2026 taxable assessment $47,700 × 1.3998%. Estimate—not a bill or account balance.
OPA also publishes a 2027 assessment of $49,000; it is not the 2026 billed-year value.
House report
3828 Archer St
2 bd · 1 ba · 2 stories · 730 sqft · RM1 · built 1940
Absentee individual · assessed $48K (2026) · 2027 OPA assessment $49K. On the 3800 block of Archer St.
Property summary
Assessment$47,7002026 OPA assessment · 2027: $49,000
Last sale—No sale value available
Est. tax bill$668/year2026 taxable assessment × 1.3998%
Tax delinquency$950City snapshot · Jun 2022
Permits1Every fetched City permit
Violations0 open9 historical across 3 cases
“Open” reflects records available then historical records keep their source dates estimates are labeled
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Property tax
The estimate, live balance, and back-tax record are different.
BlockReport can calculate the annual tax from the City’s taxable assessment. Payments, credits, interest, and a current amount due live separately in Philadelphia Tax Center.
A Tax Center balance is net of bills, payments, credits, interest, and adjustments. A credit—or an amount due—is not automatically “back taxes.”
OPA 1312872002026 taxable assessment equals the full assessed value.
Historical delinquency sources Record found
$949.93 was recorded for this parcel in Philadelphia's June 2022 delinquency snapshot for 2008–2020. That amount may have been paid, reduced, or increased since; it is not a current payoff figure.
$0.00 principal$0.00 interest$54.37 penalty$895.56 other charges
The snapshot’s 2022 context used $21,800 total assessment, $21,800 taxable, and $0 exempt/abated. Those historical fields can differ from today’s OPA exemption status.
A separate historical parcel ledger ending in 2016 records $2,653.33 and a lien entry. It is shown as historical context only.
2011$76.40 total · $40.40 principal · $18.78 interest · $2.83 penalty2012$544.42 total · $305.45 principal · $114.54 interest · $21.38 penalty2013$529.53 total · $316.42 principal · $90.18 interest · $22.15 penalty2014$589.95 total · $326.69 principal · $63.70 interest · $22.87 penalty2015$555.26 total · $326.69 principal · $34.30 interest · $22.87 penalty2016$357.77 total · $244.69 principal · $3.68 interest · $2.45 penalty
For a purchase, refinance, or closing, request the City’s official Property Payoff statement in Tax Center under “More options.”
What stands out
From the public recordImproved
Why it mattersOwner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2021.
View supporting records →City Property History
Fetched L&I and zoning records
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- Recorded owner
- Individual owner on record Analyst access to view
- Tax mailing address
- Private for individual owners
- L&I district
- NORTH
- Building ID (BIN)
- —
- OPA account
- 131287200
Permits1Every dated permit
Violation cases39 violation records · 0 open
Investigations107 failed · 2 passed · 1 closed
Building certifications0No match
Business licenses0No match
Appeals0No match
PermitsPermit number, issued date, work and City status1
Addition and/or AlterationPermit RP-2021-014045
Sep 15, 2021 Expired Completed Oct 6, 2022
Make Safe permit to comply the violations for case #720850; work includes sistering three (3) joists at the rear second floor framing; a separate permit is required for any additional alterations that are not specifically addressed on case #720850; in accordance with Code Bulletin PM-1801, a PA professional engineer is required to monitor repairs made under this permit; the engineer must submit a sealed statement to the Department confirming that the structure is in sound condition at completion.
Violation cases9 individual violation records; resolved history remains visible3
Case 720850CLOSED
NOTICE OF VIOLATION · Opened Jan 8, 2020 · completed May 9, 2023
- UNSAFE STRUCTUREViolation 211983615Jan 8, 2020 COMPLIED
- EXTERIOR STRUCT UNSAFE COND 7Violation 211983617Jan 8, 2020 COMPLIED
- INTERIOR UNSAFEViolation 211983616Jan 8, 2020 COMPLIED
Case 720856CLOSED
UNSAFE · Opened Jan 8, 2020
- UNSAFE STRUCTUREViolation 5305290Jan 8, 2020
- VACANT AND OPENViolation 5305291Jan 8, 2020
Case CF-2021-090953CLOSED
NOTICE OF VIOLATION · Opened Sep 17, 2021 · completed May 9, 2024
- VACANT STRUCTURE LICENSEViolation VI-2021-065326Sep 17, 2021 COMPLIED
- VACANT STRUCTURE & LANDViolation VI-2021-065323Sep 17, 2021 COMPLIED
- VACANT PROPERTIESViolation VI-2021-065324Sep 17, 2021 COMPLIED
- DOOR AND WINDOW VACANTViolation VI-2021-065325Sep 17, 2021 COMPLIED
InvestigationsEvery inspector visit, including CLOSED outcomes10
CSUINITIALCase 720850
Jan 8, 2020 FAILED
CSUINITIALCase 720856
Jan 8, 2020 FAILED
CSUINITIALCase 720856
Jan 8, 2020 CLOSED
CSUINITIALCase 720850
Feb 24, 2020 FAILED
L&I investigationCase 720850
Jun 28, 2021 FAILED
L&I investigationCase CF-2021-090953
Sep 17, 2021 FAILED
L&I investigationCase 720850
Oct 3, 2022 FAILED
L&I investigationCase CF-2021-090953
Mar 1, 2023 FAILED
L&I investigationCase 720850
May 9, 2023 PASSED
L&I investigationCase CF-2021-090953
May 9, 2024 PASSED
Building certificationsInspection result and filed expiration date by L&I building ID0
No building certifications matched this parcel in the fetched City dataset.
