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Mixed-use report

2206 Fairmount Ave

3,154 sqft · RM1 · built 1920

Absentee individual · assessed $749K (2026) · 2027 OPA assessment $823K. On the 2200 block of Fairmount Ave.

Property summary

Assessment$749,0002026 OPA assessment · 2027: $823,100 Last sale$85KRecorded 1993 Est. tax bill$10,485/year2026 taxable assessment × 1.3998% Tax delinquencyNo 2022 matchNot proof account is current Permits5Every fetched City permit Violations2 open4 historical across 2 cases

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

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Street view of 2206 Fairmount Ave
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The estimate, live balance, and back-tax record are different.

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$10,485/year

2026 taxable assessment $749,000 × 1.3998%. Estimate—not a bill or account balance.

OPA also publishes a 2027 assessment of $823,100; 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 871088650
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

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 flagRecords to verify together

More than one separately dated public record deserves a current-status check.

Evidence: 2 open L&I violations · failed L&I inspection activity in 2026

Limit: A screening signal, not a foreclosure prediction. Tax entries are historical and must be verified with Philadelphia Revenue.

Dated record flagRecent transition activity

The property has an unusually active paper trail worth monitoring for the next permit, inspection, deed, or listing.

Evidence: 1 permit event since 2023 · 1 zoning/board appeal since 2023

Limit: Record activity alone does not establish that a sale or redevelopment is planned.

Transparent record rules, not a score or forecast. Each flag is a prompt to verify the cited records, not a prediction or allegation.

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

2 open violations: the clock matters

Most L&I appeals must be filed within 30 days; unsafe or imminently dangerous orders can carry a shorter deadline. Unresolved notices can lead to fees, court enforcement, City abatement work, and liens. Read the dated notice and verify its current status with L&I.

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 building 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
$749,000
2026 billed-year assessment · 2027: $823,100 · built 1920
Price / sq ft
$261
block $269 · in line w/ block
Appreciation
+59%
+5%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$825K
+5%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax bill / yr
$10,485
1.27% effective
Jun 2022 tax snapshot
No match
not proof the account is current
Gross yield
3.6%
≈$2K/mo rent
Times sold
0

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

$0$500K$1.0M2016: Appeal granted2017: Use 2017: Zoning/use 2017: Sign2018: 2 L&I violations 2018: Inspection failed ×22019: L&I: 2 failed, 1 passed2026: Addition and/or Alteration 2026: 2 L&I violations 2026: Inspection failed ×3 2026: Appeal filed$749K201620182020202220242026
This houseBlock median & rangeL&I violationZoningPermitInspection
Highlight

The paper trail

Improved

Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2026.

  1. 2016 Appeal grantedZoning
  2. 2017 UsePermitZoning/usePermitSignPermit
  3. 2018 2 L&I violationsL&IInspection failed ×2L&I visit
  4. 2019 L&I: 2 failed, 1 passedL&I visit
  5. 2026 Addition and/or AlterationPermit2 L&I violationsL&IInspection failed ×3L&I visitAppeal filedZoning

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
NORTH
OPA account
871088650

What this record suggests

The City file documents 5 permits touching electrical work. 4 carries a completed, issued, or approved status; that documents the filing, not the present quality of the work.

  1. AppealZBA Permit Denial - Variance

    Appeal ZP-2026-002796 · Scheduled

    Related permit ZP-2026-002796 · PERMIT, FOR THE USE * EATING AND DRINKING ESTABLISHMENT: TAKE-OUT RESTAURANT* IN AN EXISTING ATTACHED STRUCTURE WITH ALL OTHER USES IN THE SAME STRUCTURE AS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED. NO SIGN ON THIS APPLICATION.

  2. InvestigationL&I investigation

    Case CF-2026-022492 · FAILED

  3. PermitAddition and/or Alteration

    Permit EP-2026-002176 · Completed

    Installed 4 dedicated 20n amp circuits installed 2 dedicated 240 volt 30 amp circuits installed exit combo all work as per 2017 nec code all new wire for circuits ran fishing of walls only

  4. ViolationALTER INTERIOR PORTION

    Case CF-2026-022492 · Violation VI-2026-014087 · OPEN

  5. ViolationNEW ELECTRICAL WIRING

    Case CF-2026-022492 · Violation VI-2026-014088 · OPEN

  6. InvestigationPRECOURT

    Case 649935 · PASSED

  7. InvestigationPRECOURT

    Case 649935 · FAILED

  8. InvestigationHCEU INSP

    Case 649935 · CLOSED

  9. ViolationEXTERIOR STRUCT DEC FEATURES

    Case 649935 · Violation 5000843 · COMPLIED

  10. ViolationEXTERIOR STRUCT PROTECTIVE TRE

    Case 649935 · Violation 5000842 · COMPLIED

  11. PermitZoning/use

    Permit 786484 · COMPLETED

    ERECT ONE ILLUMINATED FLATWALL SIGN AS SHOWN ON PLANS.

  12. PermitSign

    Permit 786483 · COMPLETED

    ERECT ONE ILLUMINATED FLATWALL SIGN AS SHOWN ON PLANS

  13. PermitUse

    Permit 677027 · COMPLETED

    FOR BUSINESS/PROFESSIONAL OFFICE ON 1ST FLOOR IN THE SAME BUILDING FOR PROPOSED TWO (2) FAMILY DWELLING ABOVE IN AN EXISTING STRUCTURE. NO SIGN ON THIS PERMIT.

  14. AppealZoning board appeal

    Appeal 27876 · OPEN · Granted

    Related permit 677027 · PERMIT FOR BUSINESS/PROFESSIONAL OFFICE ON 1ST FLOOR IN THE SAME BUILDING FOR PROPOSED TWO (2) FAMILY DWELLING ABOVE IN AN EXISTING STRUCTURE.

  15. PermitChange of Use

    Permit ZP-2026-002796 · Denied

Unavailable when this report assembled: certifications. Unavailable does not mean no record.

How Philadelphia’s property system works

These explainers are free because the record only helps if you know what it can—and cannot—prove. Use the linked City guidance for the controlling rule.

Permits and inspections 5 on this property

This property’s file includes ZP_USE, ZP_ZON/USE, BP_SIGN, Electrical permit records. A permit documents authorized scope and a City process; it is not by itself proof that every described improvement was completed, remains in place, or meets today’s condition expectations.

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 ↗

Flags: 2 open L&I violations · 2 zoning/board appeals on record. 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.

Interior
3,154 sqft
livable area
Lot
1,627 sqft
Exterior condition
Average
city code 4
Interior condition
Average
city code 4
Quality grade
C
assessor's grade
Zoning
RM1
city zoning code
Zoning appeals
2
Scheduled · 2026

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

Run the numbers

What owning 2206 Fairmount Ave 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.

$823K
20%
6.875%
$2K/mo

When this house last sold (1993) a 30-year mortgage ran about 7.31% — 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

2206 Fairmount Ave sits on the 2200 block of Fairmount Ave. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.

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Next door: 2204 Fairmount Ave  ·  2208 Fairmount Ave

Where this comes from
Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 10, 2026, 5:48 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: unavailable. “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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