The Block Report

House report

2033 Orthodox St

3 stories · 1,575 sqft · built 1935

Absentee individual · assessed $148K · sold 1×. On the 2000 block of Orthodox St.

Street view of 2033 Orthodox St
From the street — imagery © Google
From above — imagery © Esri, Maxar

Property summary

Assessment$148KCity assessed value Last sale$45KRecorded 2004 Est. annual tax$2K/yearAssessment × 1.3998% Tax delinquencyNo 2022 matchNot proof account is current Permits3Shown in this report ViolationsNone openNo open L&I cases

What stands out

From the public record

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.

watch signalAssessment/permit mismatch

The assessment jumped 301% in 2027, but no matching permit appears in the property timeline.

Evidence: assessment moved from $36,900 to $148,100 · no permit shown in 2026-2028

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

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 1935: 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’re the landlord

Lead certificate is not optional

Built 1935: 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 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
$148K
built 1935
Price / sq ft
$94
block $63 · above block
Appreciation
+112%
+7%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$149K
+7%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax / yr
$2K
1.4% effective
Jun 2022 tax snapshot
No match
not proof the account is current
Gross yield
—
Times sold
1
licensed rental

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

$0$100K$200KBefore this chart — 2004: Sold $45K 2009: Use2017: Electrical2018: 2 L&I violations2019: 2 L&I violations2023: 2 L&I violations2024: Change of Use 2024: 2 L&I violations$148K201620222027
This houseBlock median & rangeL&I violationPermit

The paper trail

Improved

Bought for $45K in 2004. Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2024.

  1. 2004 $45KSold
  2. 2009 UsePermit
  3. 2017 ElectricalPermit
  4. 2018 2 L&I violationsL&I
  5. 2019 2 L&I violationsL&I
  6. 2023 2 L&I violationsL&I
  7. 2024 Change of UsePermit2 L&I violationsL&I

Flags: active rental license. 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.

Stories
3
Interior
1,575 sqft
livable area
Lot
871 sqft
Central air
No
Exterior condition
Average
city code 4
Interior condition
Average
city code 4
Quality grade
B-
assessor's grade

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

Run the numbers

What owning 2033 Orthodox 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.

$148K
20%
6.875%
$1K/mo

When this house last sold (2004) a 30-year mortgage ran about 5.84% — 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

2033 Orthodox St sits on the 2000 block of Orthodox St. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.

See the whole block →

Next door: 2031 Orthodox St  ·  2035 Orthodox 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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