House report

2118 E William St

3 bd · 1 ba · 2 stories · 1,020 sqft · RSA5 · built 1965

Owner-occupied · assessed $139K (2026) · 2027 OPA assessment $154K. On the 2100 block of E William St.

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Property summary

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The estimate, live balance, and back-tax record are different.

BlockReport can calculate the annual tax from the City’s taxable assessment. Payments, credits, interest, and a current amount due live separately in Philadelphia Tax Center.

Estimated annual Real Estate Tax$539/year

2026 taxable assessment $38,500 × 1.3998%. Estimate—not a bill or account balance.

OPA also publishes a 2027 assessment of $153,600; it is not the 2026 billed-year value.

Official current account balanceCheck live

A Tax Center balance is net of bills, payments, credits, interest, and adjustments. A credit—or an amount due—is not automatically “back taxes.”

OPA 252068900
Open Philadelphia Tax Center →Choose “View period balance” to see the tax year and any credit, interest, or delinquency.
Exemption classificationHomestead exemption

2026 OPA removes $100,000 from the taxable assessment through the owner-occupant exemption.

Historical delinquency sources Record found

$1,293.42 was recorded for this parcel in Philadelphia's June 2022 delinquency snapshot for 2021. That amount may have been paid, reduced, or increased since; it is not a current payoff figure.

$903.08 principal$47.41 interest$54.18 penalty$288.75 other charges
1year recorded 2021tax period 2020-04-09last payment in snapshot Yesactionable flag Nopayment agreement Nobankruptcy flag Nosheriff-sale flag Noassessment appeal

The snapshot’s 2022 context used $56,100 total assessment, $56,100 taxable, and $0 exempt/abated. Those historical fields can differ from today’s OPA exemption status.

For a purchase, refinance, or closing, request the City’s official Property Payoff statement in Tax Center under “More options.”

What stands out

From the public record
Finding

History

Why it matters

4 L&I violations (2008); Inspection failed (2008); Inspection passed (2009).

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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 1965: 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.

The last transfer used nominal consideration

The latest deed records $100 or less. That is not a usable market-sale price and can reflect a family, estate, gift, correction, or entity transfer. Inspect the deed and order a title search rather than inferring the relationship or chain.

If you own it

$1,293 in the June 2022 delinquency snapshot

The City recorded this amount in June 2022. It may since have been paid, reduced, or increased; verify the current balance directly with Philadelphia Revenue.

Derived from the fetched property records and linked City guidance as of 2026. Assessment treatment is not a substitute for an exemption approval, live balance, title report, license, occupancy certificate, or inspection. Informational only — not legal, tax, or investment advice.

The investment read

How this house has moved and where it's pointed: every fetched annual City assessment, charted against its block and ZIP; appreciation includes the full-period compound rate and the latest year-over-year change. The 5-year figure simply extends that historical pace. Yield estimates rent-vs-price from area rents. Ask the record to dig into any number.

Assessed value
$138,500
2026 billed-year assessment · 2027: $153,600 · built 1965
Price / sq ft
$151
block $151 · in line w/ block
Appreciation
+302%
+13%/yr since 2016 · 2027 +11% vs 2026
In 5 years (~2032)
~$289K
+13%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax bill / yr
$539
0.35% effective
Jun 2022 tax snapshot
$1K
recorded then · verify current
Gross yield
-5208333.3%
≈$-667M/mo rent
Times sold
0

Assessment vs. the block and ZIP · every dated City record marked on the line

$0$125K$250KZIP 19134 median$154K2003200720112015201920232027
Property assessmentBlock median & rangeZIP 19134 medianAssessmentL&I violationInspectionLicense

Each icon sits on its recorded date; records without a day are labeled and centered within their year. Select one to explain the filing.

