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2121 S 7th St

4 bd · 3 ba · 3 stories · 2,328 sqft · CMX2.5 · built 1915

Absentee individual · assessed $352K (2026) · 2027 OPA assessment $386K · 2 licensed units · sold 3×. On the 2100 block of S 7th St.

Property summary

Assessment$352,0002026 OPA assessment · 2027: $385,800 Last sale$250KRecorded 2018 Est. tax bill$4,927/year2026 taxable assessment × 1.3998% Tax delinquencyNo 2022 matchNot proof account is current Permits3Every fetched City permit Violations0 open5 historical across 4 cases

“Open” reflects records available then historical records keep their source dates estimates are labeled

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Estimated annual Real Estate Tax$4,927/year

2026 taxable assessment $352,000 × 1.3998%. Estimate—not a bill or account balance.

OPA also publishes a 2027 assessment of $385,800; 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 393165405
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Exemption classificationNo exemption shown

2026 taxable assessment equals the full assessed value.

Historical delinquency sources No current conclusion

This parcel did not match the June 2022 delinquency snapshot. That absence does not confirm the account is current today.

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What stands out

From the public record
Finding

Renovated & sold on

Why it matters

Bought for $250K in 2018, alteration permit in 2010, sold for $250K in 2018 (+9900%).

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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 1915: 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 1915: 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 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 building 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
$352,000
2026 billed-year assessment · 2027: $385,800 · built 1915
Price / sq ft
$166
block $147 · above block
Appreciation
+100%
+7%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$387K
+7%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax bill / yr
$4,927
1.28% effective
Jun 2022 tax snapshot
No match
not proof the account is current
Gross yield
4%
≈$1K/mo rent
Times sold
3
licensed rental

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

$0$250K$500K2016 OPA assessment: $176K2017 OPA assessment: $176K2018 OPA assessment: $161K2019 OPA assessment: $218K2020 OPA assessment: $253K2021 OPA assessment: $253K2022 OPA assessment: $253K2023 OPA assessment: $365K2024 OPA assessment: $365K2025 OPA assessment: $352K2026 OPA assessment: $352K2010 — 2010-03-03: Alteration · 2010-04-19: Plumbing · 2010-04-29: Electrical · 2010-03-31: PERMP- ALTER/REPAIR/REPL PLUMB · 2010-03-31: PERMB- CONST ADDITION · 2010-12-28: BP_BLDG2011 — 2011-04-15: PRECOURT · 2011-02-22: Rental2015 — 2015-11-19: NON-REGULATED LACKS PERMIT (The cited activity or use lacked a required permit) · 2015-11-17: HCEU INSP2016 — 2016-10-17: NON-REGULATED LACKS PERMIT (The cited activity or use lacked a required permit) · 2016-10-17: HCEU INSP2018 — Deed / sale $250K · 2018-10-19: PERM Z- NEW USE · 2018-10-19: HCEU INSP · 2018-10-19: PRECOURT2019 — 2019-04-01: HCEU INSP · 2019-08-26: Rental2023 — 2023-06-14: L&I investigation$352K2010201320162019202220252026
This propertyBlock median & rangeDeed / saleL&I violationPermitInspectionLicense
2023-06-14: L&I investigation
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Every dated record19 events · scroll to browse
  1. InspectionL&I investigation
  2. LicenseRental
  3. InspectionHCEU INSP
  4. L&I violationPERM Z- NEW USE
  5. InspectionHCEU INSP
  6. InspectionPRECOURT
  7. Deed / saleDeed / sale $250K
  8. L&I violationNON-REGULATED LACKS PERMIT (The cited activity or use lacked a required permit)
  9. InspectionHCEU INSP
  10. L&I violationNON-REGULATED LACKS PERMIT (The cited activity or use lacked a required permit)
  11. InspectionHCEU INSP
  12. InspectionPRECOURT
  13. LicenseRental
  14. InspectionBP_BLDG
  15. PermitElectrical
  16. PermitPlumbing
  17. L&I violationPERMP- ALTER/REPAIR/REPL PLUMB
  18. L&I violationPERMB- CONST ADDITION
  19. PermitAlteration

The paper trail

Renovated & sold on

Bought for $250K in 2018, alteration permit in 2010, sold for $250K in 2018 (+9900%).

