Updates

An overview of all API updates, new product additions and -changes.

December - 2024

• Two new 400 error responses have been added in the Sustainability API when the user does not provide the required parameters of a custom cost or an improvement cost.

  • "detail": "For a given custom cost make sure the parameter 'value' is provided."

  • "detail": "For a given improvement cost make sure all four parameters: 'material', 'work', 'saving_material' and 'saving _work' are provided."

• Added BENG1 current and potential outputs in the Sustainability API.

• Added "current_estimated_BENG1_score" output. This output display the current estimated BENG1 score in the NTA 8800 Energylabel API.

• Added a correction for the calculated yearly gas consumption, based on statistical averages of houses in the Netherlands. For the features "gas_usage" in the Sustainability API and "estimated_gas_usage" in the NTA 8800 Energylabel API.

• Updated AVM API to the newest model with improved accuracy.

• New version of WWS points API published

• Optimization and improvement of search algorithm of Autosuggestion API

• Image URLs of houses for sale added to Autosearch API

November - 2024

• The "target_label" input has been removed from the criteria for applying additional measure information for Sustainability API.

• Added the "renovation_year" input in the WWS Points API documentation.

• Removed the "source" input from the Energy & Climate API.

October - 2024

• A new market status feature was added to the Autosearch API output.

• Sandbox fixes to Autosuggest API V1 and V2

• Added "points" output per measure in Sustainability API. These points are being used to calculate the "comfortscore". See Comfortscore page.

• Updated AVM+ API to the newest model with more stable predictions.

• Added Outer Surface Area as input to AVM+ API.

September - 2024

• EPOnline version update from V3 to V4 for Sustainability API, NTA 8800 Energylabel API en Rebuild Value API

• Updated AVM API to the newest model with improved accuracy.

• Free property description generator added to the Platform

• Improvements made to the Analytics page in het Platform

August - 2024

• Updated AVM API to the newest model with improved accuracy.

• Updated AVM+ API to the newest model with improved accuracy.

• Changes in "exclude_measure" input of Sustainability API. Values [1001, 1002, 2001, 2002] are now available, value [8009] is removed.

• In Sustainability API the calculation of the current measures has been updated to incorporate additional measure information for better accuracy.

July - 2024

• v2 is about 3x faster than v1, offering significantly improved response times.

• v2 has a slightly different data structure compared to v1.

• Data Retrieval

  • v2 data is retrieved from BAG in Mongo.

  • v1 data is retrieved from Elastic Search.

• Removed the time_for_sale as input and output from the Interactive Reference API. Also, if you use one or more from the strict inputs, the API might return less than 3 reference houses.

• Added a new Sustainability flow in the Platform.

• Launch of the WWS Points API, which relates το the rental price of a property.

• Changes implemented in the Sustainability API

  • User value for solar panel input is now correctly included in the calculation of the results per measure

  • The calculation of the generated electricity from PV panels in the results per measure has been adjusted

  • A bug in the calculation of the gas costs has been resolved

  • HRe/CHP boiler has been removed as an option for installation measure

June - 2024

Launch of Platform 2.0, including a redesign of the dashboard

• New and Improved analytics page (Platform page)

• Added Autosuggest API: Users can now access the autosuggest API from the platform usage page

• Added Solarscan API: Users can access the Solarscan API from the platform usage page

• Added Rebuild API: Users can also access the Rebuild API from the platform

• Added RentalReference API: Users can now access the RentalReference API from the platform

• The adjusted value for gas consumption now also applies to the output 'Result per Measure' in the case of a hybrid heat pump.

• The Location Data API has been updated with an increased coverage in the AveragePricePerSquareMeter and in AverageTransactionPrice features

• Fixed bug in handling custom input WP solar panels causing incorrect results.

• Adjusted the calculation factor to calculate energy output of solar panels on BENG2. Lowered from 4.756 to 4.21 to better match local solar input/m2.

• Fixed bug in the calculation of the "parcel_value" and increased its coverage Rebuild Value API.

• Added three new inputs for improved search of references in the Rental Reference API.

• Fixed a bug in the Sustainability API where correction for gas consumption based on delivered value was not applied in the case of a hybrid heat pump.

• Launch of Platform 2.0, including redesign of the dashboard

• Launched Alpha version 4 of the AVM+ API with a 20.3% improvement in accuracy for valuations with a <10% margin of error

• Updated AVM+ API to the newest model with improved accuracy.

• Added "measures_method" output in NTA 8800 Energielabel API. This output indicates the method used to determine the measures. Fixed bug related to "build_year" and "living_room_windows" mismatch.

• Bugs resolved with input gas and impact on hybrid heat pump calculationd and the calculation of solar panel watt peak input in Sustainability API

• Fixed bug occurring when outersurfacearea feature was missing in the AVM+ API.

May - 2024

• Added context on the operating assumptions of heat pumps to Sustainability measures.

• Fixed several Sandbox inconsistencies.

• Removed the features: 'natural_system_sub_class_copy', 'agricultural_area_copy' from the output of Energy & Climate API.

