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Philadelphia1200 block of N Front StJuly 9, 2026

House report

1212 N Front St

2,952 sqft · CMX3 · built 2017

Investor / LLC · assessed $407K · sold 2×. On the 1200 block of N Front St.

Street view of 1212 N Front 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

The tax bill is temporary

Today's $1,140/yr reflects a 10-year abatement. It jumps to about $5,701/yr in 2028 — $4,561/yr more. Price the full bill, not the current one.

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’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.

Who's behind it

B2 Front Hope LP · corporate / LLC owner

• Owns 3 properties across Philadelphia under this name, assessed at $1.2M combined
• Holds an active rental license for this address
• The last transfer was a nominal/family deed, not an open-market sale

PA corporate registry ↗OpenCorporates ↗City record ↗

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
$407K
built 2017
Price / sq ft
$138
block $364 · below block
Appreciation
+641%
+20%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$411K
+20%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax / yr
$1K
0.28% effective, abated
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$500K$1.0MBefore this chart — 2002: Land $20K 2014: Land $220K2016: Mechanical 2016: Plumbing 2016: Electrical 2016: Plumbing 2016: Administrative 2016: Administrative2017: Administrative2024: Change of Use$407K201620222027
This houseBlock median & rangePermit
The paper trailNew construction

Bought for $20K in 2002, built new under a 2016 permit (tax-abated).

  1. 2002 $20KLand buy
  2. 2014 $220KLand buy
  3. 2016 MechanicalPermitPlumbingPermitElectricalPermitPlumbingPermitAdministrativePermitAdministrativePermit
  4. 2017 AdministrativePermit
  5. 2024 Change of UsePermit

Flags: tax-abated — the bill lags real value · active rental license · long-held within one family. Informational only — not investment advice or a consumer report (FCRA).

The abatement clock

This house pays about $1,140/yr under a 10-year tax abatement. In 2028 the bill reaches its full ~$5,701/yr — a step up of $4,561/yr, 1 assessment year out. Drag the slider.

2016: ~$770/yr2018: ~$1,652/yr2019: ~$1,701/yr2020: ~$1,718/yr2021: ~$1,718/yr2022: ~$1,718/yr2023: ~$1,803/yr2024: ~$1,803/yr2025: ~$1,789/yr2026: ~$1,789/yr2027: ~$1,140/yr2028: ~$5,701/yr (projected)2029: ~$5,701/yr (projected)201620282029
2027~$1,140/yrfrom the record

now: ($407,300 assessed − $325,860 abated) × 1.3998% ≈ $1,140/yr 2028: $407,300 assessed × 1.3998% ≈ $5,701/yr Flat 100% exemption (pre-2022 program, started 2018), then the cliff — reassessments move both lines. After expiry an owner-occupant can claim the Homestead Exemption (~$1,400/yr off); an abated home can't hold both.

The house, on paper

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

Interior
2,952 sqft
livable area
Lot
1,000 sqft
Exterior condition
Above average
city code 3
Interior condition
Above average
city code 3
Quality grade
C
assessor's grade
Zoning
CMX3
city zoning code

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

Run the numbers

What owning 1212 N Front 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.

$407K
20%
6.875%
$3K/mo

When this house last sold (2014) a 30-year mortgage ran about 4.17% — 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 (with the abatement toggle above).

Next door: 1210 N Front St  ·  1214 N Front 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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