2026 taxable assessment $212,800 × 1.3998%. Estimate—not a bill or account balance.
OPA also publishes a 2027 assessment of $271,200; it is not the 2026 billed-year value.
House report
2666 Emerald St
3 bd · 1 ba · 2 stories · 1,090 sqft · RSA5 · built 1875
Owner-occupied · assessed $313K (2026) · 2027 OPA assessment $271K · sold 4×. On the 2600 block of Emerald St.
Property summary
Assessment$312,8002026 OPA assessment · 2027: $271,200
Last sale$250KRecorded 2022
Est. tax bill$2,979/year2026 OPA · Homestead-adjusted
Tax delinquencyNo 2022 matchNot proof account is current
Permits4Every fetched City permit
Violations0 open21 historical across 9 cases
“Open” reflects records available then historical records keep their source dates estimates are labeled
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OPA 3110761002026 OPA removes $100,000 from the taxable assessment through the owner-occupant exemption.
Historical delinquency sources No current conclusion
This parcel did not match the June 2022 delinquency snapshot. That absence does not confirm the account is current today.
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What stands out
From the public recordRenovated & sold on
Why it mattersBought for $104K in 2014, alteration permit in 2014, sold for $250K in 2022 (+410%).
View supporting records →City Property History
Fetched L&I and zoning records
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- Recorded owner
- Erin Blair
- Tax mailing address
- 2666 EMERALD ST, PHILADELPHIA PA, 19125
- L&I district
- CENTRAL EAST
- Building ID (BIN)
- —
- OPA account
- 311076100
Permits4Every dated permit
Violation cases921 violation records · 0 open
Investigations2010 failed · 5 passed · 5 closed
Building certifications0No match
Business licenses30 active
Appeals0No match
PermitsPermit number, issued date, work and City status4
ElectricalPermit 505966
Nov 14, 2013 COMPLETED Completed Jul 16, 2016
REWIRE WHOLE HOUSE AS PER NEC 2008 (SFD)
PlumbingPermit 506626
Nov 18, 2013 COMPLETED Completed Jul 1, 2014
INSTALLING WATER LINES AND DRAIN LINES FOR (1)3PC BATHROOM,1 KITCHEN AND 1 LAUNDRY TUB
MechanicalPermit 508627
Nov 27, 2013 COMPLETED Completed Jul 1, 2014
INSTALL 100,000-BTU WARM AIR HEAT AND DUCT WORK WITH AIR.
AlterationPermit 513376
Jan 3, 2014 COMPLETED Completed Jul 1, 2014
INSTALLING NEW 2/4 WALLS FOR BATHROOM AND CEILING FOR 2 BDRMS AND KITCHEN CEILING. SHEETROCKING.
Violation cases21 individual violation records; resolved history remains visible9
Case 160598CLOSED
STANDARD · Opened May 16, 2008
- SD-REQD EXIST GROUP RViolation 950712May 16, 2008 COMPLIED
- INT-PLMBG MAINT FIXTURES-RESViolation 950711May 16, 2008 COMPLIED
- EXT-WINDOW MUST OPEN-RESViolation 950710May 16, 2008 COMPEXCP
- INT S-CEILING REPAIR/MAINT SANViolation 950709May 16, 2008 COMPLIED
- INT S-WALLS REPAIR/MAINT SANIViolation 950708May 16, 2008 COMPLIED
- INT S-WALL/FLOOR/CEILING LOADSViolation 950713May 16, 2008 COMPLIED
Case 316113CLOSED
STANDARD · Opened Feb 14, 2012 · completed Jan 22, 2013
