Provide either `down_payment` OR `down_payment_percent`; defaults to 20%. Property tax can be given as `property_tax_annual` or `property_tax_rate` (% of home price). PMI applies automatically when LTV > 80% and `pmi_rate` is provided.homes_compare_propertiesFetch 2 or more homes.com properties and align their facts side-by-side. Each target supplies a `url` — the full homes.com property URL (e.g. from a homes_search_properties result's `url` field). Returns the full per-property record (with server-side `extracted_features`, `hoa_monthly_usd`, `days_on_market`, `price_drop_*`, `lot_size_sqft` + the derived `lot_size_acres`, and `portal_url_hyperlink`). Per-target errors are captured per-row — one bad target will not fail the whole call: a failed row carries `status` = `error_kind` (`timeout` / `bridge_down` / `protocol` / `other`) plus `retryable` and `error`, and the envelope reports `count` / `ok` / `errored`. Calls are concurrent and bounded by an overall deadline: any row still unsettled comes back `status: "pending"` (retryable) with a top-level `pending` count — re-run just those targets. The raw `description` is omitted by default; pass `include_description: true` to keep the marketing prose. `listing_agent` omits the agent's telephone/email unless `include_agent_contact: true`. The cross-row `summary` table duplicates per-property fields (~30% of response weight); it is OPT-IN via `include_summary: true`.homes_calculate_affordabilitySolve for the maximum home price you can afford under the standard 28/36 DTI rule. Inputs: monthly income, recurring monthly debts (car loans, student loans, etc.), down payment, interest rate, and optional property-tax rate / insurance / HOA / loan term. Output: max home price, the binding constraint (front-end vs back-end), and the full PITI breakdown at that price. Same math across the realty MCP cohort (@chrischall/realty-core). No network — pure local math.homes_get_property_photosThe full photo gallery for a homes.com listing. homes.com's JSON-LD only exposes one primary image, so this tool scrapes every <img> tag on the property detail page and filters to the homes.com CDN. Pass `url` — the full homes.com property URL or path (e.g. from a homes_search_properties result's `url` field). Returns `{ property_id, url, count, photos: [{ url, position, alt? }] }`. Read-only; safe to call repeatedly.homes_healthcheckRound-trips a small public www.homes.com URL (/robots.txt) through ContextMint Bridge (your signed-in browser tab) and returns diagnostics: the bridge's role (host/peer/null), port, version, the extension link (linked / pair pending / not attached / never answered), the elapsed round-trip time, and a plain-English hint distinguishing 'bridge never came up' from 'extension not connected' from 'this browser can't serve a capability' from 'real www.homes.com-side problem'. Read-only, no auth required. Call this when a real tool fails and you want to know which hop broke.homes_get_property_historyDEPRECATED — prefer `homes_get_history` (combined timelines + tax) or `homes_get_property({ url, include_price_history: true })`. Same data, fewer round trips. Will be removed in a future major version. Three timelines for a homes.com property in one call: `listing_events`, `ownership_events`, `lien_events`. Also returns `events_normalized` mapped onto the cross-MCP enum. Each `events_normalized` row is `{ date, type, price?, price_change_pct?, list_to_sale_pct? }` — `price_change_pct` only on `PriceChange` rows; every other row carries homes.com's "List to Sale" figure as `list_to_sale_pct` (e.g. the sale-to-list ratio on a `Sold` row), never as a price change.homes_get_tax_historyDEPRECATED — prefer `homes_get_history` (combined timelines + tax) or `homes_get_property({ url, include_tax_history: true })`. Same data, fewer round trips; note that `homes_get_history` returns the tax array as `tax_records` (not `records`). Will be removed in a future major version. Year-by-year property-tax records: tax paid, total assessed value, land/improvement split.homes_get_historyCombined history endpoint — replaces `homes_get_property_history` + `homes_get_tax_history` with a single fetch. Returns `{ property_id, url, listing_events, ownership_events, lien_events, events_normalized, tax_records }`. Pass `url` — the full property detail URL. Series are `[]` when the listing doesn't carry that section. Cross-MCP-normalized `events_normalized` carries the same enum across siblings (Listed/PriceChange/Pending/Contingent/Sold/Withdrawn/Relisted/Delisted). Each `events_normalized` row is `{ date, type, price?, price_change_pct?, list_to_sale_pct? }` — `price_change_pct` only on `PriceChange` rows; every other row carries homes.com's "List to Sale" figure as `list_to_sale_pct` (e.g. the sale-to-list ratio on a `Sold` row), never as a price change. Read-only; safe to call repeatedly.homes_get_nearby_listingsScrape the nearby-links section of a homes.com detail page (the tabbed list of `<ul id="nb-Property">` near the bottom of the page) and return the nearby active listings. Pass `url` (the property whose neighborhood to inspect). By default returns the For Sale tab; pass `include_rentals: true` to also include the Rentals tab. Optional `limit` caps the count. Returns `{ property_id, url, count, listings: [{ property_id, url, address?, tab }] }`. Note: the nearby section is a curated cross-link list, not a comparable-sales set — only URL + address are exposed (no price/beds/baths/sqft/photo). To enrich a row, call `homes_get_property` on its url. Read-only; safe to call repeatedly.homes_get_market_reportFetch homes.com's recently-sold listings for a city/ZIP/neighborhood and derive a market summary: count, median sale price, and average $/sqft across the sample. Pass `location` — free-text (e.g. 'Brooklyn, NY', '30311'). `location` is required and must contain Latin letters or digits — a blank or unsluggable location (e.g. only punctuation or non-Latin script) is rejected with an error rather than returning an empty result. Returns `{ region, slug, sold_summary, sample_sold }`. Note: homes.com's sold page typically returns ~40 recent listings — this is a sample-based summary, not an exhaustive market index. Read-only.- +9 more on the listing page
Ready-to-paste client configs
Paste either block (or both) into your client config, e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json. We only show a config when the install command is confirmed.
Attom
{
"mcpServers": {
"attom": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@pipeworx/mcp-attom"
]
}
}
}
Homes MCP
{
"mcpServers": {
"homes-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"homes-mcp"
]
}
}
}
Frequently asked questions
Attom is categorized under Real Estate and uses a local stdio subprocess. Homes MCP belongs to Real Estate and uses a local stdio subprocess. Pick Attom for real estate work and Homes MCP for real estate.
Copy the mcpServers block from the config section on this page into your client's config (for example claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json), then fully restart the client.
Attom has no declared pricing — check the project's own site. Auth: api key required. Homes MCP is listed as free. Auth: other. If a server needs environment variables such as API keys, define them under the env key in your client's MCP config.
Yes. MCP clients support multiple servers: add attom and homes-mcp as separate keys in the same mcpServers object, and your assistant will call tools from either one.
On AllMCPs, Attom has a quality signal of 61/100 (Good) with 3 views, 0 installs and 0 GitHub stars. Homes MCP has 63/100 (Good) with 2 views, 0 installs and 0 GitHub stars.