Koskamo

Porchlight MCP

An official MCP server providing 2026 FHA and conforming loan limits for 2-4 unit properties by county, along with owner-occupant house-hack math including down payment, MIP, PITI, and self-sufficiency test calculations.

Endpoint and access

No sign-in to connect and list tools. Individual tools may still need a vendor account, credentials, or permissions; check the documented prerequisites.

Porchlight MCP logo, by Janover Capital LLCVendor evidenceStreamable HTTPNo sign-inEndpoint checked 2026-11-01Operated by Janover Capital LLC
MCP endpoint (Streamable HTTP)
https://multifamilyfor.sale/mcp
Vendor documentation

What you can do with it

  • Retrieve FHA and conforming loan limits for a specific county
  • List all county loan limits within a state sorted by limit
  • Calculate house-hack math including down payment and self-sufficiency test

Source and maintenance

Vendor evidenceRegistry 1.2026.1101.0

Protocol and capabilities

Server
multifamilyfor-sale 1.0.0
MCP protocol
2025-06-18
Tools
3 advertised
Resources
Not advertised
Resource templates
Not advertised
Prompts
Not advertised
Server-advertised capabilities
{
  "tools": {
    "listChanged": false
  }
}

Server-provided instructions

Untrusted server output shown for inspection. It is not Koskamo guidance and is excluded from knowledge search.

Porchlight (multifamilyfor.sale) answers questions about buying a duplex, triplex or fourplex to live in: the current-year FHA forward and FHFA conforming loan limits for 1-4 units in every US county and territory area, and the site's owner-occupant calculator (down payment, FHA MIP, PITI, the FHA self-sufficiency test on 3-4 units, rent a lender can count, reserves). Limits come from HUD's and FHFA's county files, re-read weekly; every limits result names the files and the date they were retrieved. Cite them, and tell users a lender uses the agency figure. The calculator applies HUD Handbook 4000.1, Fannie Mae and VA rules as published on the site. Its results are estimates from the inputs given (the interest rate is always the user's input), not a loan offer, approval, rate quote or appraisal. Porchlight has no listings and does not arrange home loans. The site is published by Janover Capital LLC and is not affiliated with, endorsed by or acting for HUD, FHA, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac or any government agency. Downloads and methods: https://multifamilyfor.sale/data/

Tools

3 advertised

get_loan_limits — FHA and conforming loan limits for a county
Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.
Advertised read-only

The current-year FHA forward and FHFA conforming loan limits for 1, 2, 3 and 4 units in one county (or parish, borough, planning region, municipio), whether FHA treats it as high-cost, the 1-unit conforming figure VA uses with entitlement in use, and the highest price that keeps an FHA base loan inside the limit at 3.5% down.

get_loan_limits input schema
{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "state",
    "county"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "state": {
      "type": "string",
      "pattern": "^[A-Za-z]{2}$",
      "description": "Two-letter state or territory code, e.g. CA, DC or PR."
    },
    "county": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 80,
      "minLength": 2,
      "description": "County or equivalent name, e.g. \"Los Angeles\" or \"Kent County\"."
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}
get_loan_limits annotations
{
  "title": "FHA and conforming loan limits for a county",
  "readOnlyHint": true,
  "openWorldHint": false,
  "idempotentHint": true,
  "destructiveHint": false
}
list_state_loan_limits — Loan limits for every county in a state
Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.
Advertised read-only

One state or territory's current-year FHA and conforming loan limits for 2, 3 and 4 units, county by county, with how many counties sit at the FHA floor and the highest FHA limits. Sort by name or by the FHA limit for a unit count; filter to high-cost counties; page with limit and offset.

list_state_loan_limits input schema
{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "state"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "sort": {
      "enum": [
        "name",
        "fha_high_to_low",
        "fha_low_to_high"
      ],
      "type": "string",
      "default": "name",
      "description": "Order of the county list."
    },
    "limit": {
      "type": "integer",
      "default": 10,
      "maximum": 50,
      "minimum": 1,
      "description": "Counties per page."
    },
    "state": {
      "type": "string",
      "pattern": "^[A-Za-z]{2}$",
      "description": "Two-letter state or territory code, e.g. FL."
    },
    "units": {
      "enum": [
        2,
        3,
        4
      ],
      "type": "integer",
      "default": 4,
      "description": "Unit count the FHA sort uses."
    },
    "offset": {
      "type": "integer",
      "default": 0,
      "maximum": 500,
      "minimum": 0,
      "description": "Counties to skip, for paging."
    },
    "high_cost_only": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "default": false,
      "description": "Only counties whose FHA limit is above the national floor."
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}
list_state_loan_limits annotations
{
  "title": "Loan limits for every county in a state",
  "readOnlyHint": true,
  "openWorldHint": false,
  "idempotentHint": true,
  "destructiveHint": false
}
house_hack_math — Owner-occupant math for a duplex, triplex or fourplex
Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.
Advertised read-only

Runs the site's 2-4 unit owner-occupant calculator: down payment, base loan, FHA upfront and annual MIP, the monthly PITI, the loan against the county limit (when state and county are given), FHA's self-sufficiency test on 3-4 units, the rent a lender can count (75% of the other units), net monthly cost after their rent, and the reserves rule for FHA, VA or conventional.

