Multi-family report

1233 N 17th St

6 bd · 6 ba · 3 stories · 2,379 sqft · RM1 · built 2018

Absentee individual · assessed $787K (2026) · 2027 OPA assessment $637K · 2 licensed units · sold 2×. On the 1200 block of N 17th St.

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Property summary

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Estimated annual Real Estate Tax$2,204/year

2026 taxable assessment $157,420 × 1.3998%. Estimate—not a bill or account balance.

OPA also publishes a 2027 assessment of $636,700; it is not the 2026 billed-year value.

Official current account balanceCheck live

A Tax Center balance is net of bills, payments, credits, interest, and adjustments. A credit—or an amount due—is not automatically “back taxes.”

OPA 471246700
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Exemption classificationPartial assessment exemption — basis unverified

2026 OPA taxes $157,420 of $787,100 assessed. The assessment fields alone do not identify a program, approval date, expiration, or buyer eligibility.

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Full-assessment scenario$11,018/year

Applying the same rate to the billed-year full assessment. OPA's numeric split does not say when or whether the current treatment changes.

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Historical delinquency sources Record found

The June 2022 delinquency snapshot was not verifiably available in this cached report. No conclusion about a match—or today’s balance—can be drawn from that absence.

A separate historical parcel ledger ending in 2016 records $7,768.68 and a lien entry. It is shown as historical context only.

2001$903.77 total · $21.29 principal · $29.06 interest · $1.49 penalty2002$82.52 total · $21.29 principal · $27.15 interest · $1.49 penalty2003$80.25 total · $21.29 principal · $25.23 interest · $1.49 penalty2004$77.99 total · $21.29 principal · $23.31 interest · $1.49 penalty2005$75.73 total · $21.29 principal · $21.40 interest · $1.49 penalty2006$73.47 total · $21.29 principal · $19.48 interest · $1.49 penalty2007$390.82 total · $164.22 principal · $135.48 interest · $11.50 penalty2008$399.29 total · $176.39 principal · $129.64 interest · $12.35 penalty2009$1,020.63 total · $492.67 principal · $317.78 interest · $34.49 penalty2010$968.31 total · $492.67 principal · $273.44 interest · $34.49 penalty2011$1,004.29 total · $541.43 principal · $251.76 interest · $37.90 penalty2012$982.36 total · $562.29 principal · $210.86 interest · $39.36 penalty2013$954.99 total · $582.51 principal · $166.02 interest · $40.78 penalty2014$272.52 total · $114.03 principal · $22.24 interest · $7.98 penalty2015$260.41 total · $114.03 principal · $11.98 interest · $7.98 penalty2016$221.33 total · $119.13 principal · $1.78 interest · $1.19 penalty

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What stands out

From the public record
Finding

New construction

Why it matters

Bought for $98K in 2017, built new under a 2017 permit (reduced taxable assessment shown), sold for $612K in 2019.

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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

Verify the current tax bill and exemption

The 2026 taxable assessment implies about $2,204/yr, while applying the same rate to the full assessment would imply about $11,018/yr — $8,814/yr more. OPA's assessment split does not establish the exemption program, expiration, or buyer eligibility. Verify the basis and live bill with OPA and Revenue.

If you own it

$7,769 in the historical tax ledger through 2016

Historical context only, not a current payoff figure; that ledger also contains a lien entry. Verify today's balance and lien status directly with Philadelphia Revenue before relying on it.

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 the fetched property records and linked City guidance as of 2026. Assessment treatment is not a substitute for an exemption approval, live balance, title report, license, occupancy certificate, or inspection. Informational only — not legal, tax, or investment advice.

The investment read

How this building has moved and where it's pointed: every fetched annual City assessment, charted against its block and ZIP; appreciation includes the full-period compound rate and the latest year-over-year change. The 5-year figure simply extends that historical pace. Yield estimates rent-vs-price from area rents. Ask the record to dig into any number.

