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House report

2821 Guilford St

3 bd · 2 ba · 2 stories · 1,472 sqft · RSA3 · built 1952

Owner-occupied · assessed $364K · sold 1×. On the 2800 block of Guilford St.

Property summary

Assessment$364KCity assessed value Last sale$341KRecorded 2021 Est. annual tax$4K/yearAssessment × 1.3998% Tax delinquency—Snapshot unavailable Permits0Dated events in report Violations1Open when report assembled

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Street view of 2821 Guilford St
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What stands out

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Records to verify together

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Dated record flagRecords to verify together

More than one separately dated public record deserves a current-status check.

Evidence: 1 open L&I violation · failed L&I inspection activity in 2026

Limit: A screening signal, not a foreclosure prediction. Tax entries are historical and must be verified with Philadelphia Revenue.

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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 1952: 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 RSA3: one household by right

Single-family attached. 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

1 open violation: the clock matters

L&I appeals must be filed within 30 days — just 6 days if a property is designated UNSAFE or IMMINENTLY DANGEROUS. Left unresolved, the city can do the work itself, bill the owner (routinely $50,000+ on a rowhouse), lien the property, and add court fines of $300+/day.

If you’re the landlord

Lead certificate is not optional

Built 1952: every rental unit needs a lead-safe or lead-free certificate on file with the City. Without one: fines up to $2,000/day per unit, tenants may withhold rent, courts can order rent refunded — and no eviction will stand.

Licensed rental — keep it that way

Renewal requires city tax clearance and zero open L&I violations on the property. A lapsed license suspends the right to collect rent or evict.

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
$364K
built 1952
Price / sq ft
$247
block $272 · below block
Appreciation
+109%
+7%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$365K
+7%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax / yr
$4K
1.01% effective
Jun 2022 tax snapshot
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Gross yield
7.1%
≈$2K/mo rent
Times sold
1
licensed rental

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

$0$250K$500K2021: Sold $341K2026: L&I violation 2026: Inspection failed ×2$364K201620222027
This houseBlock median & rangeSaleL&I violation

The paper trail

History

sold $341K (2021); L&I violation (2026); Inspection failed ×2 (2026).

  1. 2021 $341KSold
  2. 2026 L&I violationL&IInspection failed ×2L&I visit

Flags: active rental license · 1 open L&I violation. 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
3
Bathrooms
2
Stories
2
Interior
1,472 sqft
livable area
Lot
2,553 sqft
Basement
Partial, semi-finished
city code F
Heat
Undetermined
city code H
Central air
No
Garage
1 space
Exterior condition
Average
city code 4
Interior condition
Average
city code 4
Quality grade
C
assessor's grade
Zoning
RSA3
city zoning code

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

Run the numbers

What owning 2821 Guilford 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.

$364K
20%
6.875%
$2K/mo

When this house last sold (2021) a 30-year mortgage ran about 2.96% — Freddie Mac's average that year.

Mortgage
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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

2821 Guilford St sits on the 2800 block of Guilford St. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.

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Next door: 2819 Guilford St  ·  2823 Guilford St

Where this comes from
Methodology & freshness

Available City datasets are queried from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com), then reports are cached and refreshed on a rolling schedule. Source dates vary: the parcel-level tax-delinquency snapshot is June 2022 and the separate detailed tax ledger ends in 2016, so neither establishes today’s balance. Other dossiers re-pull on view once stale, 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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