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House report

2132 Kater St

2 bd · 1 ba · 2 stories · 902 sqft · RSA5 · built 1920

Absentee individual · assessed $506K (2026) · 2027 OPA assessment $513K · sold 4×. On the 2100 block of Kater St.

Property summary

Assessment$505,6002026 OPA assessment · 2027: $512,900 Last sale$365KRecorded 2022 Est. tax bill$7,077/year2026 taxable assessment × 1.3998% Tax delinquency—Snapshot unavailable Permits0Dated events in report Violations0 openNo historical match in fetched records

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Street view of 2132 Kater St
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Estimated annual Real Estate Tax$7,077/year

2026 taxable assessment $505,600 × 1.3998%. Estimate—not a bill or account balance.

OPA also publishes a 2027 assessment of $512,900; 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 302015700
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Exemption classificationNo exemption shown

2026 taxable assessment equals the full assessed value.

Historical delinquency sources No current conclusion

The June 2022 delinquency snapshot was not verifiably available in this cached report. No conclusion about a match—or today’s balance—can be drawn from that absence.

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What stands out

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What to do with this

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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’re the landlord

If it is rented, verify the Rental License

The fetched license records do not show an active Rental License. Ownership type or a tax mailing address does not prove that tenants occupy the property; if it is rented, verify the current license and legal occupancy in eCLIPSE.

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: 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
$505,600
2026 billed-year assessment · 2027: $512,900 · built 1920
Price / sq ft
$569
block $479 · above block
Appreciation
+111%
+7%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$515K
+7%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax bill / yr
$7,077
1.38% effective
Jun 2022 tax snapshot
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Gross yield
3.9%
≈$2K/mo rent
Times sold
4

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

$0$500K$1.0M2016 OPA assessment: $243K2017 OPA assessment: $243K2018 OPA assessment: $243K2019 OPA assessment: $285K2020 OPA assessment: $365K2021 OPA assessment: $365K2022 OPA assessment: $365K2023 OPA assessment: $457K2024 OPA assessment: $457K2025 OPA assessment: $506K2026 OPA assessment: $506K2027 OPA assessment: $513K2001 — Deed / sale $136K2004 — Deed / sale $285K2018 — Deed / sale $360K2022 — Deed / sale $365K$513K2001200620112016202120262027
This propertyBlock median & rangeDeed / sale
Deed / sale $365K
Every dated record4 events · scroll to browse
  1. Deed / saleDeed / sale $365K
  2. Deed / saleDeed / sale $360K
  3. Deed / saleDeed / sale $285K
  4. Deed / saleDeed / sale $136K

The paper trail

Frequently traded

Traded 4×: $136K in 2001 → $365K in 2022 (+169%).

  1. 2001 $136KSold
  2. 2004 $285KSold
  3. 2018 $360KSold
  4. 2022 $365KSold

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Browse 4 dated records deeds, permits, inspections, licenses, violations, certifications & appeals
  1. Recorded transfer$365K transfer

    2022

  2. Recorded transfer$360K transfer

    2018

  3. Recorded transfer$285K transfer

    2004

  4. Recorded transfer$136K transfer

    2001

What this record suggests

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The property, on paper

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

Bedrooms
2
Bathrooms
1
Stories
2
Interior
902 sqft
livable area
Lot
627 sqft
Basement
Full, unfinished
city code C
Heat
Forced hot air
city code A
Central air
Yes
Exterior condition
Above average
city code 3
Interior condition
Above average
city code 3
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 2132 Kater 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.

$513K
20%
6.875%
$2K/mo

When this house last sold (2022) a 30-year mortgage ran about 5.34% — Freddie Mac's average that year.

Mortgage
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P&I · 30-yr fixed
All-in monthly
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+ taxes & insurance
Cash to close
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down + ~4% costs
Cash flow
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rent − all costs · /mo
Cap rate
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NOI ÷ price
Cash-on-cash
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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

2132 Kater St sits on the 2100 block of Kater St. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.

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Where this comes from
Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 9, 2026, 8:52 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. “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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