Traded
Why it mattersTraded 2×: $42K in 2017 → $95K in 2022 (+126%).
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2717 Kensington Ave
Vacant · assessed $42K · sold 2×. On the 2700 block of Kensington Ave.
Property summary
Assessment$42KCity assessed value
Last sale$95KRecorded 2022
Est. taxes$588/yearAnnual city record
Permits0Shown in this report
ViolationsNone openNo open L&I cases
What stands out
From the public recordThe 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
$42K
Price / sq ft
—
block $58 ·
Appreciation
+180%
+67%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$43K
+67%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax / yr
$588
1.4% effective
Gross yield
—
Times sold
2
kept in the family
Value vs. the block, over time — sales, permits & L&I events marked on the line
This houseBlock median & rangeSaleL&I violation
The paper trail
TradedTraded 2×: $42K in 2017 → $95K in 2022 (+126%).
- 2017 $42KSold
- 2021 L&I violationL&I
- 2022 L&I violationL&I$95KSold
Flags: long-held within one family. Informational only — not investment advice or a consumer report (FCRA).
Run the numbers
What owning 2717 Kensington Ave 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.
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
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rent − all costs · /mo
Cap rate
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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
2717 Kensington Ave sits on the 2700 block of Kensington Ave. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.
See the whole block →Next door: 2715 Kensington Ave · 2719 Kensington Ave
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
- Back taxes & liens — Real Estate Tax Balances, Dept. of 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
City datasets are fetched live from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and cached briefly. Dossiers re-pull automatically — on view once they're a few weeks old, plus a nightly rolling sweep — 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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What to catch on the way down.
On the way down: the story of the house, its paper trail drawn on the value chart, and run-the-numbers, a calculator seeded with this house's actual tax bill.
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