New construction
Why it mattersBought for $470K in 2001, built new under a 2009 permit, sold for $936K in 2003.
View supporting records →House report
231 Fitzwater St
3 bd · 3 ba · 2 stories · 3,701 sqft · RM1 · built 2003
Owner-occupied · assessed $1.3M · sold 2×. On the 200 block of Fitzwater St.
Property summary
Assessment$1.3MCity assessed value
Last sale$936KRecorded 2003
Est. taxes$17K/yearAnnual city record
Permits4Shown in this report
ViolationsNone openNo open L&I cases
What stands out
From the public recordThe 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
$1.3M
built 2003
Price / sq ft
$349
block $331 · above block
Appreciation
+136%
+8%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$1.3M
+8%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax / yr
$17K
1.29% effective
Gross yield
1.5%
≈$2K/mo rent
Times sold
2
Value vs. the block, over time — sales, permits & L&I events marked on the line
This houseBlock median & rangePermit
The paper trail
New constructionBought for $470K in 2001, built new under a 2009 permit, sold for $936K in 2003.
- 2001 $470KLand buy
- 2003 $936KSold
- 2009 Appeal grantedZoningAdditionPermitZoningPermitElectricalPermitPlumbingPermit
Flags: 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.
Bedrooms
3
Bathrooms
3
Stories
2
Interior
3,701 sqft
livable area
Lot
1,807 sqft
Central air
Yes
Garage
1 space
Exterior condition
Above average
city code 3
Above averageBelow average
Interior condition
Above average
city code 3
Above averageBelow average
Quality grade
C+
assessor's grade
ABCDE
Zoning
RM1
city zoning code
Zoning appeals
1
granted 2009
OPA field-assessment attributes. Condition and grade are the assessor's codes, not an inspection.
Run the numbers
What owning 231 Fitzwater 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 (2003) a 30-year mortgage ran about 5.83% — 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
231 Fitzwater St sits on the 200 block of Fitzwater St. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.
See the whole block →Next door: 229 Fitzwater St · 233 Fitzwater 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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Built 2003. Every deed, permit, L&I visit, tax bill and sale for this house — plus its whole block.
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What to catch on the way down.
On the way down: the story of the house, its paper trail drawn on the value chart, and run-the-numbers, a calculator seeded with this house's actual tax bill.
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