Finding brokers in your area

Connecting local real estate brokers to properties they represent can unlock strategic advantages in marketing, partnerships, and lead generation. Whether you're looking to identify active agents in your city or analyze their transaction history, this guide shows how to leverage Datafiniti’s People and Property APIs to uncover brokers operating in your desired location.

Locating broker records in people data

Datafiniti's People Data connects individuals in the real estate industry to specific property records they represent. Brokers can be identified with the propertiesRepresented field. You can learn more about this in our People Data Schema. Here’s an example of where this data appears:

propertiesRepresented – A key generated by Datafiniti to link a broker to a specific property.

{  
    "propertiesRepresented": [  
        "us/tx/kingwood/26870kingscrescentdr"  
    ]  
}

Once you have this key, you can cross-reference it in the property database to extract full details on the broker’s activity, listings, and associated companies.

Search for brokers by location

Let’s begin by searching for brokers within a specific geographic area. We’ll look for agents in Kingwood, TX, who are linked to a property listing.

{  
  "query": "country:US AND province:TX AND city:kingwood AND propertiesRepresented:\*",  
  "num_records": 5  
}

This search will return brokers who are actively representing properties in Kingwood.

Extract the propertiesRepresented key

From the people data response, capture the propertiesRepresented value. This key is what you’ll use to look up detailed property records in the next step.

Example:

{  
    "firstName": "David",  
    "lastName": "Aldridge",  
    "jobTitle": "Realtor",  
    "phoneNumbers": ["+1 713-471-5247"],  
    "propertiesRepresented": ["us/tx/kingwood/26870kingscrescentdr"]  
}

Find properties linked to the broker

Now, use the Property Data API to search for the listing associated with the propertiesRepresented key. This gives you full property context and insight into the broker’s listing.

{  
  "query": "keys:\"us/tx/kingwood/26870kingscrescentdr\"",  
  "num_records": 1  
}

Your response will include detailed listing information, including the broker’s name, company, transaction history, and listing status.

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Cross referenced searches

Property data queries require an active Property Data subscription. Check your Settings to ensure you have credits available.

Paginating your search results

If you're expecting a large number of brokers or results from your query, you can use the offset parameter to paginate through your dataset. For example, the following queries will return two pages of results with 5 records per page:

Page 1 example:

POST <https://api.datafiniti.co/v4/people/paginate?page=1&limit=50>

Page 1 Query

{  
  "query": "country:US AND province:TX AND city:kingwood AND propertiesRepresented:\*",  
  "num_records": 50
}

Page 2 example:

POST <https://api.datafiniti.co/v4/people/paginate?page=2&limit=50>

Page 2 Query:

{  
  "query": "country:US AND province:TX AND city:kingwood AND propertiesRepresented:\*",  
  "num_records": 50
}

Repeat this with increasing offset values to loop through all available pages in your dataset.