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Philadelphia100 block of E Luray StJuly 9, 2026

House report

119-21 E Luray St

7,200 sqft · ICMX · built 1929

Owner-occupied · assessed $468K. On the 100 block of E Luray St.

Street view of 119-21 E Luray 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 1929: 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. 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

$1,399/yr may be unclaimed

This home reads owner-occupied but shows no Homestead Exemption, which removes $100,000 from the taxable assessment (worth up to $1,399/yr). Applying through the City is free and takes minutes.

$1,088 in back taxes on record

Interest and penalties keep compounding until a Revenue payment agreement is in place, and a lien is already filed — an owner-occupant agreement also stops the sheriff-sale track.

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.

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
$468K
built 1929
Price / sq ft
$65
block $122 · below block
Appreciation
+118%
+7%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$470K
+7%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax / yr
$7K
1.4% effective
Gross yield
—
Times sold
0

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

$0$250K$500K2016: 2 L&I violations2017: Use 2017: Administrative2019: 10 L&I violations incl EXTERIOR STRUCT UNSAFE COND 8 2019: Use 2019: Administrative2020: Appeal moot2021: Change of Use2022: Change of Use$468K201620222027
This houseBlock median & rangeL&I violationZoningPermit
The paper trailImproved

Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2022.

  1. 2016 2 L&I violationsL&I
  2. 2017 UsePermitAdministrativePermit
  3. 2019 10 L&I violations incl EXTERIOR STRUCT UNSAFE COND 8L&IUsePermitAdministrativePermit
  4. 2020 Appeal mootZoning
  5. 2021 Change of UsePermit
  6. 2022 Change of UsePermit

Flags: $1K back taxes (2016, $24 of it interest & penalties, lien filed) · 1 zoning/board appeal on record. 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.

Interior
7,200 sqft
livable area
Lot
7,200 sqft
Exterior condition
Average
city code 4
Interior condition
Average
city code 4
Quality grade
C+
assessor's grade
Zoning
ICMX
city zoning code
Zoning appeals
1
moot 2020

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

Run the numbers

What owning 119-21 E Luray 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.

$468K
20%
6.875%
$3K/mo
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: 113-17 E Luray St  ·  127 E Luray 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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