Business licensesHistorical and active licenses are both retained0
No business licenses matched this parcel in the fetched City dataset.
AppealsApplication status and decision are separate City fields0
No appeals matched this parcel in the fetched City dataset.
City of Philadelphia OPA, L&I and Zoning Board records, shown as filed. A CLOSED investigation is an outcome label, not a missing visit; an appeal's application status and decision may differ.
Legal due diligence
What this record proves—and what it does not.
These checks are triggered by this property’s actual City rows. They identify the controlling document to verify; they do not declare a use legal, a building safe, or title clear.
3 resolve before relying
2 verify
Resolve before relyingA permit row needs file-level verification1 permit not marked completed: RP-2021-014045 (Expired). At least one row also carries a completion date, so the City fields conflict.
Why it mattersIssued work is not the same as approved final work. L&I uses final inspections and required certifications to close construction permits; expired, withdrawn, and completed are different City statuses.
Verify nextOpen the permit file and confirm final inspections, holds, and any resulting occupancy certificate.
Open the controlling City guidance ↗Resolve before relyingAn unsafe-building history still deserves the repair fileThe fetched record shows 0 open and 9 historical violations across 3 cases.
Why it mattersThe aggregate currently shows zero open violations, so a historical unsafe/imminently-dangerous row is not a current hazard finding. The repair or demolition permit, final inspection, and case closure are the evidence that resolves the former designation.
Verify nextReview the Make Safe/repair permit, final inspection, and case closure.
Open the controlling City guidance ↗Resolve before relyingA dated tax balance needs a current payoff$949.93 was recorded in the City’s 2022-06 delinquency snapshot for 2008–2020.
Why it mattersThat is historical evidence, not today’s amount due. A current exemption, payment, credit, or assistance agreement can coexist with an older snapshot row.
Verify nextCheck period balances and request a dated Property Payoff statement for settlement.
Open the controlling City guidance ↗VerifyFailed inspections are dated events—not the current condition7 failed, 2 passed, and 1 CLOSED investigation outcome are in the fetched history; the latest dated visit was PASSED on May 9, 2024.
Why it mattersA PASSED or FAILED value applies to that inspection visit. CLOSED is a separate source status; none of the three alone proves the parent permit or violation case closed—or describes today’s condition.
Verify nextOpen the parent case/permit for each material failure and confirm its later disposition.
Open the controlling City guidance ↗VerifyThe latest nominal transfer is not a market sale—or a title opinionThe latest deed in the assembled record moved for nominal consideration and appears related-party/family-held.
Why it mattersA $1 or nominal deed can be a valid family, estate, or entity transfer. It does not establish a sale price, clear title, or by itself prove a tangled title.
Verify nextRead the recorded deed and have the title search confirm every grantor, grantee, estate/probate step, lien, and authority to sell.
Open the controlling City guidance ↗Closing file: checks no public-record summary can replace5 documents/searches to assign before settlement
Property Sales Certification
The seller must obtain Philadelphia’s certificate showing the base zoning, last use in the zoning record, and open violations. The City warns that it does not prove Building Code occupancy or show zoning overlays.
Next: Obtain the fresh certificate and compare it with the CO, permits, and Atlas overlays.
Official guidance ↗Date-effective City Property Payoff
The Tax Center Property Payoff covers Real Estate Tax, Commercial Trash, and L&I abatement-work invoices. Philadelphia says it does not include business-tax debts or liens, water and sewer charges, or fines for code violations.
Next: Request the City statement effective through settlement; read every period and invoice.