Assessed value
$787,100
2026 billed-year assessment · 2027: $636,700 · built 2018
Price / sq ft
$268
block $149 · above block
Appreciation
+8504%
+50%/yr since 2016 · 2027 -19% vs 2026
In 5 years (~2032)
~$4.8M
+50%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax bill / yr
$2,204
0.35% effective, reduced taxable assessment
Jun 2022 tax snapshot
Gross yield
2.7%
≈$1K/mo rent
Times sold
2
licensed rental

Assessment vs. the block and ZIP · every dated City record marked on the line

$0$500K$1.0MZIP 19121 median$637K2015201720192021202320252027
Property assessmentBlock median & rangeZIP 19121 medianAssessmentDeed / saleLand buy

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Every dated record2 events · exact dates, newest first
  1. Deed / saleDeed / sale $612K
  2. Land buyLand record $98K

The paper trail

Bought for $98K in 2017, built new under a 2017 permit (reduced taxable assessment shown), sold for $612K in 2019.

  1. 2015 2 L&I violationsL&I
  2. 2017 $98KLand buy2 L&I violationsL&IZoning/usePermitNew constructionPermitAdministrativePermitSuppressionPermit
  3. 2018 PlumbingPermitPlumbingPermitMechanicalPermitElectricalPermit
  4. 2019 $612KSold

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  1. Recorded transfer$612K transfer

    2019

  2. Land recordLand record

    2017

What this record suggests

The dated deed and City-record sequence is assembled below. Read timing as a research lead, not proof of renovation, condition, or motive.

Flags: material assessment exemption — legal basis and term unverified · active rental license · historical tax ledger through 2016 recorded $8K with a lien entry. Informational only — not investment advice or a consumer report (FCRA).

The assessment exemption gap

OPA's 2026 taxable assessment implies about $2,204/year. Applying the same 1.3998% rate to the full assessed value would imply ~$11,018/year$8,814/year more. That is a scenario, not a forecast: the assessment split alone does not identify the exemption program, approval date, expiration, transfer treatment, or live Tax Center balance.

2016: ~$104/yr2017: ~$104/yr2018: ~$104/yr2019: ~$2,077/yr2020: ~$2,077/yr2021: ~$2,077/yr2022: ~$2,077/yr2023: ~$2,457/yr2024: ~$2,457/yr2025: ~$2,204/yr2026: ~$2,204/yr20162026
2026~$2,204/yrestimated from assessment

2026: ($787,100 assessed − $629,649 exempt) × 1.3998% ≈ $2,204/yr full-assessment scenario: $787,100 × 1.3998% ≈ $11,018/yr The OPA amount does not prove a ten-year abatement or any other specific program. Obtain the approval history and verify the current Tax Center account; a buyer should not assume the seller's relief transfers or restarts.

The property, on paper

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

Bedrooms
6
Bathrooms
6
Stories
3
Interior
2,379 sqft
livable area
Lot
1,083 sqft
Basement
Full, finished
city code A
Heat
Forced hot air
city code A
Central air
Yes
Exterior condition
Newer construction
city code 1
Newer construction
Interior condition
Newer construction
city code 1
Newer construction
Quality grade
B+
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 1233 N 17th St takes, at your price and your rate. Taxes start with an annual estimate from the City’s taxable assessment, not a current bill or balance; rent starts at 2 licensed units × ~85% of the area's median unit rent — the whole building's income, not one unit's. Assessed value is not an asking price — set the price slider to the real one.

$637K
20%
6.875%
$2K/mo

When this house last sold (2019) a 30-year mortgage ran about 3.94% — 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 use this parcel's taxable assessment with an optional full-assessment stress test, not a live Tax Center balance.

Block context

1233 N 17th St sits on the 1200 block of N 17th St. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.

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Next door: 1231 N 17th St  ·  1235 N 17th St

Where this comes from

Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 9, 2026, 11:13 AM ET. Available City datasets are queried from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and the cited City ArcGIS feeds; record queries paginate rather than silently taking a first page. “Unavailable” means the source query failed or was not supplied, not “no record.” Reports re-pull on view after seven days and on an overnight rolling schedule; citywide benchmarks recompute weekly. Source dates still govern: the parcel-level tax-delinquency snapshot is June 2022 and the separate detailed tax ledger ends in 2016, so neither establishes today’s balance. The live balance and date-effective payoff must be verified in Tax Center. AI-written passages are grounded in the assembled record and rejected if they state a number the record does not hold.

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