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Philadelphia100 block of N Mole StJuly 9, 2026

House report

109 N Mole St

3 bd · 1 ba · 3 stories · 1,064 sqft · RM1 · built 1920

Investor / LLC · assessed $405K · sold 2×. On the 100 block of N Mole St.

Street view of 109 N Mole St
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The story of this houseAI · written from the public record

Reading this house's deeds, permits and assessments…

What to do with this

The record, translated into moves — what a buyer, the owner, and a landlord would each want to check next under Philadelphia's actual rules.

If you’re buying

Built 1920: lead rules apply

Federal law requires a lead-paint disclosure at sale for any pre-1978 home. If it will be rented, Philadelphia also requires a lead-safe or lead-free certificate before a rental license can issue.

The last transfer was not a sale

The most recent recorded deed moved for nominal consideration, within one family. That is where tangled-title problems live — budget a real title search. (Occupants untangling an inherited deed can get help from the city's Tangled Title Fund.)

If you own it

2 open violations: the clock matters

L&I appeals must be filed within 30 days — just 6 days if a property is designated UNSAFE or IMMINENTLY DANGEROUS. Left unresolved, the city can do the work itself, bill the owner (routinely $50,000+ on a rowhouse), lien the property, and add court fines of $300+/day.

Construction next door (108 N Mole St, 2025)

Excavation deeper than 5 feet, or within 10 feet of an adjacent structure, legally requires the developer to survey neighboring homes first and give owners 10 days' written notice. Insist on the pre-construction survey — it is your evidence if cracks appear.

If you’re the landlord

No active rental license on file

If this property is rented, Philadelphia requires a Rental License (via eCLIPSE) — without it a landlord cannot legally collect rent or evict, and tenants can withhold. Licensing needs tax clearance and no open violations.

Derived from this house's public records and the city's rules as of 2026 (abatement ordinance, Homestead, rental licensing, lead certification, L&I process, excavation protections). Informational only — not legal, tax, or investment advice.

Who's behind it

Purity Homes INC · corporate / LLC owner

• Owns 9 properties across Philadelphia under this name, assessed at $3.9M combined
• The last transfer was a nominal/family deed, not an open-market sale

The investment read

How this house has moved and where it's pointed: the city's assessed value (not a listing price) over 12 years, charted against its block; appreciation is that history's pace, and the 5-year figure simply extends it. Yield estimates rent-vs-price from area rents. Ask the analyst below to dig into any number.

Assessed value
$405K
built 1920
Price / sq ft
$381
block $349 · above block
Appreciation
+34%
+3%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$406K
+3%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax / yr
$6K
1.4% effective
Gross yield
Times sold
2
kept in the family

Value vs. the block, over time — sales, permits & L&I events marked on the line

$0$250K$500K2022: Sold $415K 2022: Interior Non-Load-Bearing Wall Demo.2025: Interior Non-Load-Bearing Wall Demo. 2025: Sold $420K 2025: L&I violation 2025: New construction, addition, GFA change 2025: Addition and/or Alteration2026: Alterations 2026: Addition and/or Alterations 2026: 2 L&I violations$405K201620222027
This houseBlock median & rangeSaleL&I violation
The paper trail

Bought for $415K in 2022, built new under a 2022 permit, sold for $420K in 2025.

  1. 2022 $415KSoldInterior Non-Load-Bearing Wall Demo.Permit
  2. 2025 Interior Non-Load-Bearing Wall Demo.Permit$420KSoldL&I violationL&INew construction, addition, GFA changePermitAddition and/or AlterationPermit
  3. 2026 AlterationsPermitAddition and/or AlterationsPermit2 L&I violationsL&I

Flags: 2 open L&I violations · long-held within one family. Informational only — not investment advice or a consumer report (FCRA).

The house, on paper

The city assessor's field record — the physical spec sheet behind the assessed number.

Bedrooms
3
Bathrooms
1
Stories
3
Interior
1,064 sqft
livable area
Lot
658 sqft
Basement
Full, unfinished
city code C
Heat
Forced hot air
city code A
Central air
No
Exterior condition
Average
city code 4
Interior condition
Average
city code 4
Quality grade
C
assessor's grade
Zoning
RM1
city zoning code

OPA field-assessment attributes. Condition and grade are the assessor's codes, not an inspection.

Run the numbers

What owning 109 N Mole St takes, at your price and your rate. Taxes are this house's actual bill from the city record; rent starts at the area median. Assessed value is not an asking price — set the price slider to the real one.

$420K
20%
6.875%
$3K/mo

When this house last sold (2025) a 30-year mortgage ran about 6.6% — Freddie Mac's average that year.

Mortgage
P&I · 30-yr fixed
All-in monthly
+ taxes & insurance
Cash to close
down + ~4% costs
Cash flow
rent − all costs · /mo
Cap rate
NOI ÷ price
Cash-on-cash
year-1 return on cash in

Estimates for orientation, not advice. Assumes a 30-year fixed loan, $1,400/yr insurance, 1% of price/yr maintenance; taxes from this parcel's record.

Next door: 107 N Mole St  ·  111 N Mole St

Where this comes from

City datasets are fetched live from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and cached briefly. AI-written passages are generated from these records only and rejected if they state a number the record doesn't hold.

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