House report

2086 E Clementine St

3 bd · 1 ba · 2 stories · 888 sqft · RSA5 · built 1920

Owner-occupied · assessed $45K · sold 5×. On the 2000 block of E Clementine St.

Street view of 2086 E Clementine St
From the street — imagery © Google
From above — imagery © Esri, Maxar

Property summary

What stands out

From the public record
Finding

Renovated & sold on

Why it matters

Bought for $19K in 2009, plumbing permit in 2016, sold for $40K in 2025 (+41%).

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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 1920: 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.

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

$1,399/yr may be unclaimed

This home reads owner-occupied but shows no Homestead Exemption, which removes $100,000 from the taxable assessment (worth up to $1,399/yr). Applying through the City is free and takes minutes.

$573 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.

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
$45K
built 1920
Price / sq ft
$50
block $101 · below block
Appreciation
+62%
+4%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$45K
+4%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax / yr
$624
1.4% effective
Gross yield
24.6%
≈$915/mo rent
Times sold
5

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

$0$100K$200KBefore this chart — 2009: Sold $19K 2014: Sold $25K2016: Plumbing2022: 5 L&I violations 2022: Inspection failed2023: L&I: 1 failed, 1 passed2024: Appeal complete 2024: 4 L&I violations 2024: Inspection failed ×22025: 2 L&I violations 2025: L&I: 3 failed, 2 passed 2025: Sold $40K$45K201620222027
This houseBlock median & rangeSaleL&I violationPermitInspection

The paper trail

Bought for $19K in 2009, plumbing permit in 2016, sold for $40K in 2025 (+41%).

  1. 2009 $19KSold
  2. 2014 $25KSold
  3. 2016 PlumbingPermit
  4. 2022 5 L&I violationsL&IInspection failedL&I visit
  5. 2023 L&I: 1 failed, 1 passedL&I visit
  6. 2024 Appeal completeZoning4 L&I violationsL&IInspection failed ×2L&I visit
  7. 2025 2 L&I violationsL&IL&I: 3 failed, 2 passedL&I visit$40KSold

Flags: $573 back taxes (2016, $11 of it interest & penalties, lien filed) · 1 zoning/board appeal 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.

Bedrooms
3
Bathrooms
1
Stories
2
Interior
888 sqft
livable area
Lot
672 sqft
Basement
Full
city code D
Heat
Hot water / radiators
city code B
Central air
No
Exterior condition
Average
city code 4
Interior condition
Average
city code 4
Quality grade
C
assessor's grade
Zoning
RSA5
city zoning code
Zoning appeals
1
complete 2024

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

Run the numbers

What owning 2086 E Clementine 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.

$40K
20%
6.875%
$925/mo

When this house last sold (2025) a 30-year mortgage ran about 6.6% — 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

2086 E Clementine St sits on the 2000 block of E Clementine St. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.

See the whole block →

Next door: 2084 E Clementine St  ·  2088 E Clementine St

Where this comes from

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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