The Block Report

Multi-family report

3520 Arthur St

2 bd · 2 ba · 2 stories · 1,280 sqft · RSA5 · built 1956

Investor / LLC · assessed $258K · 2 licensed units · sold 3×. On the 3500 block of Arthur St.

Property summary

Assessment$258KCity assessed value Last sale$320KRecorded 2025 Est. annual tax$4K/yearAssessment × 1.3998% Tax delinquency—Snapshot unavailable Permits1Dated events in report ViolationsNone openNone open when assembled

“Open” reflects records available then historical records keep their source dates estimates are labeled

BlockReport AI · cited public records

Ask the questions this record raises.

These curated questions are free. Choose one to open its cited answer.

Question or correct this record

BlockReport can explain a discrepancy, but it cannot rewrite an official City record. Use the agency that owns the underlying fact:

Street view of 3520 Arthur St
From the street — imagery © Google
From above — imagery © Esri, Maxar

Verify the current balance before relying on it.

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.

A separate historical parcel ledger ending in 2016 records $10K and a lien entry. It is shown as historical context only.

Verify current balance with Philadelphia Revenue →

What stands out

From the public record
Finding

Renovated & sold on

Why it matters

Bought for $105K in 2018, zoning permit in 2025, sold for $320K in 2025 (+205%).

View supporting records →

Records to verify together

Rule-based groupings across this property's dated public records. Each flag shows the records that belong in the same verification step and where the inference stops.

Dated record flagPost-purchase work pattern

A recorded purchase followed by 1 permit event matches the early part of a renovate-and-resell sequence.

Evidence: purchase recorded in 2025 · permit activity in 2025

Limit: This does not show that the property is listed or that a sale is planned.

Transparent record rules, not a score or forecast. Each flag is a prompt to verify the cited records, not a prediction or allegation.

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 1956: 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.

2 units in RSA5, a single-family district

The building's use almost certainly predates today's code — a "legal nonconforming" use. That status survives a sale but can lapse if the use is abandoned or the building sits vacant; verify the registered use with L&I before pricing it as 2 rents.

If you own it

$10,450 in the historical tax ledger through 2016

Historical context only, not a current payoff figure; that ledger also contains a lien entry. Verify today's balance and lien status directly with Philadelphia Revenue before relying on it.

If you’re the landlord

Lead certificate is not optional

Built 1956: 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.

Who's behind it

Holmesburg Properties LLC · corporate / LLC owner

• Tax bills mail to 3526 Solly Ave, Philadelphia PA, 19136
• Holds an active rental license for this address
• The last transfer was a nominal/family deed, not an open-market sale

PA corporate registry ↗OpenCorporates ↗City record ↗

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
$258K
built 1956
Price / sq ft
$201
block $202 · in line w/ block
Appreciation
+89%
+6%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$259K
+6%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax / yr
$4K
1.4% effective
Jun 2022 tax snapshot
—
Gross yield
4.1%
≈$890/mo rent
Times sold
3
kept in the family

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

$0$250K$500KBefore this chart — 2005: Inspection failed2016: 2 L&I violations2017: 4 L&I violations2018: Sold $105K 2018: 2 L&I violations2019: Sold $200K2020: L&I violation 2020: L&I: 1 failed, 1 passed2025: Zoning 2025: Sold $320K$258K201620222027
This houseBlock median & rangeSaleL&I violationPermit

The paper trail

Renovated & sold on

Bought for $105K in 2018, zoning permit in 2025, sold for $320K in 2025 (+205%).

  1. 2005 Inspection failedL&I visit
  2. 2016 2 L&I violationsL&I
  3. 2017 4 L&I violationsL&I
  4. 2018 $105KSold2 L&I violationsL&I
  5. 2019 $200KSold
  6. 2020 L&I violationL&IL&I: 1 failed, 1 passedL&I visit
  7. 2025 ZoningPermit$320KSold

Flags: active rental license · historical tax ledger through 2016 recorded $10K with a lien entry · long-held within one family. 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
2
Bathrooms
2
Stories
2
Interior
1,280 sqft
livable area
Lot
2,160 sqft
Basement
Partial, unfinished
city code G
Heat
Hot water / radiators
city code B
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
RSA5
city zoning code

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

Run the numbers

What owning 3520 Arthur 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 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.

$320K
20%
6.875%
$2K/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 from this parcel's record.

Block context

3520 Arthur St sits on the 3500 block of Arthur St. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.

See the whole block →

Next door: 3518 Arthur St  ·  3522 Arthur 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.

Official city record ↗  ·  L&I history ↗  ·  See the whole block  ·  Download this record (JSON)