House report

1520 W Lehigh Ave

1 story · 2,000 sqft · RSA5 · built 1915

Owner-occupied · assessed $71K. On the 1500 block of W Lehigh Ave.

Property summary

Assessment$71KCity assessed value Last sale—No sale value available Est. annual tax$994/yearAssessment × 1.3998% Tax delinquency$29KCity snapshot · Jun 2022 Permits2Dated events in report ViolationsNone openNone open when assembled

Report assembled Jul 10, 2026 “Open” reflects records available then historical records keep their source dates estimates are labeled

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Historical tax record

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$29K was recorded for this parcel in Philadelphia's June 2022 delinquency snapshot. That amount may have been paid, reduced, or increased since; it is not a current payoff figure.

A separate historical parcel ledger ending in 2016 records $24K and a lien entry. It is shown as historical context only.

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What stands out

From the public record

Finding

Improved

Why it matters

Owner pulled a minor demolition permit in 2023.

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Records to verify together

Rule-based groupings across this property's dated public records. Each flag shows the records that belong in the same verification step and where the inference stops.

Dated record flagRecords to verify together

More than one separately dated public record deserves a current-status check.

Evidence: $29,343 appeared in the City's June 2022 delinquency snapshot · a lien number appears in the historical tax ledger through 2016 · failed L&I inspection activity in 2021, 2023, 2024, 2025

Limit: A screening signal, not a foreclosure prediction. Tax entries are historical and must be verified with Philadelphia Revenue.

Dated record flagRecent transition activity

The property has an unusually active paper trail worth monitoring for the next permit, inspection, deed, or listing.

Evidence: 2 permit events since 2023 · demolition activity since 2023

Limit: Record activity alone does not establish that a sale or redevelopment is planned.

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What to do with this

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If you’re buying

Built 1915: 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.

The last transfer was not a sale

The most recent recorded deed moved for nominal consideration. 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 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.

$24,438 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.

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

$71K

built 1915

Price / sq ft

$36

block $66 · below block

Appreciation

+290%

+13%/yr, city 6.5%

In 5 years (~2031)

~$71K

+13%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast

Est. tax / yr

$994

1.4% effective

Jun 2022 tax snapshot

$29K

delinquency recorded then · verify current

Gross yield

20.6%

≈$1K/mo rent

Times sold

Value vs. the block, over time — sales, permits & L&I events marked on the line

This houseBlock median & rangeTeardownL&I violation

The paper trail

Improved

Owner pulled a minor demolition permit in 2023.

2021 3 L&I violations incl UNSAFE STRUCTUREL&IInspection failed ×2L&I visit
2023 AlterationsPermitMinor DemolitionPermitDemolishedTeardown7 L&I violations incl INTERIOR UNSAFE GENERALL&IL&I: 2 failed, 1 passedL&I visit
2024 4 L&I violationsL&IL&I: 4 failed, 1 passedL&I visit
2025 2 L&I violationsL&IInspection failed ×2L&I visit

Flags: $29K recorded in the June 2022 delinquency snapshot — verify current balance · historical tax ledger through 2016 recorded $24K with a lien entry. 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.

Stories

Interior

2,000 sqft

livable area

Lot

1,029 sqft

Exterior condition

Sealed / compromised

city code 7

Sealed / compromised

Interior condition

Sealed / compromised

city code 7

Sealed / compromised

Quality grade

C+

assessor's grade

ABCDE

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 1520 W Lehigh Ave 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 the area median. Assessed value is not an asking price — set the price slider to the real one.

Purchase price$71K

Down payment20%

Mortgage rate6.875%

Monthly rent$1K/mo

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

1520 W Lehigh Ave sits on the 1500 block of W Lehigh Ave. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.

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Next door: 1518 W Lehigh Ave · 1522 W Lehigh Ave

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
Tax delinquency snapshot · June 2022 — Real Estate Tax Delinquencies, Dept. of Revenue
Historical tax ledger & liens · through 2016 — Real Estate Tax Balances, Dept. of Revenue
Current property-tax balance — Verify with Philadelphia 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

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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About this data & fine print

Answers are generated by an AI agent querying available City of Philadelphia open data at the moment you ask: OPA property assessments, Recorder of Deeds transfer records, L&I permits, violations & licenses, dated Dept. of Revenue tax records, Zoning Board appeals, Police incident reports, Philly311 requests, and School District of Philadelphia catchment and school data.

For an explicit web search or a current listing/news question, the agent may also search the public web through OpenRouter and must link every web-derived claim. Public listing pages can be stale and are not direct or comprehensive MLS access.

Property-level tax data is historical: the delinquency snapshot is dated June 2022 and the separate detailed ledger ends in 2016. Neither shows what is owed today; verify a current balance with Philadelphia Revenue.

City data is published as-is and can lag, contain errors, or be corrected later; school performance datasets run years behind and are labeled with their school year. AI answers can contain mistakes — verify anything that matters against the official record (property.phila.gov, atlas.phila.gov) before acting on it.

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