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Philadelphia2500 block of N Franklin StJuly 9, 2026

House report

2546 N Franklin St

4 bd · 1 ba · 1 story · 1,135 sqft · RM1 · built 1920

Absentee individual · assessed $124K · sold 4×. On the 2500 block of N Franklin St.

Street view of 2546 N Franklin St
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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 1920: 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

$1,061 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.

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 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
$124K
built 1920
Price / sq ft
$109
block $104 · in line w/ block
Appreciation
+462%
+17%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$125K
+17%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax / yr
$2K
1.4% effective
Gross yield
—
Times sold
4

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

$0$100K$200KBefore this chart — 2012: Sold $230K 2012: Sold $5K 2012: Alteration 2012: Major alteration 2012: 3 L&I violations 2012: Sold $3K2016: 4 L&I violations2017: L&I violation2025: Sold $30K 2025: Change of Use$124K201620222027
This houseBlock median & rangeSaleL&I violationPermit
The paper trailImproved

Bought for $230K in 2012. Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2025.

  1. 2012 $230KSold$5KSoldAlterationPermitMajor alterationPermit3 L&I violationsL&I$3KSold
  2. 2016 4 L&I violationsL&I
  3. 2017 L&I violationL&I
  4. 2025 $30KSoldChange of UsePermit

Flags: $1K back taxes (2014–2015, $149 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.

Bedrooms
4
Bathrooms
1
Stories
1
Interior
1,135 sqft
livable area
Lot
931 sqft
Exterior condition
Vacant
city code 6
Vacant
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 2546 N Franklin 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.

$30K
20%
6.875%
$900/mo

When this house last sold (2025) a 30-year mortgage ran about 6.6% — 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.

Next door: 2544 N Franklin St  ·  2548 N Franklin 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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