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1926 E York St

3 bd · 2 ba · 3 stories · 1,647 sqft · RM1 · built 1875

Owner-occupied · assessed $454K · sold 3×. On the 1900 block of E York St.

Property summary

Assessment$454KCity assessed value Last sale$415KRecorded 2021 Est. annual tax$5K/yearAssessment × 1.3998% Tax delinquency—Snapshot unavailable Permits8Dated events in report ViolationsNone openNone open when assembled

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Street view of 1926 E York St
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What stands out

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Finding

Renovated & sold on

Why it matters

Bought for $295K in 2015, addition permit in 2013, sold for $415K in 2021 (+822%).

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Records to verify together

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Dated record flagAssessment/permit mismatch

The assessment jumped 45% in 2025, but no matching permit appears in the property timeline.

Evidence: assessment moved from $332,900 to $481,900 · no permit shown in 2024-2026

Limit: Not proof of unpermitted work; reassessment, corrected data, or a permit under another parcel can also explain it.

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What to do with this

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If you’re buying

Built 1875: 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.

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
$454K
built 1875
Price / sq ft
$275
block $271 · in line w/ block
Appreciation
+635%
+20%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$458K
+20%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax / yr
$5K
1.09% effective
Jun 2022 tax snapshot
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Gross yield
5.3%
≈$2K/mo rent
Times sold
3

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

$0$500K$1.0MBefore this chart — 2013: Addition 2013: Administrative 2013: Zoning 2013: Plumbing 2013: Electrical 2013: Suppression 2013: Plumbing 2013: Mechanical 2014: 6 L&I violations 2014: Inspection passed 2015: Sold $295K2021: Sold $415K$454K201620222027
This houseBlock median & rangeSalePermit

The paper trail

Renovated & sold on

Bought for $295K in 2015, addition permit in 2013, sold for $415K in 2021 (+822%).

  1. 2013 AdditionPermitAdministrativePermitZoningPermitPlumbingPermitElectricalPermitSuppressionPermitPlumbingPermitMechanicalPermit
  2. 2014 6 L&I violationsL&IInspection passedL&I visit
  3. 2015 $295KSold
  4. 2021 $415KSold

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The house, on paper

The city assessor's field record — the physical spec sheet behind the assessed number.

Bedrooms
3
Bathrooms
2
Stories
3
Interior
1,647 sqft
livable area
Lot
1,305 sqft
Basement
Full, semi-finished
city code B
Heat
Forced hot air
city code A
Central air
Yes
Exterior condition
Above average
city code 3
Interior condition
Above average
city code 3
Quality grade
C+
assessor's grade
Zoning
RM1
city zoning code

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

Run the numbers

What owning 1926 E York St 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.

$454K
20%
6.875%
$2K/mo

When this house last sold (2021) a 30-year mortgage ran about 2.96% — Freddie Mac's average that year.

Mortgage
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P&I · 30-yr fixed
All-in monthly
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+ 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

1926 E York St sits on the 1900 block of E York St. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.

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Next door: 1924 E York St  ·  1928 E York St

Where this comes from
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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