The Block Report

House report

2742r Lardner St

Vacant · assessed $18K · sold 2×. On the 2700 block of Lardner St.

Street view of 2742r Lardner St
From the street — imagery © Google
From above — imagery © Esri, Maxar

Property summary

Assessment$18KCity assessed value Last sale$1KRecorded 2011 Est. taxes$249/yearAnnual city record Permits0Shown in this report ViolationsNone openNo open L&I cases

What stands out

From the public record

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

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

$421 in back taxes on record

Interest and penalties keep compounding until a Revenue payment agreement is in place — 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 record to dig into any number.

Assessed value
$18K
Price / sq ft
—
block $202 ·
Appreciation
-1%
0%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$18K
0%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax / yr
$249
1.4% effective
Gross yield
—
Times sold
2

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

$0$100K$200KBefore this chart — 2003: Sold $60K 2011: Sold $1K2022: 2 L&I violations$18K201620222027
This houseBlock median & rangeL&I violationPermit

The paper trail

Traded

Traded 2×: $60K in 2003 → $1K in 2011 (-98%).

  1. 2003 $60KSold
  2. 2011 $1KSold
  3. 2022 2 L&I violationsL&I

Flags: $421 back taxes. Informational only — not investment advice or a consumer report (FCRA).

Run the numbers

What owning 2742r Lardner 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.

$25K
20%
6.875%
$700/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

2742r Lardner St sits on the 2700 block of Lardner St. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.

See the whole block →

Next door: 2742 Lardner St  ·  2740 Lardner St

Where this comes from

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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