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4000 N Fairhill St

1,060 sqft · RSA5

Absentee individual · assessed $53K (2026) · 2027 OPA assessment $67K · sold 1×. On the 4000 block of N Fairhill St.

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Property summary

Assessment$52,8002026 OPA assessment · 2027: $66,700 Last sale$20KRecorded 2006 Est. tax bill$739/year2026 taxable assessment × 1.3998% Tax delinquency—Snapshot unavailable Permits3Dated events in report Violations0 openNo historical match in fetched records

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Estimated annual Real Estate Tax$739/year

2026 taxable assessment $52,800 × 1.3998%. Estimate—not a bill or account balance.

OPA also publishes a 2027 assessment of $66,700; it is not the 2026 billed-year value.

Official current account balanceCheck live

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 871568090
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Exemption classificationNo exemption shown

2026 taxable assessment equals the full assessed value.

Historical delinquency sources Record found

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 $706.41 and a lien entry. It is shown as historical context only.

2016$706.41 total · $558.26 principal · $15.88 interest · $5.58 penalty

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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

The multi-unit use has a zoning appeal on record

Appeal #16468 was denied in 2012 for permit for the creation of a barber shop 2nd floor of an existing structure, in the same building as an existing multi-service office as previously approved 1st floor, no signs on this application.; the City row still reports status CLOSED. Verify the registered use and certificate of occupancy with L&I instead of assuming the use predates the code.

If you own it

$706 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 building 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
$52,800
2026 billed-year assessment · 2027: $66,700
Price / sq ft
$63
block $100 · below block
Appreciation
-31%
-3%/yr since 2016 · 2027 +26% vs 2026
In 5 years (~2032)
~$56K
-3%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax bill / yr
$739
1.11% effective
Jun 2022 tax snapshot
—
Gross yield
-11994003%
≈$-667M/mo rent
Times sold
1

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

$0$100K$200KZIP 19140 median$67K200820122016202020242027
Property assessmentBlock median & rangeZIP 19140 medianAssessmentAppeal

Each icon sits on its recorded date; records without a day are labeled and centered within their year. Select one to explain the filing.

Every dated record3 events · exact dates, newest first
  1. AppealZBA Permit Denial - Variance
  2. AppealZoning board appeal
  3. AppealZoning board appeal

The paper trail

Improved

Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2009.

  1. 2007 Major alterationPermit
  2. 2008 Appeal granted with conditionsZoningUsePermitL&I violationL&IInspection failedL&I visit
  3. 2009 Inspection passedL&I visitPlumbingPermit
  4. 2012 Appeal deniedZoning
  5. 2023 Inspection failedL&I visit
  6. 2024 2 L&I violationsL&IL&I: 2 failed, 1 passedL&I visit
  7. 2025 Appeal withdrawnZoning

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Browse 3 dated records deeds, permits, inspections, licenses, violations, certifications & appeals
  1. AppealZBA Permit Denial - Variance

    Appeal ZP-2024-010912 · Dismissed / Withdrawn · Withdrawn

    **MUST BE HEARD** Permit for the use Personal Services in an existing attached structure.

  2. AppealZoning board appeal

    Appeal 16468 · CLOSED · Denied

    PERMIT FOR THE CREATION OF A BARBER SHOP 2ND FLOOR OF AN EXISTING STRUCTURE, IN THE SAME BUILDING AS AN EXISTING MULTI-SERVICE OFFICE AS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED 1ST FLOOR, NO SIGNS ON THIS APPLICATION.

  3. AppealZoning board appeal

    Appeal 3337 · OPEN · Granted with conditions

    PERMIT FOR RETAIL SALES OF MALT AND BREWED ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, SODA, PRE-PACKAGED FOODS, PAPER PRODUCTS AND TABLE/CHAIR RENTALS ON THE FIRST FLOOR, IN THE SAME BUILDING WITH AN ACCESSORY ADMIN. OFFICE AND STORAGE OF THE SAME ON THE 2ND FLO

What this record suggests

The timeline preserves the dated City rows that matched this parcel. It is a sequence to verify, not a conclusion about present condition.

Flags: historical tax ledger through 2016 recorded $706 with a lien entry · 3 zoning/board appeals on record. 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.

Interior
1,060 sqft
livable area
Lot
824 sqft
Exterior condition
Average
city code 4
Interior condition
Average
city code 4
Quality grade
C
assessor's grade
Zoning
RSA5
city zoning code
Zoning appeals
3
Dismissed / Withdrawn · Withdrawn · 2025

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

Run the numbers

What owning 4000 N Fairhill 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.

$67K
20%
6.875%
$700/mo

When this house last sold (2006) a 30-year mortgage ran about 6.41% — 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
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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 use this parcel's taxable assessment, not a live Tax Center balance.

Block context

4000 N Fairhill St sits on the 4000 block of N Fairhill St. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.

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Next door: 4002 N Fairhill St  ·  4004 N Fairhill St

Where this comes from
Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 9, 2026, 6:33 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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