- LICENSE-RES SFD/2FDViolation 2435752Feb 14, 2012 COMPLIED
- EXT A-PATHWAYS CLEAR/MAINTAINViolation 2435754Feb 14, 2012 COMPLIED
- EXT A-CLEAN RUBBISH/GARBAGEViolation 2435753Feb 14, 2012 COMPLIED
Case 358801CLOSED
STANDARD · Opened Nov 8, 2012 · completed Feb 25, 2013
- EXT A-CLEAN RUBBISH/GARBAGEViolation 2672106Nov 8, 2012 COMPLIED
- LICENSE-RES SFD/2FDViolation 2672105Nov 8, 2012 COMPLIED
Case 370451CLOSED
STANDARD · Opened Feb 25, 2013 · completed Dec 18, 2014
- LICENSE-VAC RES BLDGViolation 2786924Feb 25, 2013 COMPLIED
Case 370455CLOSED
STANDARD · Opened Feb 25, 2013 · completed Apr 1, 2013
- VACANT PROP STANDARDViolation 2724035Feb 25, 2013 COMPLIED
- VACANT BLDG UNSECURED COUNTViolation 2724036Feb 25, 2013 COMPLIED
Case 679173CLOSED
STANDARD · Opened Apr 8, 2019 · completed Dec 11, 2019
- VACANT STRUCTURE LICENSEViolation 5097130Apr 8, 2019 COMPLIED
- VACANT STRUCTURE AND LANDViolation 5097131Apr 8, 2019 COMPLIED
- EXTERIOR AREA SANITATIONViolation 5097132Apr 8, 2019 COMPLIED
Case 513376CLOSED
Opened Date unavailable
- DEBRIS REMOVE - CONSTRViolation 3113542Mar 17, 2014 CLOSEDCASE
- INSURANCE - POST CERTViolation 3113543Mar 17, 2014 CLOSEDCASE
Case 505966CLOSED
Opened Date unavailable
- INSURANCE - POST CERTViolation 3113630Mar 17, 2014 COMPLIED
Case 506626CLOSED
Opened Date unavailable
- INSURANCE - POST CERTViolation 3113603Mar 17, 2014 CLOSEDCASE
InvestigationsEvery inspector visit, including CLOSED outcomes20
L_INITIALCase 22683
Feb 5, 2004 CLOSED
HCEU INSPCase 160598
May 16, 2008 FAILED
HCEU INSPCase 160598
Jun 10, 2008 PASSED
HCEU INSPCase 316113
Feb 14, 2012 FAILED
HCEU INSPCase 316113
Apr 3, 2012 FAILED
HCEU INSPCase 316113
May 8, 2012 CLOSED
PRECOURTCase 316113
Nov 8, 2012 PASSED
HCEU INSPCase 358801
Nov 8, 2012 FAILED
HCEU INSPCase 358801
Dec 19, 2012 FAILED
HCEU INSPCase 358801
Feb 25, 2013 PASSED
HCEU INSPCase 370451
Feb 25, 2013 FAILED
HCEU INSPCase 370455
Feb 25, 2013 FAILED
HCEU INSPCase 370455
Apr 1, 2013 CLOSED
HCEU INSPCase 370451
Apr 1, 2013 FAILED
HCEU INSPCase 370451
May 8, 2013 CLOSED
PRECOURTCase 370451
Dec 15, 2014 PASSED
HCEU INSPCase 679173
Apr 8, 2019 FAILED
HCEU INSPCase 679173
May 13, 2019 FAILED
HCEU INSPCase 679173
Jul 2, 2019 CLOSED
PRECOURTCase 679173
Dec 6, 2019 PASSED
Building certificationsInspection result and filed expiration date by L&I building ID0
No building certifications matched this parcel in the fetched City dataset.
Business licensesHistorical and active licenses are both retained3
RentalLicense 238023
LADDA BOUTTAVONG
Revenue code 3202 · First issued Apr 28, 2004 Inactive Expiration Feb 28, 2005 Inactive Dec 22, 2012
RentalLicense 406569
GAGE REAL ESTATE INVES (FRANK TESTA AGENT)
Revenue code 3202 · First issued Apr 13, 2007 Inactive Expiration Feb 28, 2009 Inactive Dec 22, 2012
Vacant Residential Property / LotLicense 608262
MAURICE CORNELIUS
Revenue code 3219 · First issued Oct 22, 2013 Inactive Expiration Feb 28, 2015 Inactive Apr 29, 2015
AppealsApplication status and decision are separate City fields0
No appeals matched this parcel in the fetched City dataset.
