House report
Vacant · assessed $31K. On the 1200 block of W Sergeant St.
L&I violation (2023); L&I: 3 failed, 1 passed (2023); L&I violation (2024); L&I: 2 failed, 2 passed (2024); L&I violation (2025); L&I: 2 failed, 1 passed (2025); L&I violation (2026); L&I: 2 failed, 1 passed (2026).
View supporting records →The record, translated into moves — what a buyer, the owner, and a landlord would each want to check next under Philadelphia's actual rules.
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.)
Interest and penalties keep compounding until a Revenue payment agreement is in place — 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.
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.
Value vs. the block, over time — sales, permits & L&I events marked on the line
L&I violation (2023); L&I: 3 failed, 1 passed (2023); L&I violation (2024); L&I: 2 failed, 2 passed (2024); L&I violation (2025); L&I: 2 failed, 1 passed (2025); L&I violation (2026); L&I: 2 failed, 1 passed (2026).
Flags: $311 back taxes · long-held within one family. Informational only — not investment advice or a consumer report (FCRA).
What owning 1251 W Sergeant 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.
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.
1251 W Sergeant St sits on the 1200 block of W Sergeant St. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.
See the whole block →Next door: 1249 W Sergeant St · 1247 W Sergeant St
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