house_hack_math input schema
{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "units",
    "price",
    "loan_type",
    "rate_pct",
    "rents"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "price": {
      "type": "number",
      "maximum": 20000000,
      "minimum": 10000,
      "description": "Purchase price in dollars."
    },
    "rents": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "number",
        "maximum": 100000,
        "minimum": 0
      },
      "maxItems": 4,
      "minItems": 2,
      "description": "Monthly market rent per unit, one per unit; the first is the unit the buyer will live in. E.g. [1800, 1800, 1800]."
    },
    "state": {
      "type": "string",
      "pattern": "^[A-Za-z]{2}$",
      "description": "Optional two-letter state code, to check the loan against the county limit."
    },
    "units": {
      "enum": [
        2,
        3,
        4
      ],
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "Units in the building: 2 duplex, 3 triplex, 4 fourplex."
    },
    "county": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 80,
      "minLength": 2,
      "description": "Optional county name (needs state)."
    },
    "rate_pct": {
      "type": "number",
      "maximum": 20,
      "minimum": 0,
      "description": "Interest rate in percent, e.g. 6.5. Use the rate the buyer was quoted; there is no default."
    },
    "loan_type": {
      "enum": [
        "FHA",
        "VA",
        "Conventional"
      ],
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Loan program."
    },
    "term_years": {
      "enum": [
        15,
        30
      ],
      "type": "integer",
      "default": 30,
      "description": "Loan term."
    },
    "vacancy_pct": {
      "type": "number",
      "maximum": 100,
      "minimum": 0,
      "description": "Appraiser's vacancy and maintenance estimate, %. The self-sufficiency test uses the greater of this or 25."
    },
    "va_entitlement": {
      "enum": [
        "full",
        "partial"
      ],
      "type": "string",
      "default": "full",
      "description": "VA only: full (none in use) or partial (some still in use on another loan)."
    },
    "down_payment_pct": {
      "type": "number",
      "maximum": 100,
      "minimum": 0,
      "description": "Down payment as % of price. Defaults to 3.5 (FHA), 0 (VA) or 5 (Conventional)."
    },
    "insurance_annual": {
      "type": "number",
      "default": 0,
      "maximum": 1000000,
      "minimum": 0,
      "description": "Annual homeowners insurance in dollars."
    },
    "finance_upfront_mip": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "default": true,
      "description": "FHA only: add the 1.75% upfront premium to the loan."
    },
    "property_tax_annual": {
      "type": "number",
      "default": 0,
      "maximum": 1000000,
      "minimum": 0,
      "description": "Annual property tax in dollars."
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}
house_hack_math annotations
{
  "title": "Owner-occupant math for a duplex, triplex or fourplex",
  "readOnlyHint": true,
  "openWorldHint": false,
  "idempotentHint": true,
  "destructiveHint": false
}

Prompts

Not advertised

No prompt definitions available.

Resources

Not advertised

No resource definitions available.

30-day availability

Aggregated from read-only remote checks; this is not a tool-execution or security guarantee.

Successful checks
1 of 1 (100%)
Average latency
445 ms
95th percentile latency
445 ms

Maintenance history

Public check and source-refresh events. Editorial and ownership records remain private.

  • · probe · passed · 445 ms · metadata changed · 3 tool(s)

Connect from your client

Each snippet registers the same endpoint; pick the client you use.

This server is operated by the named third party. Listing and endpoint checks are not an endorsement or a security audit. Review the operator's permissions, terms, and data handling before connecting. How listings are checked and corrected.

Claude Code

Run this once in a terminal. It registers the remote server. Use --scope project to write .mcp.json for the repo.
Claude Code configuration
claude mcp add --transport http porchlight-mcp https://multifamilyfor.sale/mcp

Codex

Run this once. Codex stores MCP servers in ~/.codex/config.toml (or .codex/config.toml in a trusted project).
Codex configuration
codex mcp add porchlight-mcp --url https://multifamilyfor.sale/mcp

Cursor

Merge this server into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, then enable porchlight-mcp in your MCP settings.
Cursor configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "porchlight-mcp": {
      "url": "https://multifamilyfor.sale/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Cline

Merge this into cline_mcp_settings.json (Cline → MCP Servers → Configure).
Cline configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "porchlight-mcp": {
      "type": "streamableHttp",
      "url": "https://multifamilyfor.sale/mcp",
      "disabled": false
    }
  }
}

VS Code

Merge this server into .vscode/mcp.json. Use MCP: List Servers to start porchlight-mcp and inspect its tools.
VS Code configuration
{
  "servers": {
    "porchlight-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://multifamilyfor.sale/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Gemini CLI

Run this once. It writes .gemini/settings.json in the current project; pass --scope user for ~/.gemini/settings.json.
Gemini CLI configuration
gemini mcp add --transport http porchlight-mcp https://multifamilyfor.sale/mcp

Claude Desktop

Merge this into claude_desktop_config.json (macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\), then restart Claude Desktop.
Claude Desktop configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "porchlight-mcp": {
      "url": "https://multifamilyfor.sale/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

Merge this into ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json, then refresh MCP in Cascade. Windsurf remote servers use serverUrl, not url.
Windsurf configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "porchlight-mcp": {
      "serverUrl": "https://multifamilyfor.sale/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Let your agent find its tools

Find servers like Porchlight MCP from your agent. Add Koskamo once to search the index for endpoints, access requirements, and client setup. Public discovery needs no key.

Do you run Porchlight MCP?

Prove ownership with a DNS record, a well-known file, or your Official MCP Registry entry, and your edits publish immediately. Proofs are re-checked weekly; admins can still hide or remove a listing.

Claim this listing