House report

3421 Amity Rd

3 bd · 1 ba · 2 stories · 1,449 sqft · RSA4 · built 1973

Owner-occupied · assessed $335K (2026) · 2027 OPA assessment $364K · sold 3×. On the 3400 block of Amity Rd.

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Property summary

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Estimated annual Real Estate Tax$3,284/year

2026 taxable assessment $234,600 × 1.3998%. Estimate—not a bill or account balance.

OPA also publishes a 2027 assessment of $363,500; it is not the 2026 billed-year value.

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OPA 662369200
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Exemption classificationHomestead exemption

2026 OPA removes $100,000 from the taxable assessment through the owner-occupant exemption.

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

Renovated & sold on

Why it matters

Bought for $90K in 1999, alteration permit in 2011, sold for $223K in 2017 (+149%).

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Finding

Homestead exemption, mail goes elsewhere

Why it matters

The parcel claims the homestead exemption (owner lives here) while the tax bill mails to 3070 Bristol Pk, Bensalem Pa, 19020. Those two facts sit in tension on the record — there can be innocent reasons, but one of them is usually out of date.

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What to do with this

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If you’re buying

Built 1973: 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 RSA4: one household by right

Single-family rowhouse. 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.

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 house 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
$334,600
2026 billed-year assessment · 2027: $363,500 · built 1973
Price / sq ft
$251
block $229 · above block
Appreciation
+105%
+7%/yr since 2016 · 2027 +9% vs 2026
In 5 years (~2032)
~$504K
+7%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax bill / yr
$3,284
0.9% effective
Jun 2022 tax snapshot
Gross yield
5%
≈$2K/mo rent
Times sold
3

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

$0$250K$500KZIP 19154 median$364K1999200420092014201920242027
Property assessmentBlock median & rangeZIP 19154 medianAssessmentDeed / sale

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Every dated record3 events · exact dates, newest first
  1. Deed / saleDeed / sale $223K
  2. Deed / saleDeed / sale $199K
  3. Deed / saleDeed / sale $90K

The paper trail

Bought for $90K in 1999, alteration permit in 2011, sold for $223K in 2017 (+149%).

  1. 1999 $90KSold
  2. 2007 $199KSold
  3. 2011 AlterationPermit
  4. 2017 $223KSold
  5. 2018 ZoningPermitMajor alterationPermit

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  1. Recorded transfer$223K transfer

    2017

  2. Recorded transfer$199K transfer

    2007

  3. Recorded transfer$90K transfer

    1999

What this record suggests

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The property, on paper

The city assessor's field record — the physical spec sheet behind the assessed number.

Bedrooms
3
Bathrooms
1
Stories
2
Interior
1,449 sqft
livable area
Lot
1,723 sqft
Basement
Full, finished
city code A
Heat
Hot water / radiators
city code B
Central air
Yes
Garage
1 space
Exterior condition
Above average
city code 3
Interior condition
Above average
city code 3
Quality grade
C+
assessor's grade
Zoning
RSA4
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.

Homestead exemption, mail goes elsewhere

The parcel claims the homestead exemption (owner lives here) while the tax bill mails to 3070 Bristol Pk, Bensalem Pa, 19020. Those two facts sit in tension on the record — there can be innocent reasons, but one of them is usually out of date.

Run the numbers

What owning 3421 Amity Rd 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 (2017) a 30-year mortgage ran about 3.99% — 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

3421 Amity Rd sits on the 3400 block of Amity Rd. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.

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Next door: 3419 Amity Rd  ·  3423 Amity Rd

Where this comes from

Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 9, 2026, 2:24 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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