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Can you get me the ZORI market rent data for ZIP code 33101, including 12 months of history, so I can see the trend?"},{"title":"Rental market monitoring dashboard","prompt":"Set up a check on the Zillow rent index for ZIP code 10001 in Manhattan — what's the latest monthly rent figure and the year-over-year percent change?"}],"resultDescription":"A JSON object containing the ZIP code's city, state, county, and metro area; the latest ZORI rent value in USD/month with its date; the year-over-year percentage change; an array of historical monthly rent values (up to 120 months); the Zillow region ID and size rank; a link to the source CSV; and a timestamp of when the data was checked.","failureModes":["ZIP code with too few rental listings is not covered by ZORI — endpoint may return no data or an error for sparse markets","Invalid or non-existent ZIP code returns an error","ZIP code outside the US is not supported","Request for individual rental listings will not be fulfilled — only index data is returned","Network or upstream Zillow data source unavailability may cause failures"],"whenToPreferThis":"Use this endpoint when you need authoritative, smoothed market-level rent data for a US ZIP code derived from Zillow's official public ZORI dataset. It is ideal for rent trend analysis, relocation research, investment underwriting, or building dashboards that track rental market conditions over time. Prefer this over scraping Zillow listing pages (which block automated access) or over less-authoritative rent estimate sources. Not suitable for retrieving individual rental listings, real-time availability, or non-US markets.","instructions":null,"reviewSummary":null,"reviewSummaryHighlights":null,"reviewSummaryConcerns":null,"reviewSummaryGeneratedAt":null,"activationCount":0,"lastUsedAt":null,"lastSuccessfullyRanAt":null,"lastHealthCheckAt":"2026-10-29T00:32:42.659Z","isFirstParty":false,"canonicalSlug":"zillow-observed-rent-index-zori-by-zip-code-da325cec"}