We pull live approved building permits from Boston Inspectional Services Department (ISD) through the Analyze Boston open data resource, then assemble a verified permit history for Boston city-limit addresses — so your team can flag permit gaps, expired work, and triple-decker, basement-unit, or ADU projects before the title policy issues.
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The Boston pilot covers the workflows Massachusetts title, escrow, and counsel teams actually run — pre-closing permit-gap review, triple-decker and basement-unit or ADU work, Boston Assessing cross-reference, and BPDA/ISD context.
Surface approved ISD permits and older or expired work on the schedule before the policy issues. The permit history gives your team a documented starting point for investigating a suspected addition, conversion, or structural change during a Massachusetts closing.
Review permit history for Boston's triple-decker housing stock, basement-unit conversions, additions, and ADU work before financing closes. ISD rows expose the permit number, type, date, declared value, status, and description your team needs for a focused follow-up.
Cross-reference ISD permit history with Boston Assessing property records to investigate permit gaps, then use BPDA context for larger redevelopment or design-review questions. The pilot helps title and escrow teams separate an approved permit trail from work that needs additional documentation.
The Boston pilot is scoped to Boston city limits because that's where we have a fully live lookup path. We pull approved building permits directly from the Analyze Boston resource 6ddcd912-32a0-43df-9908-63574f8c7e77 — ISD records from 2006-present, no manual research, no aggregator lag. Cambridge, Somerville, Brookline, pre-2006 records, and permits still in pending review remain outside this page's claim.
No calls to ISD permit counters. No multi-day waits. Submit a Boston address, get a structured permit history back.
Submit the Boston property address and select your tier. No payment required upfront — we invoice after confirming your order.
Basic $29 · Premium $79We query the Analyze Boston CKAN resource for the available approved-permit history — number, type, dates, declared valuation, status, and description — so your team can investigate anything that needs follow-up.
Boston pilot · 24-hour turnaroundNormalized permit data plus original permit documents (Premium tier where available), flagged and formatted. Delivered to your email with a 7-day download link and a public /track/PR-XXXXXX page.
Email + order status pagePulled live from the Boston ISD Approved Building Permits resource on this page load. Each row links back to Analyze Boston so you can verify the data yourself.
| Address | Neighborhood | Permit # | Issue Date | Permit Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1234 Commonwealth Ave | Allston-Brighton | SF755955 | 2017-09-12 | EXTREN | Renovations - Exterior |
| 210 Massachusetts Ave | Back Bay | COO302111 | 2013-11-20 | FSTTRK | Fast Track Application |
| 50 Geneva Ave | Dorchester | COO351972 | 2014-05-01 | CHGOCC | Change Occupancy |
Data source: Boston ISD — Approved Building Permits (Analyze Boston resource 6ddcd912-32a0-43df-9908-63574f8c7e77) · Updated live · Generated Sep 15, 2026, 09:09 PM UTC
We're inviting a short-list of Massachusetts title, escrow, and real-estate attorney teams to a free pilot through Q4. Drop your details and we'll set up your workspace within 1 business day.
Pilot terms: free through Q4, priority 24-hour turnaround on Boston addresses, monthly volume ≥ 10 reports, cancel anytime, direct Slack channel for data requests and edge cases.
The Analyze Boston Approved Building Permits resource covers ISD records from 2006-present. Pre-2006 records require an ISD records request and remain outside this pilot; the page makes that boundary explicit rather than implying a complete historical search.
It can surface approved ISD permit rows for those projects when they are present in the resource. Use the permit type, work type, issue date, and description as the documented trail, then request additional ISD or property records when a title review needs older or pending material.
Yes, as a permit-gap review. Cross-reference the ISD history with Boston Assessing property records to investigate triple-decker conversions, basement units, additions, and detached work that may not have an obvious approved permit row. The report highlights the records your team should verify next; it does not claim to prove an absence of unpermitted work.
ISD issues building permits, while larger projects may also involve Boston Planning & Development Agency (BPDA) design or development review. This pilot queries the approved ISD permit resource; BPDA decisions, pending review, and separate zoning records are context to confirm outside the page's permit-row claim.
Free through Q4 for short-list teams, with priority 24-hour turnaround on Boston addresses (we typically deliver same-day). Basic tier $29 (normalized permit data), Premium tier $79 (data + original City documents where available). Pilot covers monthly volume ≥ 10 reports; below that, sign up anyway and we'll flag you for the general-availability Massachusetts tier in Q1.