Unlock

Unlock Technologies, Inc. is a Tempe, Arizona fintech founded in 2020 by Jim Riccitelli, Dan Foster and Ryan Craft, with a branch office in Troy, Michigan. Its flagship product is the home equity agreement (HEA) — a homeowner receives a lump sum today, from $15,000 up to $500,000, in exchange for a share of the home's future value, with no monthly payments and no interest, settled when the home is sold or refinanced or at the end of the ten-year term. Unlock charges an origination fee of up to 4.9% of the amount advanced, takes a share of the property capped at 49.9%, and caps its own return at 19.9% per year. The company is licensed in 26 US states and has raised roughly $52.6M in equity; its Series B included a $30M equity investment from D2 Asset Management, with Saluda Grade, Second Century Ventures and REACH also participating. Unlock sells to homeowners, not to developers: it publishes no developer program, no API reference, no SDKs, no key issuance and no partner API. The only machine-readable interfaces it exposes are the first-party WordPress REST namespaces behind www.unlock.com — `unlock/v1`, `unlock/v2` and `unlk/v1`, custom endpoints written for Unlock rather than WordPress core routes — plus the core `wp/v2` editorial content API. Both are captured here for discovery, are anonymously readable, and are read-only without credentials.

Unlock publishes 2 APIs on the APIs.io network: Site Content API and Editorial API. Tagged areas include Company, Financial Services, FinTech, Home Equity, and Mortgage.

Unlock’s developer surface includes engineering blog, support, pricing, signup flow, authentication, and 20 more developer resources.

25.4/100 emerging Agent 26/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-09-02 · rubric v0.18.0
2 APIs
CompanyFinancial ServicesFinTechHome EquityMortgageReal EstateConsumer LendingHome Equity AgreementPersonal FinanceContent

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APIs 2

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Unlock Site Content API

The first-party REST namespaces Unlock registers on www.unlock.com — `unlock/v1`, `unlock/v2` and `unlk/v1`. These are custom endpoints written for Unlock, not WordPress core ro...

Unlock Editorial API

Anonymous read access to the Unlock editorial archive through the WordPress core `wp/v2` namespace — 251 blog posts, 24 pages, 778 media items, 9 Learn articles, 13 homeowner st...

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Unlock Plans Pricing

0 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Unlock Rate Limits

0 limits

RATE LIMITS

Examples 8

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Unlock Active States

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Unlock Company

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Unlock Logos

3 fields

EXAMPLE

Unlock Menus Primary

3 fields

EXAMPLE

Unlock Social

6 fields

EXAMPLE

Unlock Statuses

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Unlock Taxonomies

6 fields

EXAMPLE

Unlock Types

18 fields

EXAMPLE

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Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Unlock Authentication

http · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Unlock Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Agent Surfaces 2

