Improved
Why it mattersBought for $83K in 2021. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2021.
View supporting records →Mixed-use report
1532 Belfield Ave
2,480 sqft · CMX2 · built 1930
Absentee individual · assessed $131K · sold 2×. On the 1500 block of Belfield Ave.
Property summary
Assessment$131KCity assessed value
Last sale$83KRecorded 2021
Est. taxes$2K/yearAnnual city record
Permits1Shown in this report
ViolationsNone openNo open L&I cases
What stands out
From the public recordMarked vacant, but licensed as a rental
Why it mattersThe assessor's condition code says vacant, while L&I shows an active rental license here. Both can't be current.
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
Built 1930: 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
$19,570 in back taxes on record
Interest and penalties keep compounding until a Revenue payment agreement is in place, and a lien is already filed — an owner-occupant agreement also stops the sheriff-sale track.
If you’re the landlord
Lead certificate is not optional
Built 1930: 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
$131K
built 1930
Price / sq ft
$53
block $99 · below block
Appreciation
-6%
-1%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$131K
-1%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax / yr
$2K
1.4% effective
Gross yield
9.5%
≈$1K/mo rent
Times sold
2
licensed rental
Value vs. the block, over time — sales, permits & L&I events marked on the line
This houseBlock median & rangeSaleL&I violationInspection
The paper trail
ImprovedBought for $83K in 2021. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2021.
- 2021 $83KSoldAddition and/or AlterationPermit
- 2022 2 L&I violationsL&I
- 2023 4 L&I violationsL&IL&I: 3 failed, 2 passedL&I visit
- 2024 Inspection passed ×2L&I visit
- 2025 18 L&I violationsL&IInspection failed ×4L&I visit
- 2026 Appeal completeZoning3 L&I violationsL&IInspection failed ×6L&I visitAppeal filedZoning
Flags: active rental license · $20K back taxes (2003–2014, $7K of it interest & penalties, lien filed) · 2 zoning/board appeals on record. 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.
Interior
2,480 sqft
livable area
Lot
1,967 sqft
Exterior condition
Vacant
city code 6
Vacant
Interior condition
Vacant
city code 6
Vacant
Quality grade
C
assessor's grade
ABCDE
Zoning
CMX2
city zoning code
Zoning appeals
2
on record
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.
Marked vacant, but licensed as a rental
The assessor's condition code says vacant, while L&I shows an active rental license here. Both can't be current.
Run the numbers
What owning 1532 Belfield Ave 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.
When this house last sold (2021) a 30-year mortgage ran about 2.96% — Freddie Mac's average that year.
Mortgage
—
P&I · 30-yr fixed
All-in monthly
—
+ taxes & insurance
Cash to close
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down + ~4% costs
Cash flow
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rent − all costs · /mo
Cap rate
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NOI ÷ price
Cash-on-cash
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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
1532 Belfield Ave sits on the 1500 block of Belfield Ave. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.
See the whole block →Next door: 1534-40 Belfield Ave · 1520-28 Belfield 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
- 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 1930. 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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