• Added two new outputs in the Rebuild Value API, “parcel_value” and “building_value”. “parcel_value” is the ground price based on the “outer_surface_area” and “building_value” is the “woz_value” minus the “parcel_value”.

• Changed the names of the output features in the “Output Interpretation” page of the AVM+ API.

• Added two new inputs in the Rental Reference API for higher client interaction with the product.

April - 2024

• Fixed a bug in the preprocessing of the 'Volume' feature of the target house, on the AVM+ API.

• New optional parameter “replace_windowframes” - used to add extra improvement costs per glass related codes 50002, 50003, 50103, 50203 when replacing glass and window frames. The costs can be seen in the PDF at cost table in the Sustainability API. Activate with "replace_windowframes" : 1

March - 2024

• Launch beta Solarpanel roof scan API - discover the maximum capacity and yield of solar panels per surface area or the ideal location for a chosen number of panels

• Fixed issue with occasional inconsistent results caused by inconsistent processing of the new cost table in the Sustainability API

• Addition of correction for reconstruction value on number of solar panels and type of energy label in the Rebuild Value API

February - 2024

• Added “definitive_BENG2 score” output. This output display the definitive BENG2 score NTA 8800 Energielabel API.

• Implemented a data-driven approach by utilizing known information to enhance the accuracy of the estimated measures NTA 8800 Energylabel API.

• Made actions for giving a better output for the housetype feature in AVM+ API.

• Fixed the “valuation_date” feature to always have as default value: today, in AVM API and Interactive Reference API.

• Added two extra outputs to Rental Reference API, the price_per_sqm2 and the collection_date per reference object.

• Upgrade the Rental Reference API. Make it more interactive and added a weight system.

January - 2024

• Added “protected_cityviews” and “protected_cityview_names” features to the output of the Housing features API.

• Added one more 400 Bad Request as response on the output of the Housing features API.

• The costs of the measures have been variable since January 1, 2024 according to the Sustainability API

• Launch of the Rental Reference API and Rebuild value API

December - 2023

• Added climate data in the output of the Energy & Climate API.

• Added “floor_surface”, “flat_roof_surface”, “pitched_roof_surface”, “wall_surface”, “glass_living_room_surface”, “glass_bedrooms_surface” outputs to the Sustainability API

• New cost table for improving measures will become active on January 1, 2024, but can now also be included with every request in the Sustainability API

• The Credit API has been launched for paid users to request the latest status of consumed API credits free of charge

• Number of inhabitants is added as an input to the NTA 8800 Energielabel API

• Platform updated with new sign up flow and updates to the Sustainability, AVM, Energy label and Building geometry pages

• Added “city_heating” usage current and potential outputs. These outputs display the yearly heat consumption in GJ to the Sustainability API.

• Added “estimated_city_heating_usage” output. This output display the yearly heat consumption in GJ to the NTA 8800 Energylabel API.

November - 2023

• Addition of unlimited subscriptions for Sustainability API and Energylabel API to the Platform

• Results for Sustainability API now show electricity savings per measure next to gas savings as “electricity_savings”

• Platform additions with new onboarding flow for users, new onboarding questions to know customers' intent and modification of the API page to fit current design

• A new endpoint for the AVM+ is available, a faster, more accurate and better coverage market value calculation for residential properties

• A new endpoint for a combination of location data, amenities and BAG is available in the Location data API, the current Location, Amenities and BAG API will deprecate per 1st of February 2024

• Fixed an issue with “custom_costs” not being processed properly in the Sustainability API

Oktober - 2023

• Taxes added to the output of the Object data API

• Added option to input current Watt-peak output of solar panels instead of total number of solar panels in m2 to the Sustainability API and NTA 8800 Energy label API

• Added current CO2 to the output of the NTA 8800 Energy Label API

• Total wall size and shared wall size in m2 added to output of the Object geometry API

• Ecovalue market value increase is added to output of the Energy insights API

• Platform dashboard is optimized with an improved overview of the subscriptions

• Unlimited usage subscriptions are added to the Platform for the AVM API and Interactive Reference API

September - 2023

• Added new pricing plans to the Platform

• All Platform product usage pages redesigned

• AVM report added to the output of the AVM product in the Platform

• Platform customers can now use their previous payment method when creating or updating their plan

• Deploy of new Energy insights API to retrieve insights of energy label change in terms of sale duration, price difference of asking price v.s. transaction price

• Request current estimated Energy label with BAG ID in the NTA 8800 Energylabel API

• Influence of energylabel on marketability of a property now available with the Energy insights API (beta)

• Addition of Ventilation as measure to the input and output of the NTA 8800 Energylabel API

• Coverage of house-types has increased to serve more houses with sustainability advice in the Sustainability API

Augustus - 2023

• Request sustainability advice with a BAG ID in the Sustainability API

• Request energylabels & climate data with a BAG ID in the Energy & Climate API

• Fix of house number additions in the Sustainability API

• Adding improved logic for estimating current measures in the Energy Label API

• Adding GeoJSON polygons to the output of the Object geometry API

• Platform added a weekly analytics e-mail and management of e-mails in Account settings

• Update of PDF output of the Sustainability API in the Platform