Frontera Signal
fronterasignal.com · 14 paid endpoints · listed 2026-10-27
Use to check what common building materials cost on the shelf in the Rio Grande Valley (McAllen, Mission, Edinburg): 2x4 and 2x6 studs, OSB, drywall, concrete mix, CMU block, rebar, shingles, underlayment, housewrap, insulation, paint, doors, deck screws. Dated prices at big box stores and a local yard, checked twice a week, for estimating or checking a bid. Not a quote. Example: "What does a sheet of 7/16 OSB cost in McAllen this week?"
Paid endpoints
| Method | Endpoint | Price | Networks |
|---|---|---|---|
| GET | fronterasignal.com/api/v1/materials Use to check what common building materials cost on the shelf in the Rio Grande Valley (McAllen, Mission, Edinburg): 2x4 and 2x6 studs, OSB, drywall, concrete m | $0.01 | Base |
| GET | fronterasignal.com/api/v1/companies Use to vet a developer, owner, architecture firm or trade contractor in the Rio Grande Valley, Texas: projects filed since late 2024 (count, total and largest c | $0.02 | Base |
| GET | fronterasignal.com/api/v1/snapshot Use to size up the construction market in one Rio Grande Valley city (McAllen, Edinburg, Mission, Pharr, San Juan, Weslaco, Donna, Mercedes, Brownsville, Harlin | $0.02 | Base |
| GET | fronterasignal.com/api/v1/cost-per-sqft Use to check whether a commercial building budget in the Rio Grande Valley, Texas is in line: median and 25th-75th percentile of filed estimated cost per square | $0.03 | Base |
| GET | fronterasignal.com/api/v1/nearby Use to size competing or neighboring construction around one Rio Grande Valley address before you buy, lend, lease or build there: count, summed filed cost and | $0.03 | Base |
| GET | fronterasignal.com/api/v1/projects Use to find who is about to build what in the Rio Grande Valley, Texas (Hidalgo, Cameron, Starr, Willacy counties): commercial projects over $50,000 filed with | $0.03 | Base |
| GET | fronterasignal.com/api/v1/parcel Use when you have a Hidalgo County, Texas street address and need its parcel record before an offer, a loan or a site visit: parcel id, property class, acres, y | $0.04 | Base |
| GET | fronterasignal.com/api/v1/series/permits-monthly Use to track new housing permits month by month in Rio Grande Valley cities and county areas (Hidalgo, Cameron, Starr, Willacy counties): units and buildings by | $0.05 | Base |
| GET | fronterasignal.com/api/v1/series/absorption Use when you need housing supply for the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission and Brownsville-Harlingen metros (months of supply, inventory, days on market, homes sold) by | $0.25 | Base |
| GET | fronterasignal.com/api/v1/series/calls Use when you want to check how reliable Frontera Signal forecasts are before trusting them: every dated call with its resolve-by date and grade (HIT, MISS, PUSH | $0.25 | Base |
| GET | fronterasignal.com/api/v1/series/cost-basket-weekly Use when you need the recent direction and level of construction inputs priced for South Texas: framing lumber, studs, OSB, drywall, rebar, copper, Gulf Coast d | $0.25 | Base |
| GET | fronterasignal.com/api/v1/series/labor-ranges Use when you need construction labor conditions in the Rio Grande Valley: typical build time for a 2,100 sq ft house, the immigration-enforcement climate and co | $0.25 | Base |
| GET | fronterasignal.com/api/v1/series/permits-weekly Use when you need building-permit activity for Rio Grande Valley cities (McAllen, Edinburg, Pharr, Mission, Weslaco, Brownsville, Harlingen and others) by ISO w | $0.25 | Base |
| GET | fronterasignal.com/api/v1/issue Use when you need a written weekly briefing on Rio Grande Valley construction (permits, materials, labor, housing supply, major projects) in English or Spanish, | $0.50 | Base |
Latest checks
| When | Endpoint | HTTP | ms | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 days ago | fronterasignal.com/api/v1/companies | 402 | 484 | valid x402 v2 terms |
Income on Base (7 days)
| Day | Transfers | USDC | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-31 | 1 | $0.01 | |
| 2026-10-28 | 1 | $0.01 | |
| 2026-10-27 | 1 | $0.01 |
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x402_provider_claim (sign with your payout address), and get an alert within minutes when it stops answering with x402_monitor_create ($5 for 30 days). Both work over MCP (https://logicnodes.io/mcp/v2) or POST https://logicnodes.io/v1/tools/<tool>.Income is all USDC received by the provider's payout address on Base, whatever the source. Score: 0-100: 50 x share of checks in the last 72 h that returned valid x402 payment terms + 30 x min(1, log10(1 + USDC received in 7 days) / 4) + 20 x min(1, log10(1 + distinct payers in 7 days) / 3). A provider never checked scores on income only; income is all USDC received by its payout address on Base, whatever the source. JSON: /v1/observatory/providers/fronterasignal.com