New construction
Why it mattersbuilt new under a 2020 permit, sold for $225K in 2021.
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2252 N Front St
Absentee individual · assessed $722K · sold 4×. On the 2200 block of N Front St.
Property summary
Assessment$722KCity assessed value
Last sale$225KRecorded 2021
Est. annual tax$10K/yearAssessment × 1.3998%
Tax delinquencyNo 2022 matchNot proof account is current
Permits6Shown in this report
ViolationsNone openNo open L&I cases
What stands out
From the public recordNo interior square footage on file
Why it mattersThe record carries a $722K assessment but no livable area — the number square footage math is normally built on. Per-square-foot comparisons for this property aren't possible from the public record.
View supporting records →What the record is signaling
Early patterns mined across this property's dated public records. Each flag shows what triggered it and where the inference stops.
Post-purchase work pattern
A recorded purchase followed by 5 permit events matches the early part of a renovate-and-resell sequence.
Evidence: purchase recorded in 2021 · permit activity in 2021, 2022, 2023
Limit: This does not show that the property is listed or that a sale is planned.
Transparent record rules, not a machine-learning forecast. A signal is a prompt to verify the cited record, 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 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.
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
$722K
Price / sq ft
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block $164 ·
Appreciation
+0%
+0%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$722K
+0%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax / yr
$10K
1.4% effective
Jun 2022 tax snapshot
No match
not proof the account is current
Gross yield
2%
≈$1K/mo rent
Times sold
4
kept in the family
Value vs. the block, over time — sales, permits & L&I events marked on the line
This houseBlock median & rangeSaleL&I violationPermit
The paper trail
New constructionbuilt new under a 2020 permit, sold for $225K in 2021.
- 2020 New ConstructionPermit
- 2021 $225KSold4 L&I violationsL&IInspection failedL&I visitNew ConstructionPermit
- 2022 New Construction or AdditionsPermitNew ConstructionPermitL&I violationL&INew ConstructionPermitInspection failed ×2L&I visit
- 2023 L&I: 1 failed, 1 passedL&I visitNew Construction or AdditionsPermit
Flags: long-held within one family. Informational only — not investment advice or a consumer report (FCRA).
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.
No interior square footage on file
The record carries a $722K assessment but no livable area — the number square footage math is normally built on. Per-square-foot comparisons for this property aren't possible from the public record.
Run the numbers
What owning 2252 N Front 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.
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
2252 N Front St sits on the 2200 block of N Front St. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.
See the whole block →Next door: 2254 N Front St · 2248 N Front 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
- Tax delinquency snapshot · June 2022 — Real Estate Tax Delinquencies, Dept. of Revenue
- Historical tax ledger & liens · through 2016 — Real Estate Tax Balances, Dept. of Revenue
- Current property-tax balance — Verify with Philadelphia 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
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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