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House report

2141 S Beechwood St

3 bd · 1 ba · 2 stories · 958 sqft · RM1 · built 1920

Absentee individual · assessed $161K (2026) · 2027 OPA assessment $173K · sold 4×. On the 2100 block of S Beechwood St.

Property summary

Assessment$160,6002026 OPA assessment · 2027: $173,100 Last sale$57KRecorded 2015 Est. tax bill$2,248/year2026 taxable assessment × 1.3998% Tax delinquencyNo 2022 matchNot proof account is current Permits0Every fetched City permit Violations0 open12 historical across 4 cases

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

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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$2,248/year

2026 taxable assessment $160,600 × 1.3998%. Estimate—not a bill or account balance.

OPA also publishes a 2027 assessment of $173,100; 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 482168700
Open Philadelphia Tax Center →Choose “View period balance” to see the tax year and any credit, interest, or delinquency.
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.

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

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.

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
$160,600
2026 billed-year assessment · 2027: $173,100 · built 1920
Price / sq ft
$181
block $178 · in line w/ block
Appreciation
+108%
+8%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$174K
+8%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax bill / yr
$2,248
1.3% effective
Jun 2022 tax snapshot
No match
not proof the account is current
Gross yield
9.7%
≈$1K/mo rent
Times sold
4

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

$0$100K$200KBefore this chart — 2004: Sold $20K 2006: Sold $57K 2007: Sold $75K 2010: L&I violation 2010: L&I: 2 failed, 1 passed 2011: 6 L&I violations 2011: L&I: 2 failed, 1 passed 2014: 5 L&I violations 2014: L&I: 2 failed, 2 passed 2015: Sold $57K$161K201620182020202220242026
This houseBlock median & rangePermit

The paper trail

Frequently traded

Traded 4×: $20K in 2004 → $57K in 2015 (+184%).

  1. 2004 $20KSold
  2. 2006 $57KSold
  3. 2007 $75KSold
  4. 2010 L&I violationL&IL&I: 2 failed, 1 passedL&I visit
  5. 2011 6 L&I violationsL&IL&I: 2 failed, 1 passedL&I visit
  6. 2014 5 L&I violationsL&IL&I: 2 failed, 2 passedL&I visit
  7. 2015 $57KSold

Every dated deed, permit, inspection, license, violation, certification, and appeal—together.

The timeline combines the report’s transfer history with every successfully fetched L&I and zoning row. A date or status is the City’s filed record, not a statement that the condition remains current; use the official file for live detail.

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Recorded owner
Individual owner on record
L&I district
SOUTH
OPA account
482168700

What this record suggests

The dated deed and City-record sequence is assembled below. Read timing as a research lead, not proof of renovation, condition, or motive.

  1. Recorded transfer$57K transfer

    2015

  2. InvestigationHCEU INSP

    Case 458947 · PASSED

  3. InvestigationHCEU INSP

    Case 458948 · PASSED

  4. ViolationLICENSE-VAC RES BLDG

    Case 458947 · Violation 3377207 · COMPLIED

  5. ViolationEXT S-EXTERIOR REPAIR/MAINTAIN

    Case 458947 · Violation 3377208 · COMPLIED

  6. ViolationVACANT PROP STANDARD

    Case 458947 · Violation 3377209 · COMPLIED

  7. ViolationVACANT BLDG UNSECURED COUNT

    Case 458948 · Violation 3377213 · COMPLIED

  8. ViolationVACANT PROP STANDARD

    Case 458948 · Violation 3377212 · COMPLIED

  9. InvestigationHCEU INSP

    Case 458947 · FAILED

  10. InvestigationHCEU INSP

    Case 458948 · FAILED

  11. InvestigationHCEU INSP

    Case 272150 · PASSED

  12. InvestigationHCEU INSP

    Case 272150 · FAILED

  13. ViolationELEC-SWITCH DEFECTIVE-RES

    Case 272150 · Violation 2069883 · COMPEXCP

  14. ViolationINT S-CEILING REPAIR/MAINT SAN

    Case 272150 · Violation 2069879 · COMPEXCP

  15. ViolationINT-BATHRM TOILET REPAIR-RES

    Case 272150 · Violation 2069880 · COMPEXCP

  16. ViolationINT/EXT HANDRAIL REQ

    Case 272150 · Violation 2069884 · COMPEXCP

  17. ViolationELEC-COVER PLATE DEFECTIVE-RES

    Case 272150 · Violation 2069882 · COMPEXCP

  18. ViolationINT-BATHRM TOILET PROVIDE-RES

    Case 272150 · Violation 2069881 · COMPEXCP

  19. InvestigationHCEU INSP

    Case 250976 · PASSED

  20. LicenseRental

    License 519266 · Closed

    ELMIANTI LAUREN · Expires 2015-02-28 · Inactive 2015-04-29

  21. InvestigationHCEU INSP

    Case 250976 · FAILED

  22. ViolationLICENSE-RES SFD/2FD

    Case 250976 · Violation 1860114 · COMPLIED

  23. Recorded transfer$75K transfer

    2007

  24. Recorded transfer$57K transfer

    2006

  25. LicenseRental

    License 312680 · Inactive

    ARMENTANI FRANK WIGGINTON JOSEPH · Expires 2006-02-28 · Inactive 2011-01-04

  26. Recorded transfer$20K transfer

    2004

How Philadelphia’s property system works

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Permits and inspections

A permit is the City’s authorization and review pathway for construction or repair work. No fetched permit is not proof that no work ever happened.

L&I inspections are scheduled at defined stages; final inspection and required certifications are separate steps in closing out applicable work.

How construction and repair permits work ↗See City inspection stages by permit type ↗
Assessments and taxes

The OPA assessment is the City’s value on the tax roll—not an asking price, appraisal, or live account balance. The taxable assessment can differ from the full assessment because the City roll records exemptions or other treatment; the report keeps those fields separate.

Your annual estimate uses the taxable assessment. Payments, credits, interest, and the amount due are maintained separately in Tax Center.

How the Office of Property Assessment works ↗Philadelphia property-tax guidance ↗
Violations, cases, and status check current status

An open row is a dated City status, not a diagnosis of current condition or a conclusion about the property. Read the case, notice, and any subsequent inspection together, then verify the live file.

How L&I code enforcement works ↗City violation and order types ↗

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
958 sqft
livable area
Lot
713 sqft
Basement
Full
city code D
Heat
Radiant
city code G
Exterior condition
Average
city code 4
Interior condition
Average
city code 4
Quality grade
C
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 2141 S Beechwood 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.

$173K
20%
6.875%
$1K/mo

When this house last sold (2015) a 30-year mortgage ran about 3.85% — 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

2141 S Beechwood St sits on the 2100 block of S Beechwood 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 10, 2026, 5:56 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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