House report

1902 S 30th St

3 bd · 1 ba · 2 stories · 1,492 sqft · CMX2 · built 1950

Owner-occupied · assessed $283K · sold 3×. On the 1900 block of S 30th St.

Street view of 1902 S 30th St — From the street — imagery © Google

From above — imagery © Esri, Maxar

Property summary

Assessment$283KCity assessed value Last sale$135KRecorded 2007 Est. annual tax$3K/yearAssessment × 1.3998% Tax delinquencyNo 2022 matchNot proof account is current Permits3Shown in this report Violations4Open L&I cases

What stands out

From the public record

Finding

New construction

Why it matters

Bought for $55K in 2001, built new under a 2007 permit, sold for $135K in 2007.

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What the record is signaling

Early patterns mined across this property's dated public records. Each flag shows what triggered it and where the inference stops.

elevated signalPublic-record pressure

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

Evidence: 4 open L&I violations · failed L&I inspection activity in 2021, 2023

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

Transparent record rules, not a machine-learning forecast. A signal is a prompt to verify the cited record, not a prediction or allegation.

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 1950: 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

4 open violations: the clock matters

L&I appeals must be filed within 30 days — just 6 days if a property is designated UNSAFE or IMMINENTLY DANGEROUS. Left unresolved, the city can do the work itself, bill the owner (routinely $50,000+ on a rowhouse), lien the property, and add court fines of $300+/day.

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

$283K

built 1950

Price / sq ft

$189

block $212 · below block

Appreciation

+101%

+7%/yr, city 6.5%

In 5 years (~2031)

~$284K

+7%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast

Est. tax / yr

$3K

0.9% effective

Jun 2022 tax snapshot

No match

not proof the account is current

Gross yield

-2829855%

≈$-667M/mo rent

Times sold

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

This houseBlock median & rangeL&I violationPermitInspection

The paper trail

New construction

Bought for $55K in 2001, built new under a 2007 permit, sold for $135K in 2007.

2001 $55KSold
2007 $135KSoldZoningPermitMajor alterationPermit
2017 3 L&I violationsL&I
2018 5 L&I violationsL&I
2020 4 L&I violationsL&I
2021 New construction, addition, GFA changePermitInspection failedL&I visit
2023 Inspection failedL&I visit
2024 L&I: 1 failed, 1 passedL&I visit
2025 Inspection passedL&I visit

Flags: 4 open L&I violations. 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.

Bedrooms

Bathrooms

Stories

Interior

1,492 sqft

livable area

Lot

3,643 sqft

Basement

Partial

city code H

Heat

Forced hot air

city code A

Central air

Exterior condition

Average

city code 4

Above averageBelow average

Interior condition

Average

city code 4

Above averageBelow average

Quality grade

assessor's grade

ABCDE

Zoning

CMX2

city zoning code

OPA field-assessment attributes. Condition and grade are the assessor's codes, not an inspection.

Run the numbers

What owning 1902 S 30th 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.

Purchase price$283K

Down payment20%

Mortgage rate6.875%

Monthly rent$700/mo

When this house last sold (2007) a 30-year mortgage ran about 6.34% — 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.

Block context

1902 S 30th St sits on the 1900 block of S 30th St. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.

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Next door: 1904 S 30th St · 1906 S 30th 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
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 City of Philadelphia open data at the moment you ask: OPA property assessments, Recorder of Deeds transfer records, L&I permits, violations & licenses, Dept. of Revenue tax balances, Zoning Board appeals, Police incident reports, Philly311 requests, and School District of Philadelphia catchment and school data.

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.

Informational only. Not legal, financial, or investment advice. Not a consumer report under the FCRA — it may not be used to decide anyone's eligibility for housing, tenancy, employment, credit, or insurance.

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1902 S 30th St

Property summary

What stands out

New construction

What the record is signaling

What to do with this

If you’re buying

If you own it

The investment read

The paper trail

The house, on paper

Run the numbers

Block context

Where this comes from

This is 1902 S 30th St,
on paper.

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