  1. 2010 AlterationPermitPlumbingPermitElectricalPermit2 L&I violationsL&I
  2. 2015 L&I violationL&I
  3. 2016 L&I violationL&IInspection failedL&I visit
  4. 2018 $250KSoldL&I violationL&IL&I: 2 failed, 1 passedL&I visit
  5. 2019 Inspection failedL&I visit
  6. 2023 Inspection passedL&I visit

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Browse 20 dated records deeds, permits, inspections, licenses, violations, certifications & appeals
  1. InvestigationL&I investigation

    Case 660021 · PASSED

  2. LicenseRental

    License 822040 · Active

    SHENG WU JIANG · Expires 2026-08-25

  3. InvestigationHCEU INSP

    Case 660021 · FAILED

  4. ViolationPERM Z- NEW USE

    Case 660021 · Violation 211952997 · COMPLIED

    City marked this violation complied with; check the resolution date and live case for what was accepted.

  5. InvestigationPRECOURT

    Case 559956 · PASSED

  6. InvestigationHCEU INSP

    Case 559956 · CLOSED

  7. InvestigationHCEU INSP

    Case 559956 · FAILED

  8. Recorded transfer$250K transfer

    2018

  9. ViolationNON-REGULATED LACKS PERMIT (The cited activity or use lacked a required permit)

    Case 559956 · Violation 4830451 · COMPLIED

    The title alone does not identify the missing permit or prove the present use remains unauthorized. City marked this violation complied with; check the resolution date and live case for what was accepted.

  10. ViolationNON-REGULATED LACKS PERMIT (The cited activity or use lacked a required permit)

    Case 511036 · Violation 3775078 · COMPLIED

    The title alone does not identify the missing permit or prove the present use remains unauthorized. City marked this violation complied with; check the resolution date and live case for what was accepted.

  11. InvestigationHCEU INSP

    Case 511036 · FAILED

  12. InvestigationHCEU INSP

    Case 511036 · CLOSED

  13. InvestigationPRECOURT

    Case 230304 · FAILED

  14. LicenseRental

    License 525843 · Inactive

    B&D PROPERTY LLC · Expires 2019-02-28 · Inactive 2019-04-29

  15. InvestigationBP_BLDG

    Case 230304 · CLOSED

  16. PermitElectrical

    Permit 276012 · COMPLETED

    INSTALL 200AMP SERVICE WITH 4 METER 100AMP TO 2008 NEC (SOUTH DISTRICT)

  17. PermitPlumbing

    Permit 273523 · EXPIRED

    REHAB 1 FULL BATHROOM ON EACH OF 3 FLOOR, AND INSTALL 2 KITCHEN SINKS

  18. ViolationPERMP- ALTER/REPAIR/REPL PLUMB

    Case 230304 · Violation 2040994 · CLOSED

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

  19. ViolationPERMB- CONST ADDITION

    Case 230304 · Violation 2040993 · CLOSED

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

  20. PermitAlteration

    Permit 264689 · COMPLETED

    CONTRACTOR MUST CONTACT SOUTH DISTRICT OFFICE PRIOR TO STARTING WORK. PERMIT MUST BE POSTED APPLICANT AGREES TO LIMIT THE CONSTRUCTION TO COMPLY WITH EZ PERMIT STANDARD FOR INTERIOR ALTERATIONS, DATED FEB. 2007. DEVIATIONS FROM THIS STANDARD WILL RESULT IN THE REVOCATION OF THIS PERMIT AND IMPOSITION OF FURTHER PENALTIES. CHANGE A WINDOW IN THE FRONT TO A FULL LENGTH DOOR. NO CHANGE TO WIDTH. NO OTHER WORK ALLOWED UNDER THIS PERMIT

What this record suggests

The City file documents 3 permits touching kitchen work, bathroom work, electrical work, plumbing. 2 carries a completed, issued, or approved status; that documents the filing, not the present quality of the work.

Flags: active rental license. 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
4
Bathrooms
3
Stories
3
Interior
2,328 sqft
livable area
Lot
976 sqft
Basement
Full
city code D
Heat
Forced hot air
city code A
Central air
No
Exterior condition
Below average
city code 5
Interior condition
Average
city code 4
Quality grade
C
assessor's grade
Zoning
CMX2.5
city zoning code

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

Run the numbers

What owning 2121 S 7th 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 2 licensed units × ~85% of the area's median unit rent — the whole building's income, not one unit's. Assessed value is not an asking price — set the price slider to the real one.

$386K
20%
6.875%
$2K/mo

When this house last sold (2018) a 30-year mortgage ran about 4.54% — 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 use this parcel's taxable assessment, not a live Tax Center balance.

Block context

2121 S 7th St sits on the 2100 block of S 7th St. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.

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Next door: 2119 S 7th St  ·  2123 S 7th St

Where this comes from
Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 10, 2026, 11:28 AM 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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