City of Philadelphia OPA, L&I and Zoning Board records, shown as filed. A CLOSED investigation is an outcome label, not a missing visit; an appeal's application status and decision may differ.
Legal due diligence
What this record proves—and what it does not.
These checks are triggered by this property’s actual City rows. They identify the controlling document to verify; they do not declare a use legal, a building safe, or title clear.
3 verify
1 favorable dated record
VerifyFailed inspections are dated events—not the current condition10 failed, 5 passed, and 5 CLOSED investigation outcomes are in the fetched history; the latest dated visit was PASSED on Dec 6, 2019.
Why it mattersA PASSED or FAILED value applies to that inspection visit. CLOSED is a separate source status; none of the three alone proves the parent permit or violation case closed—or describes today’s condition.
Verify nextOpen the parent case/permit for each material failure and confirm its later disposition.
Open the controlling City guidance ↗VerifyA historical business license is not current operating authorityVacant Residential Property / Lot #608262: Inactive since Apr 29, 2015
Why it mattersA license record proves the licensed activity existed at that time. An inactive or expired license does not establish that the business still operates—or that it may legally reopen under the same use.
Verify nextIf business income matters, verify the current tenant, use registration, and active license in eCLIPSE.
Open the controlling City guidance ↗VerifyHomestead is tied to owner occupancy and the deedOPA shows the Homestead Exemption.
Why it mattersPhiladelphia limits Homestead to an owner’s primary residence. The City says a deed change can require a new application or update.
Verify nextA buyer should apply in their own name and not assume the seller’s benefit continues.
Open the controlling City guidance ↗Favorable dated recordNo open violation; closed history remains relevantThe fetched record shows 0 open and 21 historical violations across 9 cases.
Why it mattersA closed case is materially better than an open one, but it does not by itself prove that every altered use, unit, or concealed condition matches today’s approvals.
Verify nextUse the closed cases to target the inspection and occupancy-file review.
Open the controlling City guidance ↗Closing file: checks no public-record summary can replace5 documents/searches to assign before settlement
Property Sales Certification
The seller must obtain Philadelphia’s certificate showing the base zoning, last use in the zoning record, and open violations. The City warns that it does not prove Building Code occupancy or show zoning overlays.
Next: Obtain the fresh certificate and compare it with the CO, permits, and Atlas overlays.
Official guidance ↗Date-effective City Property Payoff
The Tax Center Property Payoff covers Real Estate Tax, Commercial Trash, and L&I abatement-work invoices. Philadelphia says it does not include business-tax debts or liens, water and sewer charges, or fines for code violations.
Next: Request the City statement effective through settlement; read every period and invoice.
Official guidance ↗Professional title and water-lien searches
OPA ownership, deed summaries, and a zero tax balance are not clear title. Mortgages, judgments, municipal claims, water liens, easements, heirs, and other encumbrances require separate searches.
Next: Use a Pennsylvania lawyer/title company and obtain owner’s title insurance; order the separate water search/payoff.
Official guidance ↗Separate water-lien guidance ↗Seller-specific tax relief is not the buyer’s bill
LOOP and low-income or senior Real Estate Tax freezes depend on the qualifying owner and continued program eligibility; a buyer cannot assume the seller’s capped or frozen bill continues. A separately verified property abatement often remains with the property for its remaining term, but program-specific new-owner filing, use, and tax-compliance conditions still must be confirmed—not inferred from the reduced assessment alone.
Next: Have Revenue or OPA identify every current benefit, model the buyer’s bill without seller-specific relief, and confirm any verified abatement in writing.
