House report

2121 Carpenter St

3 bd · 2 ba · 1 story · 1,656 sqft · RM1 · built 2008

Owner-occupied · assessed $467K. On the 2100 block of Carpenter St.

Street view of 2121 Carpenter St — From the street — imagery © Google

From above — imagery © Esri, Maxar

Property summary

Assessment$467KCity assessed value Last sale$470KRecorded 2025 Est. taxes$5K/yearAnnual city record Permits4Shown in this report ViolationsNone openNo open L&I cases

What stands out

From the public record

Finding

New construction

Why it matters

built new under a 2018 permit.

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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

$467K

built 2008

Price / sq ft

$282

block $361 · below block

Appreciation

+78%

+5%/yr, city 6.5%

In 5 years (~2031)

~$468K

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

Est. tax / yr

$5K

1.1% effective

Gross yield

6.9%

≈$3K/mo rent

Times sold

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

This houseBlock median & rangePermit

The paper trail

New construction

built new under a 2018 permit.

2018 AlterationPermitZoningPermit
2020 New construction, addition, GFA changePermitAddition and/or AlterationPermit

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

1,656 sqft

livable area

Central air

Yes

Exterior condition

Above average

city code 3

Above averageBelow average

Interior condition

Above average

city code 3

Above averageBelow average

Quality grade

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 2121 Carpenter 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$470K

Down payment20%

Mortgage rate6.875%

Monthly rent$3K/mo

When this house last sold (2025) a 30-year mortgage ran about 6.6% — Freddie Mac's average that year.

Mortgage

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P&I · 30-yr fixed

All-in monthly

—

+ taxes & insurance

Cash to close

—

down + ~4% costs

Cash flow

—

rent − all costs · /mo

Cap rate

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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

2121 Carpenter St sits on the 2100 block of Carpenter St. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.

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Next door: 2121 Carpenter St · 2119 Carpenter 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
Back taxes & liens — Real Estate Tax Balances, Dept. of 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

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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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.

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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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2121 Carpenter St

Property summary

What stands out

New construction

The investment read

The paper trail

The house, on paper

Run the numbers

Block context

Where this comes from

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