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Philadelphia2800 block of W Lehigh AveJuly 9, 2026

House report

2804 W Lehigh Ave

1,890 sqft · CMX2 · built 1915

Owner-occupied · assessed $85K · sold 3×. On the 2800 block of W Lehigh Ave.

Street view of 2804 W Lehigh Ave
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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 1915: 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

$1,399/yr may be unclaimed

This home reads owner-occupied but shows no Homestead Exemption, which removes $100,000 from the taxable assessment (worth up to $1,399/yr). Applying through the City is free and takes minutes.

$1,024 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.

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
$85K
built 1915
Price / sq ft
$45
block $65 · below block
Appreciation
+161%
+9%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$85K
+9%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax / yr
$1K
1.4% effective
Gross yield
—
Times sold
3

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

$0$100K$200KBefore this chart — 2015: Sold $1K 2015: Use2016: Demolition 2016: Addition and/or Alteration2017: Use 2017: 5 L&I violations 2017: New Construction2018: Plumbing 2018: New Construction 2018: L&I violation2019: Sold $5K2020: Addition and/or Alteration$85K201620222027
This houseBlock median & rangeSaleL&I violationPermit
The paper trailNew construction

Bought for $1K in 2015, built new under a 2015 permit, sold for $5K in 2019.

  1. 2015 $1KSoldUsePermit
  2. 2016 DemolitionPermitAddition and/or AlterationPermit
  3. 2017 UsePermit5 L&I violationsL&INew ConstructionPermit
  4. 2018 PlumbingPermitNew ConstructionPermitL&I violationL&I
  5. 2019 $5KSold
  6. 2020 Addition and/or AlterationPermit

Flags: $1K back taxes (2010–2016, $68 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.

Interior
1,890 sqft
livable area
Lot
1,072 sqft
Exterior condition
Average
city code 4
Interior condition
Average
city code 4
Quality grade
C
assessor's grade
Zoning
CMX2
city zoning code

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

Run the numbers

What owning 2804 W Lehigh 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.

$85K
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.

Next door: 2802 W Lehigh Ave  ·  2806 W Lehigh Ave

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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