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Every dated record8 events · exact dates, newest first
  1. InspectionBRU INSP
  2. L&I violationVACANT PROP STANDARD (likely: vacant-property enforcement standard)
  3. L&I violationLICENSE-VAC RES BLDG (vacant residential building license required)
  4. L&I violationPROSEC- STD INFO (likely: Standard enforcement or prosecution notice)
  5. L&I violationVACANT BLDG UNSECURED COUNT
  6. InspectionBRU INSP
  7. InspectionL_INITIAL
  8. LicenseRental

The paper trail

4 L&I violations (2008); Inspection failed (2008); Inspection passed (2009).

  1. 2008 4 L&I violationsL&IInspection failedL&I visit
  2. 2009 Inspection passedL&I visit

Browse the source ledger

The chart above is the primary timeline. This drawer preserves every underlying dated row and its filed status for source-level review.

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Browse 8 dated records deeds, permits, inspections, licenses, violations, certifications & appeals
  1. InvestigationBRU INSP

    Case 187687 · PASSED

    The cited inspection visit was marked passed.

  2. ViolationVACANT PROP STANDARD (likely: vacant-property enforcement standard)

    Case 187687 · Violation 1185824 · Code PM-306.0/1 · CLOSEDCASE

    A legacy L&I label associated with vacant-property requirements. It may concern licensing, securing, or maintaining a vacant structure; the notice and cited code control, and this row alone does not prove the property is vacant now. City marked the case closed; that does not mean the original condition never existed.

  3. ViolationLICENSE-VAC RES BLDG (vacant residential building license required)

    Case 187687 · Violation 1185823 · Code PM-102.4/2 · CLOSEDCASE

    This usually records a requirement to obtain a Vacant Structure License for an unoccupied residential building. Check later license and compliance rows because it does not establish present vacancy or an unresolved violation. City marked the case closed; that does not mean the original condition never existed.

  4. ViolationPROSEC- STD INFO (likely: Standard enforcement or prosecution notice)

    Case 187687 · Violation 1185826 · Code A-503.2/2 · CLOSEDCASE

    Legacy L&I shorthand; the case notice contains the actual required correction and deadlines. City marked the case closed; that does not mean the original condition never existed.

  5. ViolationVACANT BLDG UNSECURED COUNT

    Case 187687 · Violation 1185825 · Code PM-306.2/1 · CLOSEDCASE

    City marked the case closed; that does not mean the original condition never existed.

  6. InvestigationBRU INSP

    Case 187687 · FAILED

    The cited inspection visit was marked failed; later rows may show follow-up or resolution.

  7. InvestigationL_INITIAL

    Case 19687 · CLOSED

    City marked the record closed; open the case for the closing reason.

  8. LicenseRental

    License 225049 · Inactive

    MC KINNON WALLACE · Expires 2004-02-29 · Inactive 2005-06-30

What this record suggests

The timeline preserves the dated City rows that matched this parcel. It is a sequence to verify, not a conclusion about present condition.

Flags: $1K recorded in the June 2022 delinquency snapshot — verify current balance. Informational only — not investment advice or a consumer report (FCRA).

The property, on paper

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

Bedrooms
3
Bathrooms
1
Stories
2
Interior
1,020 sqft
livable area
Lot
1,465 sqft
Basement
Full
city code D
Heat
Undetermined
city code H
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

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

Run the numbers

What owning 2118 E William 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.

$154K
20%
6.875%
$700/mo
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 use this parcel's taxable assessment, not a live Tax Center balance.

Block context

2118 E William St sits on the 2100 block of E William St. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.

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Next door: 2116 E William St  ·  2120 E William St

Where this comes from

Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 10, 2026, 12:53 PM ET. Available City datasets are queried from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and the cited City ArcGIS feeds; record queries paginate rather than silently taking a first page. For this property: Permits: queried · Violations: queried · Investigations: queried · Appeals: queried · Licenses: queried · Building certifications: queried. “Unavailable” means the source query failed or was not supplied, not “no record.” Reports re-pull on view after seven days and on an overnight rolling schedule; citywide benchmarks recompute weekly. Source dates still govern: the parcel-level tax-delinquency snapshot is June 2022 and the separate detailed tax ledger ends in 2016, so neither establishes today’s balance. The live balance and date-effective payoff must be verified in Tax Center. AI-written passages are grounded in the assembled record and rejected if they state a number the record does not hold.

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