The Block Report

House report

1202 N Etting St

3 bd · 2 ba · 3 stories · 1,705 sqft · RSA5 · built 2016

Owner-occupied · assessed $430K · sold 3×. On the 1200 block of N Etting St.

Street view of 1202 N Etting St
From the street — imagery © Google
From above — imagery © Esri, Maxar

Property summary

Assessment$430KCity assessed value Last sale$412KRecorded 2022 Est. annual tax$5K/yearAssessment × 1.3998% Tax delinquencyNo 2022 matchNot proof account is current Permits6Shown in this report ViolationsNone openNo open L&I cases

What stands out

From the public record
Finding

New construction

Why it matters

Bought for $50K in 2014, built new under a 2015 permit, sold for $412K in 2022.

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What the record is signaling

Early patterns mined across this property's dated public records. Each flag shows what triggered it and where the inference stops.

watch signalAssessment/permit mismatch

The assessment jumped 71% in 2025, but no matching permit appears in the property timeline.

Evidence: assessment moved from $351,700 to $600,800 · no permit shown in 2024-2026

Limit: Not proof of unpermitted work; reassessment, corrected data, or a permit under another parcel can also explain it.

Transparent record rules, not a machine-learning forecast. A signal is a prompt to verify the cited record, not a prediction or allegation.

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

Zoned RSA5: one household by right

Single-family rowhouse (the classic Philly row). Converting to a duplex or apartments needs a use variance the zoning board rarely grants — Pennsylvania courts require a physical hardship of the lot itself, and economics alone do not qualify.

If you’re the landlord

Licensed rental — keep it that way

Renewal requires city tax clearance and zero open L&I violations on the property. A lapsed license suspends the right to collect rent or evict.

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 record to dig into any number.

Assessed value
$430K
built 2016
Price / sq ft
$252
block $270 · below block
Appreciation
+11833%
+54%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$441K
+54%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax / yr
$5K
1.07% effective
Jun 2022 tax snapshot
No match
not proof the account is current
Gross yield
4.3%
≈$2K/mo rent
Times sold
3
licensed rental

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

$0$500K$1.0MBefore this chart — 2011: 2 L&I violations 2013: 2 L&I violations 2014: Land $50K 2015: New construction 2015: Zoning/use 2015: Suppression2016: Plumbing 2016: Mechanical 2016: Electrical 2016: Sold $340K2022: Sold $412K$430K201620222027
This houseBlock median & rangeSalePermit

The paper trail

New construction

Bought for $50K in 2014, built new under a 2015 permit, sold for $412K in 2022.

  1. 2011 2 L&I violationsL&I
  2. 2013 2 L&I violationsL&I
  3. 2014 $50KLand buy
  4. 2015 New constructionPermitZoning/usePermitSuppressionPermit
  5. 2016 PlumbingPermitMechanicalPermitElectricalPermit$340KSold
  6. 2022 $412KSold

Flags: active rental license. 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
2
Stories
3
Interior
1,705 sqft
livable area
Lot
750 sqft
Basement
Full, finished
city code A
Heat
Forced hot air
city code A
Central air
Yes
Exterior condition
Above average
city code 3
Interior condition
Above average
city code 3
Quality grade
B+
assessor's grade
Zoning
RSA5
city zoning code

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

Run the numbers

What owning 1202 N Etting 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.

$412K
20%
6.875%
$2K/mo

When this house last sold (2022) a 30-year mortgage ran about 5.34% — 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.

Block context

1202 N Etting St sits on the 1200 block of N Etting St. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.

See the whole block →

Next door: 1204 N Etting St  ·  1206 N Etting St

Where this comes from

Methodology & freshness

Available City datasets are queried from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com), then reports are cached and refreshed on a rolling schedule. Source dates vary: the parcel-level tax-delinquency snapshot is June 2022 and the separate detailed tax ledger ends in 2016, so neither establishes today’s balance. Other dossiers re-pull on view once stale, and citywide benchmarks recompute weekly. 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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