The Block Report

House report

1326 N Marston St

3 bd · 2 ba · 2 stories · 940 sqft · RSA5 · built 1925

Owner-occupied · assessed $433K · sold 3×. On the 1300 block of N Marston St.

Street view of 1326 N Marston St
From the street — imagery © Google
From above — imagery © Esri, Maxar

Property summary

Assessment$433KCity assessed value Last sale$393KRecorded 2020 Est. annual tax$6K/yearAssessment × 1.3998% Tax delinquencyNo 2022 matchNot proof account is current Permits7Shown in this report ViolationsNone openNo open L&I cases

What stands out

From the public record
Finding

Renovated & sold on

Why it matters

Bought for $35K in 2015, demolition permit in 2015, sold for $393K in 2020 (+1023%).

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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 46% in 2023, but no matching permit appears in the property timeline.

Evidence: assessment moved from $296,900 to $432,700 · no permit shown in 2022-2024

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

Built 1925: 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.

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 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.

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
$433K
built 1925
Price / sq ft
$460
block $164 · above block
Appreciation
+723%
+21%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$437K
+21%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax / yr
$6K
1.4% effective
Jun 2022 tax snapshot
No match
not proof the account is current
Gross yield
—
Times sold
3
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 — 2012: Plumbing 2015: Sold $35K 2015: Demolition 2015: Zoning 2015: Addition2016: Electrical 2016: Mechanical 2016: Plumbing 2016: Sold $305K2020: Sold $393K$433K201620222027
This houseBlock median & rangeSalePermit

The paper trail

Renovated & sold on

Bought for $35K in 2015, demolition permit in 2015, sold for $393K in 2020 (+1023%).

  1. 2012 PlumbingPermit
  2. 2015 $35KSoldDemolitionPermitZoningPermitAdditionPermit
  3. 2016 ElectricalPermitMechanicalPermitPlumbingPermit$305KSold
  4. 2020 $393KSold

Flags: long-held within one family. 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
2
Interior
940 sqft
livable area
Lot
1,450 sqft
Basement
Full, unfinished
city code C
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
C
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 1326 N Marston 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.

$433K
20%
6.875%
$3K/mo

When this house last sold (2020) a 30-year mortgage ran about 3.1% — 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

1326 N Marston St sits on the 1300 block of N Marston St. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.

See the whole block →

Next door: 1324 N Marston St  ·  1328 N Marston 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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