Official guidance ↗Professional title and water-lien searches
OPA ownership, deed summaries, and a zero tax balance are not clear title. Mortgages, judgments, municipal claims, water liens, easements, heirs, and other encumbrances require separate searches.
Next: Use a Pennsylvania lawyer/title company and obtain owner’s title insurance; order the separate water search/payoff.
Official guidance ↗Separate water-lien guidance ↗Seller-specific tax relief is not the buyer’s bill
LOOP and low-income or senior Real Estate Tax freezes depend on the qualifying owner and continued program eligibility; a buyer cannot assume the seller’s capped or frozen bill continues. A separately verified property abatement often remains with the property for its remaining term, but program-specific new-owner filing, use, and tax-compliance conditions still must be confirmed—not inferred from the reduced assessment alone.
Next: Have Revenue or OPA identify every current benefit, model the buyer’s bill without seller-specific relief, and confirm any verified abatement in writing.
Official guidance ↗Separate water-lien guidance ↗Seller disclosure and independent inspections
For a covered Pennsylvania residential transfer, obtain the statutory seller disclosure. It reports the seller’s knowledge; it is not a warranty, title search, code review, or substitute for inspections. Because OPA dates this building before 1978, separately obtain the required federal/City lead disclosures and any test results.
Next: Have the agreement and disclosure reviewed for this transaction’s coverage and exceptions.
Official guidance ↗Informational only—not a legal opinion, title report, code inspection, tax payoff, or substitute for a Pennsylvania lawyer, title company, inspector, or tax professional.
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.
Records to verify together
More than one separately dated public record deserves a current-status check.
Evidence: $950 appeared in the City's June 2022 delinquency snapshot · a lien number appears in the historical tax ledger through 2016 · failed L&I inspection activity in 2021, 2022
Limit: A screening signal, not a foreclosure prediction. Tax entries are historical and must be verified with Philadelphia Revenue.
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 1940: 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 used nominal consideration
The latest deed records $100 or less and shared-name parties. That is not a usable market-sale price and can reflect a family, estate, gift, correction, or entity transfer. Inspect the deed and order a title search rather than inferring the relationship or chain.
If you own it
$2,653 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
If it is rented, verify the Rental License
The fetched license records do not show an active Rental License. Ownership type or a tax mailing address does not prove that tenants occupy the property; if it is rented, verify the current license and legal occupancy in eCLIPSE.
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: 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
$47,700
2026 billed-year assessment · 2027: $49,000 · built 1940
Price / sq ft
$67
block $89 · below block
Appreciation
+214%
+12%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$49K
+12%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax bill / yr
$668
1.36% effective
Jun 2022 tax snapshot
$950
recorded then · verify current
Gross yield
22.1%
≈$902/mo rent
Times sold
0
latest deed has shared-name parties
Value vs. the block, over time — sales, permits & L&I events marked on the line
This houseBlock median & rangeL&I violationInspection
The paper trail
ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2021.
- 2020 5 L&I violations incl UNSAFE STRUCTUREL&I
- 2021 4 L&I violationsL&IInspection failed ×2L&I visitAddition and/or AlterationPermit
- 2022 Inspection failedL&I visit
- 2023 L&I: 1 failed, 1 passedL&I visit
- 2024 Inspection passedL&I visit
Flags: $950 recorded in the June 2022 delinquency snapshot — verify current balance · historical tax ledger through 2016 recorded $3K with a lien entry · 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.
Bedrooms
2
Bathrooms
1
Stories
2
Interior
730 sqft
livable area
Lot
567 sqft
Exterior condition
Sealed / compromised
city code 7
Sealed / compromised
Interior condition
Below average
city code 5
Above averageBelow average
Quality grade
C-
assessor's grade
ABCDE
Zoning
RM1
city zoning code
OPA field-assessment attributes. Condition and grade are the assessor's codes, not an inspection.
Run the numbers
What owning 3828 Archer 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.
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
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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 use this parcel's taxable assessment, not a live Tax Center balance.
Block context
3828 Archer St sits on the 3800 block of Archer St. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.
See the whole block →Next door: 3826 Archer St · 3830 Archer 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
- Tax delinquency snapshot · June 2022 — Real Estate Tax Delinquencies, Dept. of Revenue
- Historical tax ledger & liens · through 2016 — Real Estate Tax Balances, Dept. of Revenue
- Current property-tax balance — Verify with Philadelphia 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
This report was assembled Jul 10, 2026, 3:28 AM 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. For this property: Permits: queried · Violations: queried · Investigations: queried · Appeals: queried · Licenses: queried · Building certifications: queried. “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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