House report

2153 N 9th St

3 stories · 1,701 sqft · RM1 · built 1920

Investor / LLC · assessed $105K · sold 2×. On the 2100 block of N 9th St.

Street view of 2153 N 9th St — From the street — imagery © Google

From above — imagery © Esri, Maxar

The story of this houseAI · written from the public record

Reading this house's deeds, permits and assessments…

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 own it

$1,853 in back taxes on record

Interest and penalties keep compounding until a Revenue payment agreement is in place, and a lien is already filed — an owner-occupant agreement also stops the sheriff-sale track.

If you’re the landlord

No active rental license on file

If this property is rented, Philadelphia requires a Rental License (via eCLIPSE) — without it a landlord cannot legally collect rent or evict, and tenants can withhold. Licensing needs tax clearance and no open violations.

Derived from this house's public records and the city's rules as of 2026 (abatement ordinance, Homestead, rental licensing, lead certification, L&I process, excavation protections). Informational only — not legal, tax, or investment advice.

Who's behind it

G & A Realty LLC · corporate / LLC owner

Nothing beyond the deed name in the assessor's record — ask the AI below to trace this owner citywide.

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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 analyst below to dig into any number.

Assessed value

$105K

built 1920

Price / sq ft

$62

block $146 · below block

Appreciation

+115%

+7%/yr, city 6.5%

In 5 years (~2031)

~$105K

+7%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast

Est. tax / yr

$1K

1.4% effective

Gross yield

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Times sold

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

This houseBlock median & rangeSaleL&I violationZoningPermit

The paper trailRenovated & sold on

Bought for $120K in 2020, electrical permit in 2018, sold for $120K in 2020 (+3143%).

2018 ElectricalPermit5 L&I violations incl UNSAFE STRUCTUREL&I
2019 Appeal approvedZoningAddition and/or AlterationPermit
2020 $120KSold
2022 Addition and/or AlterationPermit5 L&I violations incl UNSAFE STRUCTUREL&I
2024 Change of UsePermit
2025 Addition and/or AlterationPermitAddition and/or AlterationsPermitAlterationsPermitAddition and/or AlterationPermit

Flags: $2K back taxes (2015–2016, $137 of it interest & penalties, lien filed) · 1 zoning/board appeal on record. 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.

Stories

Interior

1,701 sqft

livable area

Lot

851 sqft

Central air

Exterior condition

Sealed / compromised

city code 7

Sealed / compromised

Interior condition

Sealed / compromised

city code 7

Sealed / compromised

Quality grade

C-

assessor's grade

ABCDE

Zoning

RM1

city zoning code

Zoning appeals

approved 2019

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

Run the numbers

What owning 2153 N 9th 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$105K

Down payment20%

Mortgage rate6.875%

Monthly rent$750/mo

When this house last sold (2020) a 30-year mortgage ran about 3.1% — 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 from this parcel's record.

Next door: 2151 N 9th St · 2155 N 9th 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

City datasets are fetched live from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and cached briefly. 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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