The Block Report

House report

2401 Duncan St

3 bd · 1 ba · 2 stories · 2,000 sqft · CMX1 · built 1940

Owner-occupied · assessed $260K · sold 2×. On the 2400 block of Duncan St.

Street view of 2401 Duncan St
From the street — imagery © Google
From above — imagery © Esri, Maxar

Property summary

Assessment$260KCity assessed value Last sale$265KRecorded 2022 Est. annual tax$2K/yearAssessment × 1.3998% Tax delinquency$764City snapshot · Jun 2022 Permits2Shown in this report ViolationsNone openNo open L&I cases

Verify the current balance before relying on it.

$764 was recorded for this parcel in Philadelphia's June 2022 delinquency snapshot. That amount may have been paid, reduced, or increased since; it is not a current payoff figure.

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What stands out

From the public record
Finding

Renovated & sold on

Why it matters

Bought for $65K in 2004, use permit in 2012, sold for $265K in 2022 (+308%).

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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.

watch signalPost-purchase work pattern

A recorded purchase followed by 1 permit event matches the early part of a renovate-and-resell sequence.

Evidence: purchase recorded in 2022 · permit activity in 2025

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 buying

Built 1940: 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

$764 in the June 2022 delinquency snapshot

The City recorded this amount in June 2022. It may since have been paid, reduced, or increased; verify the current balance directly with Philadelphia Revenue.

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
$260K
built 1940
Price / sq ft
$130
block $126 · in line w/ block
Appreciation
+111%
+7%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$261K
+7%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax / yr
$2K
0.86% effective
Jun 2022 tax snapshot
$764
delinquency recorded then · verify current
Gross yield
7.6%
≈$2K/mo rent
Times sold
2

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

$0$250K$500KBefore this chart — 2004: Sold $65K 2012: Use2018: 2 L&I violations2022: Sold $265K2025: Alterations$260K201620222027
This houseBlock median & rangeSaleL&I violationPermit

The paper trail

Renovated & sold on

Bought for $65K in 2004, use permit in 2012, sold for $265K in 2022 (+308%).

  1. 2004 $65KSold
  2. 2012 UsePermit
  3. 2018 2 L&I violationsL&I
  4. 2022 $265KSold
  5. 2025 AlterationsPermit

Flags: $764 recorded in the June 2022 delinquency snapshot — verify current balance. 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
1
Stories
2
Interior
2,000 sqft
livable area
Lot
1,500 sqft
Basement
Full
city code D
Heat
Undetermined
city code H
Central air
No
Garage
1 space
Exterior condition
Average
city code 4
Interior condition
Average
city code 4
Quality grade
C
assessor's grade
Zoning
CMX1
city zoning code

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

Run the numbers

What owning 2401 Duncan 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.

$260K
20%
6.875%
$2K/mo

When this house last sold (2022) a 30-year mortgage ran about 5.34% — 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 from this parcel's record.

Block context

2401 Duncan St sits on the 2400 block of Duncan St. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.

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Next door: 2403 Duncan St  ·  2405 Duncan St

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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