Official guidance ↗Separate water-lien guidance ↗Seller disclosure and independent inspections
For a covered Pennsylvania residential transfer, obtain the statutory seller disclosure. It reports the seller’s knowledge; it is not a warranty, title search, code review, or substitute for inspections. Because OPA dates this building before 1978, separately obtain the required federal/City lead disclosures and any test results.
Next: Have the agreement and disclosure reviewed for this transaction’s coverage and exceptions.
Official guidance ↗Informational only—not a legal opinion, title report, code inspection, tax payoff, or substitute for a Pennsylvania lawyer, title company, inspector, or tax professional.
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 1875: 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.
Zoned RSA5: one household by right
Single-family rowhouse (the classic Philly row). Converting to a duplex or apartments needs a use variance the zoning board rarely grants — Pennsylvania courts require a physical hardship of the lot itself, and economics alone do not qualify.
If you own it
Construction next door (2665 Emerald St, 2024)
Excavation deeper than 5 feet, or within 10 feet of an adjacent structure, legally requires the developer to survey neighboring homes first and give owners 10 days' written notice. Insist on the pre-construction survey — it is your evidence if cracks appear.
Derived from the fetched property records and linked City guidance as of 2026. Assessment treatment is not a substitute for an exemption approval, live balance, title report, license, occupancy certificate, or inspection. 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
$312,800
2026 billed-year assessment · 2027: $271,200 · built 1875
Price / sq ft
$249
block $198 · above block
Appreciation
+899%
+26%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$275K
+26%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax bill / yr
$2,979
1.1% effective
Jun 2022 tax snapshot
No match
not proof the account is current
Gross yield
-2949852.5%
≈$-667M/mo rent
Times sold
4
Value vs. the block, over time — sales, permits & L&I events marked on the line
This houseBlock median & rangeSaleL&I violationPermit
The paper trail
Renovated & sold onBought for $104K in 2014, alteration permit in 2014, sold for $250K in 2022 (+410%).
- 2013 3 L&I violationsL&IL&I: 3 failed, 1 passedL&I visitElectricalPermitPlumbingPermitMechanicalPermit
- 2014 AlterationPermit4 L&I violationsL&IInspection passedL&I visit$104KSold
- 2019 3 L&I violationsL&IL&I: 2 failed, 1 passedL&I visit
- 2022 $250KSold
Informational only — not investment advice or a consumer report (FCRA).
The property, on paper
The city assessor's field record — the physical spec sheet behind the assessed number.
Bedrooms
3
Bathrooms
1
Stories
2
Interior
1,090 sqft
livable area
Lot
842 sqft
Basement
Full
city code D
Heat
Hot water / radiators
city code B
Central air
Yes
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
RSA5
city zoning code
OPA field-assessment attributes. Condition and grade are the assessor's codes, not an inspection.
Run the numbers
What owning 2666 Emerald 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.
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 use this parcel's taxable assessment, not a live Tax Center balance.
Block context
2666 Emerald St sits on the 2600 block of Emerald St. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.
See the whole block →Next door: 2664 Emerald St · 2662 Emerald 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
- Tax delinquency snapshot · June 2022 — Real Estate Tax Delinquencies, Dept. of Revenue
- Historical tax ledger & liens · through 2016 — Real Estate Tax Balances, Dept. of Revenue
- Current property-tax balance — Verify with Philadelphia 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
This report was assembled Jul 10, 2026, 3:55 AM ET. Available City datasets are queried from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and the cited City ArcGIS feeds; record queries paginate rather than silently taking a first page. For this property: Permits: queried · Violations: queried · Investigations: queried · Appeals: queried · Licenses: queried · Building certifications: queried. “Unavailable” means the source query failed or was not supplied, not “no record.” Reports re-pull on view after seven days and on an overnight rolling schedule; citywide benchmarks recompute weekly. Source dates still govern: the parcel-level tax-delinquency snapshot is June 2022 and the separate detailed tax ledger ends in 2016, so neither establishes today’s balance. The live balance and date-effective payoff must be verified in Tax Center. AI-written passages are grounded in the assembled record and rejected if they state a number the record does not hold.
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