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House report

2153 N Fairhill St

3 bd · 3 ba · 3 stories · 1,565 sqft · RSA5 · built 2021

Owner-occupied · assessed $391K · sold 2×. On the 2100 block of N Fairhill St.

Property summary

Assessment$391KCity assessed value Last sale$378KRecorded 2021 Est. annual tax$5K/yearAssessment × 1.3998% Tax delinquency—Snapshot unavailable Permits4Dated events in report ViolationsNone openNone open when assembled

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

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Street view of 2153 N Fairhill St
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From above — imagery © Esri, Maxar

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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.

A separate historical parcel ledger ending in 2016 records $2K and a lien entry. It is shown as historical context only.

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What stands out

From the public record
Finding

Torn down & rebuilt

Why it matters

Old house bought for $30K in 2018, demolished and rebuilt (2019), then sold for $378K in 2021.

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Records to verify together

Rule-based groupings across this property's dated public records. Each flag shows the records that belong in the same verification step and where the inference stops.

Dated record flagAssessment/permit mismatch

The assessment jumped 4551% in 2022, but no matching permit appears in the property timeline.

Evidence: assessment moved from $7,200 to $334,900 · no permit shown in 2021-2023

Limit: Not proof of unpermitted work; reassessment, corrected data, or a permit under another parcel can also explain it.

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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

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 own it

$1,399/yr may be unclaimed

This home reads owner-occupied but shows no Homestead Exemption, which removes $100,000 from the taxable assessment (worth up to $1,399/yr). Applying through the City is free and takes minutes.

$1,782 in the historical tax ledger through 2016

Historical context only, not a current payoff figure; that ledger also contains a lien entry. Verify today's balance and lien status directly with Philadelphia Revenue before relying on it.

If you’re the landlord

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 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.

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
$391K
built 2021
Price / sq ft
$250
block $250 · in line w/ block
Appreciation
+14389%
+57%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$403K
+57%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax / yr
$5K
1.4% effective
Jun 2022 tax snapshot
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Gross yield
-2044989.8%
≈$-667M/mo rent
Times sold
2
kept in the family

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

$0$250K$500KBefore this chart — 2013: L&I: 2 failed, 4 passed 2015: L&I violation 2015: Inspection failed2016: 2 L&I violations2018: 2 L&I violations 2018: Land $30K2019: Zoning/use 2019: 2 L&I violations2020: New Construction 2020: New Construction 2020: New Construction or Additions2021: Sold $378K$391K201620222027
This houseBlock median & rangeSaleLand buyL&I violationPermit

The paper trail

Torn down & rebuilt

Old house bought for $30K in 2018, demolished and rebuilt (2019), then sold for $378K in 2021.

  1. 2013 L&I: 2 failed, 4 passedL&I visit
  2. 2015 L&I violationL&IInspection failedL&I visit
  3. 2016 2 L&I violationsL&I
  4. 2018 2 L&I violationsL&I$30KLand buy
  5. 2019 Zoning/usePermit2 L&I violationsL&I
  6. 2020 New ConstructionPermitNew ConstructionPermitNew Construction or AdditionsPermit
  7. 2021 $378KSold

Flags: active rental license · historical tax ledger through 2016 recorded $2K with a lien entry · long-held within one family. 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
3
Bathrooms
3
Stories
3
Interior
1,565 sqft
livable area
Lot
669 sqft
Basement
Full, finished
city code A
Heat
Forced hot air
city code A
Central air
Yes
Exterior condition
Newer construction
city code 1
Newer construction
Interior condition
Newer construction
city code 1
Newer construction
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 2153 N Fairhill 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.

$391K
20%
6.875%
$700/mo

When this house last sold (2021) a 30-year mortgage ran about 2.96% — 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.

Block context

2153 N Fairhill St sits on the 2100 block of N Fairhill St. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.

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Where this comes from
Methodology & freshness

Available City datasets are queried from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com), then reports are cached and refreshed on a rolling schedule. Source dates vary: the parcel-level tax-delinquency snapshot is June 2022 and the separate detailed tax ledger ends in 2016, so neither establishes today’s balance. Other dossiers re-pull on view once stale, 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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