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Philadelphia1500 block of S Lecount StRecords pulled July 9, 2026

House report

1528 S Lecount St

Vacant · assessed $62K · sold 1×. On the 1500 block of S Lecount St.

Street view of 1528 S Lecount St
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Reading this house's deeds, permits and assessments…

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

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

$617 in back taxes on record

Interest and penalties keep compounding until a Revenue payment agreement is in place — an owner-occupant agreement also stops the sheriff-sale track.

Construction next door (1527 S Lecount St, 2026)

Excavation deeper than 5 feet, or within 10 feet of an adjacent structure, legally requires the developer to survey neighboring homes first and give owners 10 days' written notice. Insist on the pre-construction survey — it is your evidence if cracks appear.

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 analyst below to dig into any number.

Assessed value
$62K
Price / sq ft
block $175 ·
Appreciation
+242%
+12%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$62K
+12%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax / yr
$862
1.4% effective
Gross yield
Times sold
1

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

$0$100K$200K2024: 2 L&I violations2025: 2 L&I violations2026: Sold $55K 2026: New construction, addition, GFA change 2026: New Construction 2026: New Construction or Additions 2026: Excavation 2026: New Construction 2026: New Construction 2026: New Construction or Additions 2026: New Construction or Additions 2026: L&I violation$62K201620222027
This houseBlock median & rangeSaleL&I violation
The paper trail

demolished and rebuilt (2026), then sold for $55K in 2026.

  1. 2024 2 L&I violationsL&I
  2. 2025 2 L&I violationsL&I
  3. 2026 $55KSoldNew construction, addition, GFA changePermitNew ConstructionPermitNew Construction or AdditionsPermitExcavationPermitNew ConstructionPermitNew ConstructionPermitNew Construction or AdditionsPermitNew Construction or AdditionsPermitL&I violationL&I

Flags: $617 back taxes. Informational only — not investment advice or a consumer report (FCRA).

Run the numbers

What owning 1528 S Lecount 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.

$55K
20%
6.875%
$700/mo

When this house last sold (2026) a 30-year mortgage ran about 6.6% — 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.

Next door: 1526 S Lecount St  ·  1530 S Lecount St

Where this comes from

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; the masthead date is when this page's records were last pulled. 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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