Improved
Why it mattersBought for $7K in 2024.
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217 N Alden St
Vacant lot · Hardt John L Jr · assessed $13K. On the 200 block of N Alden St.
Property summary
Assessment$13KCity assessed value
Last sale$225KRecorded 2025
Est. taxes$186/yearAnnual city record
Permits0Shown in this report
ViolationsNone openNo open L&I cases
What stands out
From the public recordAssessment and sale price disagree hard
Why it mattersAssessed at $13K, but it traded for $225,000 in 2025 — a 16.9× gap. Could be a non-market deed the record doesn't label, or an assessment that hasn't caught up.
View supporting records →Vacant landLand report
An empty lot: no building, just the land and its paper trail. The homeowner tools don't apply; the deed history, owner and zoning are below, and the analyst can trace what the owner holds citywide.
$27K back taxes tax lien
What it is
Vacant lot
Row 2 Sty Masonry
Owner
Hardt John L Jr
Tax standing
Assessed $13K
On the tax roll
Assessed value
$13K
City market value
Lot size
914 sqft
Zoning
RSA5
Where the record looks off
Places where the city's own paperwork disagrees with itself. These are flags on the data — not problems with the property.
Assessment and sale price disagree hard
Assessed at $13K, but it traded for $225,000 in 2025 — a 16.9× gap. Could be a non-market deed the record doesn't label, or an assessment that hasn't caught up.
Block context
217 N Alden St sits on the 200 block of N Alden St. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.
See the whole block →Next door: 215 N Alden St · 219 N Alden 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
- Imagery — Street photo © Google · Aerial © Esri, Maxar
Methodology & freshness
City datasets are fetched live from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and cached briefly. Dossiers re-pull automatically — on view once they're a few weeks old, plus a nightly rolling sweep — 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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