New construction
Why it mattersbuilt new under a 2019 permit (tax-abated).
View supporting records →Mixed-use report
136 S 8th St
3 stories · 5,628 sqft · CMX5 · built 1900
Owner-occupied · assessed $1.4M · 3 licensed units · sold 1×. On the 100 block of S 8th St.
Property summary
Assessment$1.4MCity assessed value
Last sale$575KRecorded 2010
Est. taxes$17K/yearAnnual city record
Permits8Shown in this report
ViolationsNone openNo open L&I cases
What stands out
From the public record"Built 1900" is usually a placeholder
Why it mattersPhiladelphia records use 1900 as a stand-in when the real construction year was never documented. Treat the age as unknown, not as 120+ years.
View supporting records →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 $16,624/yr reflects a 10-year abatement. It jumps to about $19,064/yr by 2026 — $2,440/yr more. Price the full bill, not the current one.
Built 1900: 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.
If you own it
When the abatement ends, file for Homestead
An abated home cannot also take the Homestead Exemption. From 2026 it can — knocking about $1,400/yr off the full bill.
If you’re the landlord
Lead certificate is not optional
Built 1900: every rental unit needs a lead-safe or lead-free certificate on file with the City. Without one: fines up to $2,000/day per unit, tenants may withhold rent, courts can order rent refunded — and no eviction will stand.
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 building 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
$1.4M
built 1900
Price / sq ft
$242
block $242 · in line w/ block
Appreciation
+142%
+8%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$1.4M
+8%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax / yr
$17K
1.22% effective, abated
Gross yield
2%
≈$2K/mo rent
Times sold
1
kept in the family
Value vs. the block, over time — sales, permits & L&I events marked on the line
This houseBlock median & rangeL&I violationPermit
The paper trail
New constructionbuilt new under a 2019 permit (tax-abated).
- 2013 Appeal granted with conditionsZoning
- 2018 3 L&I violationsL&IInspection failed ×2L&I visitAppeal approvedZoning
- 2019 New ConstructionPermit
- 2023 New construction, addition, GFA changePermit
- 2024 Addition and/or AlterationPermitAddition and/or AlterationPermitAddition and/or AlterationsPermit
- 2025 Change of UsePermitAddition and/or AlterationPermitCertificate of Occupancy (CO) (may inclu…Permit
Flags: tax-abated — the bill lags real value · active rental license · 3 zoning/board appeals on record · long-held within one family. Informational only — not investment advice or a consumer report (FCRA).
The abatement clock
This house pays about $16,624/yr under a 10-year tax abatement. By 2026 the bill reaches its full ~$19,064/yr — a step up of $2,440/yr. Drag the slider.
now: ($1,361,900 assessed − $174,302 abated) × 1.3998% ≈ $16,624/yr
2026: $1,361,900 assessed × 1.3998% ≈ $19,064/yr
Flat 100% exemption (pre-2022 program, started 2016), 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.
Stories
3
Interior
5,628 sqft
livable area
Lot
1,494 sqft
Exterior condition
Average
city code 4
Above averageBelow average
Interior condition
Average
city code 4
Above averageBelow average
Quality grade
C
assessor's grade
ABCDE
Zoning
CMX5
city zoning code
Zoning appeals
3
approved 2018
OPA field-assessment attributes. Condition and grade are the assessor's codes, not an inspection.
Where the record looks off
Places where the city's own paperwork disagrees with itself. These are flags on the data — not problems with the property.
"Built 1900" is usually a placeholder
Philadelphia records use 1900 as a stand-in when the real construction year was never documented. Treat the age as unknown, not as 120+ years.
Run the numbers
What owning 136 S 8th St takes, at your price and your rate. Taxes are this building's actual bill from the city record; rent starts at 3 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.
When this house last sold (2010) a 30-year mortgage ran about 4.69% — 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, $2,100/yr insurance, 1% of price/yr maintenance; taxes from this parcel's record (with the abatement toggle above).
Block context
136 S 8th St sits on the 100 block of S 8th St. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.
See the whole block →Next door: 134 S 8th St · 138 S 8th St
Where this comes from
- Assessment, spec sheet & owner — OPA Property Assessments, Office of Property Assessment
- Sales & deed history — Realty Transfer Tax records, Recorder of Deeds
- Permits, violations & inspections — L&I Property History · Atlas
- Back taxes & liens — Real Estate Tax Balances, Dept. of Revenue
- Zoning appeals — L&I & Zoning Board appeals
- Neighborhood income & rents — US Census ACS 5-year estimates
- Historical mortgage rates — Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey, annual averages
- Imagery — Street photo © Google · Aerial © Esri, Maxar
Methodology & freshness
City datasets are fetched live from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and cached briefly. Dossiers re-pull automatically — on view once they're a few weeks old, plus a nightly rolling sweep — 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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Built 1900. Every deed, permit, L&I visit, tax bill and sale for this house — plus its whole block.
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What to catch on the way down.
On the way down: the story of the house, its paper trail drawn on the value chart, and run-the-numbers, a calculator seeded with this house's actual tax bill.
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