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3133 N Front St

2,544 sqft · CMX2.5 · built 1920

Absentee individual · assessed $140K · 2 licensed units. On the 3100 block of N Front St.

Street view of 3133 N Front St
From the street — imagery © Google
From above — imagery © Esri, Maxar

Property summary

Assessment$140KCity assessed value Last sale—No sale value available Est. taxes$2K/yearAnnual city record Permits3Shown in this report Violations1Open 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

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.

The last transfer was not a sale

The most recent recorded deed moved for nominal consideration. That is where tangled-title problems live — budget a real title search. (Occupants untangling an inherited deed can get help from the city's Tangled Title Fund.)

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 1920: 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 building 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
$140K
built 1920
Price / sq ft
$55
block $55 · in line w/ block
Appreciation
-6%
-1%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$140K
-1%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax / yr
$2K
1.4% effective
Gross yield
9%
≈$1K/mo rent
Times sold
0
licensed rental

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

$0$100K$200KBefore this chart — 2007: Use 2007: Appeal withdrawn 2012: Zoning/use 2012: 4 L&I violations 2013: 10 L&I violations 2013: L&I: 5 failed, 2 passed2019: 2 L&I violations 2019: L&I: 1 failed, 2 passed2020: Alterations2021: Inspection failed2022: L&I: 1 failed, 1 passed2026: L&I violation$140K201620222027
This houseBlock median & rangeL&I violationPermitInspection

The paper trail

Improved

Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2020.

  1. 2007 UsePermitAppeal withdrawnZoning
  2. 2012 Zoning/usePermit4 L&I violationsL&I
  3. 2013 10 L&I violationsL&IL&I: 5 failed, 2 passedL&I visit
  4. 2019 2 L&I violationsL&IL&I: 1 failed, 2 passedL&I visit
  5. 2020 AlterationsPermit
  6. 2021 Inspection failedL&I visit
  7. 2022 L&I: 1 failed, 1 passedL&I visit
  8. 2026 L&I violationL&I

Flags: active rental license · 1 open L&I violation · 1 zoning/board appeal on record. 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
2,544 sqft
livable area
Lot
1,008 sqft
Exterior condition
Average
city code 4
Interior condition
Average
city code 4
Quality grade
C
assessor's grade
Zoning
CMX2.5
city zoning code
Zoning appeals
1
withdrawn 2007

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

Run the numbers

What owning 3133 N Front St takes, at your price and your rate. Taxes are this building's actual bill from the city record; rent starts at 2 licensed units × ~85% of the area's median unit rent — the whole building's income, not one unit's. Assessed value is not an asking price — set the price slider to the real one.

$140K
20%
6.875%
$2K/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

3133 N Front St sits on the 3100 block of N Front St. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.

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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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