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# CRE Intelligence MCP
**Live market data for commercial real estate analysis — inside Claude.**
Connect this MCP to Claude Desktop and instantly access Federal Reserve interest rates, Census Bureau demographics, DCF modeling, rent roll parsing, lease abstraction, and IC memo generation — all from a single prompt.
> *"Analyze this deal: 2201 South Blvd, Charlotte NC. NOI $400k, asking $6M, retail strip."*
>
> → Pulls live SOFR from the Fed. Pulls Census demographics for that exact block. Builds a full levered 10-year DCF. Writes an institutional-quality IC memo. **30 seconds.**
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## Why this exists
The #1 problem with AI in CRE: **66% of professionals use it daily, but only 5% trust it for actual deal decisions.**
The reason? AI guesses at rates and demographics. A DCF built on a hallucinated SOFR rate is worthless.
This MCP fixes that. Every number comes from a verified public source:
- **Interest rates** → Federal Reserve (FRED API)
- **Demographics** → US Census Bureau ACS
- **Document analysis** → Claude AI with structured output
Zero data licensing fees. Zero hallucinations on financial inputs.
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## Tools
| Tool | What it does | Data source |
|------|-------------|-------------|
| `get_current_rates` | Live SOFR, 10yr Treasury, Fed Funds + implied cap ranges by property type | FRED |
| `get_inflation_data` | CPI, shelter inflation, rent CPI + DCF rent growth guidance | FRED |
| `get_cre_market_data` | CRE price index, C&I loan trends, delinquency rates, credit spreads | FRED |
| `get_market_demographics` | Median income, employment, vacancy, rents for any US address | Census Bureau |
| `get_radius_demographics` | 1/3/5-mile trade-area rings: population, weighted income, renter share, rents | Census Bureau |
| `analyze_rent_roll` | Paste PDF text → structured JSON: tenant, SF, rent, dates, expirations | Claude AI |
| `abstract_lease` | Paste lease text → term, rent schedule, TI, options, red flags | Claude AI |
| `flag_lease_risks` | Rent roll JSON → rollover risk, concentration risk, due diligence checklist | Claude AI |
| `build_dcf_model` | Full levered 10-year DCF with live rates auto-fetched from FRED | Python + FRED |
| `generate_deal_memo` | Address + NOI + price → full IC memo with live rates and demographics | Claude AI + FRED + Census |
| `export_dcf_excel` | Downloadable .xlsx underwriting model with live formulas, sensitivity grid, market data | Python + FRED + Census |
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## Example output
**Prompt:** *"Get me current interest rates"*
```
SOFR: 3.63% (June 8, 2026)
SOFR 30-day: 3.59%
10yr Treasury: 4.55%
5yr Treasury: 4.29%
Fed Funds: 3.63%
Implied cap rates (spread over 10yr T):
Core Multifamily: 5.30% – 6.05%
Core Industrial: 5.55% – 6.30%
Core Office: 6.05% – 7.05%
Value-Add: 6.05% – 7.05%
Loan rate guidance:
Floating: SOFR + 150–250bps = ~5.38%–5.88%
Fixed: 10yr T + 150–200bps = ~6.05%–6.55%
```
**Prompt:** *"Analyze this deal: 2201 South Blvd Charlotte NC, NOI $400k, asking $6M, retail strip"*
The MCP automatically chains `get_current_rates` + `get_market_demographics` + `build_dcf_model` + `generate_deal_memo` and returns a full IC memo including:
```
Entry Cap Rate: 6.67% (+212bps over 10yr Treasury)
Loan Rate: 5.38% (derived from live SOFR 3.63% + 175bps)
Year 1 DSCR: 1.53x
IRR: 14.6%
Equity Multiple: 3.11x
Census Tract demographics (2023 ACS):
Median HHI: $141,419
Employment rate: 97.2%
College educated: 64.9%
Vacancy rate: 8.6%
Recommendation: GO — subject to rent roll review and comp analysis.
```
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## Setup
### Option A — Hosted (fastest, no API keys)
Add this to your `claude_desktop_config.json` and restart Claude Desktop:
```json
{
"mcpServers": {
"cre-intelligence": {
"type": "streamable-http",
"url": "https://cre-intelligence-mcp.onrender.com/mcp"
}
}
}
```
If your MCP client only supports stdio servers, use the `mcp-remote` bridge instead:
```json
{
"mcpServers": {
"cre-intelligence": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "mcp-remote", "https://cre-intelligence-mcp.onrender.com/mcp"]
}
}
}
```
Free during beta. All data fetching runs server-side.
### Option B — Self-hosted
#### Prerequisites
- [Claude Desktop](https://claude.ai/download)
- Python 3.11+
- Free API keys (takes ~2 minutes total):
- **FRED:** [fred.stlouisfed.org/docs/api/api_key.html](https://fred.stlouisfed.org/docs/api/api_key.html)
- **Census:** [api.census.gov/data/key_signup.html](https://api.census.gov/data/key_signup.html)
- **Anthropic:** [console.anthropic.com](https://console.anthropic.com)
#### Install
```bash
git clone https://github.com/Zwondra/cre-intelligence-mcp
cd cre-intelligence-mcp
python3.11 -m venv venv
venv/bin/pip install -r requirements.txt
cp .env.example .env
# Add your API keys to .env
```
### Connect to Claude Desktop
Add to `~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json`:
```json
{
"mcpServers": {
"cre-intelligence": {
"command": "/path/to/cre-intelligence-mcp/venv/bin/python3",
"args": ["/path/to/cre-intelligence-mcp/server.py"],
"env": {
"ANTHROPIC_API_KEY": "sk-ant-...",
"FRED_API_KEY": "your_fred_key",
"CENSUS_API_KEY": "your_census_key"
}
}
}
}
```
Restart Claude Desktop. The tools will appear automatically.
### Test it
Open Claude Desktop and say:
> *"Get me current interest rates"*
You should see it call `get_current_rates` and return live Federal Reserve data.
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## Document analysis
The document tools (`analyze_rent_roll`, `abstract_lease`) work by pasting PDF text directly into the prompt. In Claude Desktop:
1. Open your rent roll or lease PDF
2. Copy all the text
3. Say: *"Analyze this rent roll: [paste text]"*
The tool extracts every tenant, suite, SF, rent, lease dates, and expiration into structured JSON — then `flag_lease_risks` can immediately analyze it for rollover and concentration risk.
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## Data sources
| Source | What | Cost |
|--------|------|------|
| [FRED (Federal Reserve)](https://fred.stlouisfed.org) | SOFR, Treasury yields, Fed Funds, CPI, CRE price index | Free |
| [Census Bureau ACS](https://www.census.gov/data/developers/data-sets/acs-5year.html) | Income, employment, housing, rents by census tract | Free |
| [Anthropic Claude](https://anthropic.com) | Document parsing, risk analysis, memo generation | Pay per use |
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## Roadmap
- [ ] Comparable sales search (CREXI public listings)
- [ ] Multi-property portfolio analysis
- [ ] Sensitivity table generation (cap rate / NOI / LTV scenarios)
- [ ] Export to Excel / Word
- [ ] Deal history / comparison across sessions
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## License
MIT
