Mixed-use report

2824 N 5th St

1,060 sqft · CMX2.5 · built 1920

Owner-occupied · assessed $53K (2026) · 2027 OPA assessment $56K · sold 1×. On the 2800 block of N 5th St.

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Property summary

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Estimated annual Real Estate Tax$739/year

2026 taxable assessment $52,800 × 1.3998%. Estimate—not a bill or account balance.

OPA also publishes a 2027 assessment of $56,100; it is not the 2026 billed-year value.

Official current account balanceCheck live

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OPA 871526110
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Exemption classificationNo exemption shown

2026 taxable assessment equals the full assessed value.

Historical delinquency sources No current conclusion

The June 2022 delinquency snapshot was not verifiably available in this cached report. No conclusion about a match—or today’s balance—can be drawn from that absence.

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What stands out

From the public record
Finding

Improved

Why it matters

Bought for $225K in 2025. Owner pulled a addition and/or alterations permit in 2022.

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Finding

Assessment and sale price disagree hard

Why it matters

Assessed at $56K, but it traded for $225,000 in 2025 — a 4.0× gap. Could be a non-market deed the record doesn't label, or an assessment that hasn't caught up.

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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 1920: 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.

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 building has moved and where it's pointed: every fetched annual City assessment, charted against its block and ZIP; appreciation includes the full-period compound rate and the latest year-over-year change. The 5-year figure simply extends that historical pace. Yield estimates rent-vs-price from area rents. Ask the record to dig into any number.

Assessed value
$52,800
2026 billed-year assessment · 2027: $56,100 · built 1920
Price / sq ft
$53
block $60 · below block
Appreciation
-8%
-1%/yr since 2016 · 2027 +6% vs 2026
In 5 years (~2032)
~$54K
-1%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax bill / yr
$739
1.32% effective
Jun 2022 tax snapshot
Gross yield
-14260249.5%
≈$-667M/mo rent
Times sold
1
latest deed has shared-name parties

Assessment vs. the block and ZIP · every dated City record marked on the line

$0$100K$200KZIP 19133 median$56K2015201720192021202320252027
Property assessmentBlock median & rangeZIP 19133 medianAssessmentDeed / sale

Each icon sits on its recorded date; records without a day are labeled and centered within their year. Select one to explain the filing.

Every dated record1 event · exact dates, newest first
  1. Deed / saleDeed / sale $225K

The paper trail

Bought for $225K in 2025. Owner pulled a addition and/or alterations permit in 2022.

  1. 2011 Inspection passed ×2L&I visit
  2. 2012 5 L&I violationsL&IL&I: 2 failed, 1 passedL&I visit
  3. 2015 DemolitionPermitMajor alterationPermit
  4. 2016 ElectricalPermitUsePermitUsePermit
  5. 2022 Addition and/or AlterationPermitAddition and/or AlterationsPermitAddition and/or AlterationsPermit
  6. 2025 $225KSold

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  1. Recorded transfer$225K transfer

    2025

What this record suggests

The dated deed and City-record sequence is assembled below. Read timing as a research lead, not proof of renovation, condition, or motive.

Flags: latest deed has shared-name parties — relationship unverified. 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.

Interior
1,060 sqft
livable area
Lot
928 sqft
Exterior condition
Below average
city code 5
Interior condition
Below average
city code 5
Quality grade
C
assessor's grade
Zoning
CMX2.5
city zoning code

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

Where the record looks off

Places where the city's own paperwork disagrees with itself. These are flags on the data — not problems with the property.

Assessment and sale price disagree hard

Assessed at $56K, but it traded for $225,000 in 2025 — a 4.0× gap. Could be a non-market deed the record doesn't label, or an assessment that hasn't caught up.

Run the numbers

What owning 2824 N 5th 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.

$225K
20%
6.875%
$700/mo

When this house last sold (2025) a 30-year mortgage ran about 6.6% — 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

2824 N 5th St sits on the 2800 block of N 5th St. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.

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Next door: 2822 N 5th St  ·  2826 N 5th St

Where this comes from

Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 9, 2026, 1:06 PM 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. “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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