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Philadelphia200 block of E Bringhurst StJuly 9, 2026

House report

246 E Bringhurst St

2 stories · 1,344 sqft · RM1 · built 1900

Owner-occupied · assessed $165K. On the 200 block of E Bringhurst St.

Street view of 246 E Bringhurst St
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From above — imagery © Esri, Maxar
The story of this houseAI · written from the public record

Reading this house's deeds, permits and assessments…

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 1900: 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

L&I appeals must be filed within 30 days — just 6 days if a property is designated UNSAFE or IMMINENTLY DANGEROUS. Left unresolved, the city can do the work itself, bill the owner (routinely $50,000+ on a rowhouse), lien the property, and add court fines of $300+/day.

$6,131 in back taxes on record

Interest and penalties keep compounding until a Revenue payment agreement is in place, and a lien is already filed — an owner-occupant agreement also stops the sheriff-sale track.

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 analyst below to dig into any number.

Assessed value
$165K
built 1900
Price / sq ft
$123
block $111 · above block
Appreciation
+88%
+6%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$165K
+6%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax / yr
$908
0.55% effective
Gross yield
5.7%
≈$787/mo rent
Times sold
0

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

$0$100K$200KBefore this chart — 2011: 3 L&I violations 2014: L&I violation2022: 2 L&I violations incl UNSAFE STRUCTURE2023: Inspection failed2024: Inspection failed2025: Inspection failed2026: Inspection failed$165K201620222027
This houseBlock median & rangeL&I violationPermitInspection
The paper trailHistory

3 L&I violations (2011); L&I violation (2014); 2 L&I violations incl UNSAFE STRUCTURE (2022); Inspection failed (2023); Inspection failed (2024); Inspection failed (2025); Inspection failed (2026).

  1. 2011 3 L&I violationsL&I
  2. 2014 L&I violationL&I
  3. 2022 2 L&I violations incl UNSAFE STRUCTUREL&I
  4. 2023 Inspection failedL&I visit
  5. 2024 Inspection failedL&I visit
  6. 2025 Inspection failedL&I visit
  7. 2026 Inspection failedL&I visit

Flags: 2 open L&I violations · $6K back taxes (2005–2010, $3K of it interest & penalties, lien filed). 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.

Stories
2
Interior
1,344 sqft
livable area
Lot
2,413 sqft
Exterior condition
Average
city code 4
Interior condition
Average
city code 4
Quality grade
C
assessor's grade
Zoning
RM1
city zoning code

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

Run the numbers

What owning 246 E Bringhurst 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.

$165K
20%
6.875%
$775/mo
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.

Next door: 244 E Bringhurst St  ·  234-42 E Bringhurst St

Where this comes from

City datasets are fetched live from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and cached briefly. 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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