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Philadelphia1800 block of E Madison StJuly 9, 2026

House report

1852 E Madison St

Vacant · assessed $30K. On the 1800 block of E Madison St.

Street view of 1852 E Madison St
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Reading this house's deeds, permits and assessments…

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
$30K
Price / sq ft
—
block $105 ·
Appreciation
+184%
+10%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$30K
+10%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax / yr
$421
1.4% effective
Gross yield
67.8%
≈$2K/mo rent
Times sold
0

Value vs. the block, over time

$0$100K$200K$30K201620222027
This houseBlock median & range
The paper trailHistory

L&I violation (2023); L&I: 3 failed, 1 passed (2023); 2 L&I violations (2024); L&I: 4 failed, 1 passed (2024); L&I violation (2025); L&I: 1 failed, 1 passed (2025); L&I violation (2026); L&I: 1 failed, 1 passed (2026).

  1. 2023 L&I violationL&IL&I: 3 failed, 1 passedL&I visit
  2. 2024 2 L&I violationsL&IL&I: 4 failed, 1 passedL&I visit
  3. 2025 L&I violationL&IL&I: 1 failed, 1 passedL&I visit
  4. 2026 L&I violationL&IL&I: 1 failed, 1 passedL&I visit

Flags: $7K back taxes (1997–2016, $3K of it interest & penalties, lien filed). Informational only — not investment advice or a consumer report (FCRA).

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

$7,398 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.

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.

Run the numbers

What owning 1852 E Madison 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.

$30K
20%
6.875%
$2K/mo

When this house last sold (2018) a 30-year mortgage ran about 4.54% — Freddie Mac's average that year.

Mortgage
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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
—
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: 1850 E Madison St  ·  1854 E Madison St

Where this comes from

City datasets are fetched live from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and cached briefly. 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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