History
Why it matterssold $89K (2008); L&I violation (2013); 2 L&I violations (2022).
View supporting records →House report
345-47 E Penn St
Vacant · assessed $210K · sold 1×. On the 300 block of E Penn St.
Property summary
Assessment$210KCity assessed value
Last sale$89KRecorded 2008
Est. taxes$3K/yearAnnual city record
Permits0Shown in this report
Violations2Open L&I cases
What stands out
From the public recordNo interior square footage on file
Why it mattersThe record carries a $210K assessment but no livable area — the number square footage math is normally built on. Per-square-foot comparisons for this property aren't possible from the public record.
View supporting records →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 own it
2 open violations: 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.
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
$210K
Price / sq ft
—
block $36 ·
Appreciation
+207%
+11%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$211K
+11%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax / yr
$3K
1.4% effective
Gross yield
—
Times sold
1
Value vs. the block, over time — sales, permits & L&I events marked on the line
This houseBlock median & rangeL&I violationPermit
The paper trail
Historysold $89K (2008); L&I violation (2013); 2 L&I violations (2022).
- 2008 $89KSold
- 2013 L&I violationL&I
- 2022 2 L&I violationsL&I
Flags: 2 open L&I violations. Informational only — not investment advice or a consumer report (FCRA).
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.
No interior square footage on file
The record carries a $210K assessment but no livable area — the number square footage math is normally built on. Per-square-foot comparisons for this property aren't possible from the public record.
Run the numbers
What owning 345-47 E Penn St 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.
When this house last sold (2008) a 30-year mortgage ran about 6.03% — Freddie Mac's average that year.
Mortgage
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P&I · 30-yr fixed
All-in monthly
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+ taxes & insurance
Cash to close
—
down + ~4% costs
Cash flow
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rent − all costs · /mo
Cap rate
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NOI ÷ price
Cash-on-cash
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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
345-47 E Penn St sits on the 300 block of E Penn St. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.
See the whole block →Next door: 350-64 E Penn St · 300 E Penn St
Where this comes from
- Assessment, spec sheet & owner — OPA Property Assessments, Office of Property Assessment
- Sales & deed history — Realty Transfer Tax records, Recorder of Deeds
- Permits, violations & inspections — L&I Property History · Atlas
- Back taxes & liens — Real Estate Tax Balances, Dept. of Revenue
- Zoning appeals — L&I & Zoning Board appeals
- Neighborhood income & rents — US Census ACS 5-year estimates
- Historical mortgage rates — Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey, annual averages
- Imagery — Street photo © Google · Aerial © Esri, Maxar
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.
First time here?
This is 345-47 E Penn St,
on paper.
Every deed, permit, L&I visit, tax bill and sale for this house — plus its whole block.
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Three taps, you're oriented
What to catch on the way down.
On the way down: the story of the house, its paper trail drawn on the value chart, and run-the-numbers, a calculator seeded with this house's actual tax bill.
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