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2514 Dickinson St

1 story · 1,320 sqft · RSA5 · built 1923

Absentee individual · assessed $202K · sold 1×. On the 2500 block of Dickinson St.

Property summary

Assessment$202KCity assessed value Last sale$750Recorded 2001 Est. annual tax$3K/yearAssessment × 1.3998% Tax delinquency$4KCity snapshot · Jun 2022 Permits1Dated events in report ViolationsNone openNone open when assembled

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Street view of 2514 Dickinson St
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$4K 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

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 flagAssessment/permit mismatch

The assessment jumped 61% in 2025, but no matching permit appears in the property timeline.

Evidence: assessment moved from $115,300 to $185,200 · no permit shown in 2024-2026

Limit: Not proof of unpermitted work; reassessment, corrected data, or a permit under another parcel can also explain it.

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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 1923: 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.

Multiple units in RSA5, a single-family district

The building's use almost certainly predates today's code — a "legal nonconforming" use. That status survives a sale but can lapse if the use is abandoned or the building sits vacant; verify the registered use with L&I before pricing it as multiple rents.

If you own it

$4,466 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.

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
$202K
built 1923
Price / sq ft
$153
block $163 · below block
Appreciation
+155%
+9%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$203K
+9%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax / yr
$3K
1.4% effective
Jun 2022 tax snapshot
$4K
delinquency recorded then · verify current
Gross yield
10.2%
≈$2K/mo rent
Times sold
1

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

$0$250K$500KBefore this chart — 2001: Sold $750 2009: Appeal granted with conditions 2009: Zoning/use$202K201620222027
This houseBlock median & rangePermit

The paper trail

Improved

Bought for $750 in 2001. Owner pulled a zoning/use permit in 2009.

  1. 2001 $750Sold
  2. 2009 Appeal granted with conditionsZoningZoning/usePermit

Flags: $4K recorded in the June 2022 delinquency snapshot — verify current balance · 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.

Stories
1
Interior
1,320 sqft
livable area
Lot
750 sqft
Basement
Full, finished
city code A
Heat
Undetermined
city code H
Central air
Yes
Exterior condition
Average
city code 4
Interior condition
Average
city code 4
Quality grade
B-
assessor's grade
Zoning
RSA5
city zoning code
Zoning appeals
1
granted with conditions 2009

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

Run the numbers

What owning 2514 Dickinson 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.

$202K
20%
6.875%
$2K/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.

Block context

2514 Dickinson St sits on the 2500 block of Dickinson St. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.

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Next door: 2512 Dickinson St  ·  2516 Dickinson 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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