# Provenance stamped 2026-10-07 (roadmap#943): written by an API Evangelist sweep (dated 2026-05-16 by the file itself), not
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generated: '2026-05-16'
specification: API Commons Rate Limits
specificationVersion: '0.1'
schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/interface-research/main/schema/api-commons.yml#/$defs/RateLimits
provider: Accord
providerId: accord
created: '2026-05-16'
modified: '2026-05-16'
reconciled: false
tags:
  - Financial Services
  - Mortgages
  - Rate Limiting
description: Accord does not publish public rate limits because it does not offer a public developer API. Any throttling on bilateral sourcing-system feeds is negotiated with the sourcing-system vendor.
notes: No public developer API — placeholder only.
sources:
  - https://www.accord-mortgages.co.uk/
responseCodes:
  throttled: 429
limits:
  - name: No public rate limits
    scope: account
    metric: not_applicable
    limit: not applicable
policies:
  - name: Sourcing-system feeds
    description: Throughput on broker-sourcing feeds is governed by Accord's contract with the sourcing-system provider.
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com