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

Design & Contract 5

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Build 3

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Operate 3

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Commercial 4

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Company 4

The organization behind the API

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: unlock
name: Unlock
description: 'Unlock Technologies, Inc. is a Tempe, Arizona fintech founded in 2020 by Jim Riccitelli, Dan Foster and Ryan
  Craft, with a branch office in Troy, Michigan. Its flagship product is the home equity agreement (HEA) — a homeowner receives
  a lump sum today, from $15,000 up to $500,000, in exchange for a share of the home''s future value, with no monthly payments
  and no interest, settled when the home is sold or refinanced or at the end of the ten-year term. Unlock charges an origination
  fee of up to 4.9% of the amount advanced, takes a share of the property capped at 49.9%, and caps its own return at 19.9%
  per year. The company is licensed in 26 US states and has raised roughly $52.6M in equity; its Series B included a $30M
  equity investment from D2 Asset Management, with Saluda Grade, Second Century Ventures and REACH also participating. Unlock
  sells to homeowners, not to developers: it publishes no developer program, no API reference, no SDKs, no key issuance and
  no partner API. The only machine-readable interfaces it exposes are the first-party WordPress REST namespaces behind www.unlock.com
  — `unlock/v1`, `unlock/v2` and `unlk/v1`, custom endpoints written for Unlock rather than WordPress core routes — plus the
  core `wp/v2` editorial content API. Both are captured here for discovery, are anonymously readable, and are read-only without
  credentials.'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/unlock/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
image: https://www.unlock.com/app/uploads/logo-footer-1.svg
x-type: company
x-source: harvest:secondary-market
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-09-02'
modified: '2026-09-02'
tags:
- Company
- Financial Services
- FinTech
- Home Equity
- Mortgage
- Real Estate
- Consumer Lending
- Home Equity Agreement
- Personal Finance
- Content
apis:
- aid: unlock:unlock-site-content-api
  name: Unlock Site Content API
  description: The first-party REST namespaces Unlock registers on www.unlock.com — `unlock/v1`, `unlock/v2` and `unlk/v1`.
    These are custom endpoints written for Unlock, not WordPress core routes, and they serve the company blurb and Tempe address,
    the 26 active states where the HEA is offered, legal disclaimers and footer disclosures, social profiles, logo assets,
    navigation menus by location, 145 FAQ entries and their categories, 8 homeowner testimonials, and the Unlock Learn curriculum.
    Anonymous access is read-only and needs no credential; the write methods the route index also advertises require a WordPress
    application password.
  humanURL: https://www.unlock.com/wp-json/unlock/v1
  baseURL: https://www.unlock.com/wp-json
  tags:
  - Company
  - FAQ
  - Testimonials
  - Education
  - Content
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/unlock-site-content-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/unlock-site-content-api-overlay.yaml
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/unlock-active-states.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/unlock-company.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/unlock-social.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/unlock-logos.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/unlock-faq-categories.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/unlock-education-topics.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/unlock-education-lessons.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/unlock-menus-primary.json
- aid: unlock:unlock-editorial-api
  name: Unlock Editorial API
  description: Anonymous read access to the Unlock editorial archive through the WordPress core `wp/v2` namespace — 251 blog
    posts, 24 pages, 778 media items, 9 Learn articles, 13 homeowner stories, 6 education topics, 1 lesson and 11 bylined
    authors, plus the categories, tags and education-category taxonomies, cross-type search, and the self-describing type
    and status metadata. Read-only without credentials.
  humanURL: https://www.unlock.com/wp-json/wp/v2
  baseURL: https://www.unlock.com/wp-json
  tags:
  - Posts
  - Articles
  - Stories
  - Media
  - Taxonomies
  - Search
  - Content
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/unlock-editorial-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/unlock-editorial-api-overlay.yaml
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/unlock-types.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/unlock-taxonomies.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/unlock-statuses.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/unlock-categories.json
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://www.unlock.com/
- type: About
  url: https://www.unlock.com/about/
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.unlock.com/blog/
- type: Support
  url: https://support.unlock.com/
- type: HelpCenter
  url: https://www.unlock.com/resources/faqs/
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.unlock.com/what-it-costs/
- type: SignUp
  url: https://app.unlock.com/signup
- type: Login
  url: https://app.unlock.com/login
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.unlock.com/legal/terms-of-use/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.unlock.com/legal/privacy-policy/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/unlock-com
- type: Careers
  url: https://www.unlock.com/careers/
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/unlock-authentication.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/unlock-conventions.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/unlock-problem-types.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/unlock-data-model.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/unlock-lifecycle.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/unlock-conformance.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/unlock-rate-limits.yml
- type: Plans
  url: plans/unlock-plans-pricing.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/unlock-domain-security.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/unlock-llms.txt
- type: Packages
  url: packages/unlock-packages.yml
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
- type: ToolCrosswalk
  url: mcp/unlock-tool-crosswalk.yml
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-09-02'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 33
  pass: local-v1
x-coverage:
  state: covered
  reason: covered
  detail: Unlock Technologies runs no developer program — no portal, reference, SDK, key issuance or partner API — but it
    does serve two anonymously readable, undocumented first-party REST surfaces on www.unlock.com, and the WordPress route
    index behind them publishes a full argument schema per route, which is what every contract in this profile was derived
    from.
  evidence:
  - url: https://www.unlock.com/wp-json/
    status: 200
  - url: https://www.unlock.com/wp-json/unlock/v1/active-states
    status: 200
  - url: https://www.unlock.com/llms.txt
    status: 404
  - url: https://www.unlock.com/.well-known/security.txt
    status: 404
  checked: '2026-09-02'

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