Multi-family report

424 N 40th St

8 bd · 2 stories · 4,204 sqft · RM1 · built 2016

Investor / LLC · assessed $885K · 4 licensed units · sold 1×. On the 400 block of N 40th St.

Street view of 424 N 40th St
From the street — imagery © Google
From above — imagery © Esri, Maxar

Property summary

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 last transfer was not a sale

The most recent recorded deed moved for nominal consideration, within one family. That is where tangled-title problems live — budget a real title search. (Occupants untangling an inherited deed can get help from the city's Tangled Title Fund.)

If you’re the landlord

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

Balticorp LLC · corporate / LLC owner

• Owns 19 properties across Philadelphia under this name, assessed at $6.1M combined
• Tax bills mail to 4278 Greenspire Ln, New Hope PA, 18938 — outside Philadelphia
• Holds an active rental license for this address
• The last transfer was a nominal/family deed, not an open-market sale

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
$885K
built 2016
Price / sq ft
$210
block $210 · in line w/ block
Appreciation
+4788%
+42%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$904K
+42%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax / yr
$12K
1.4% effective
Gross yield
-904261.3%
≈$-667M/mo rent
Times sold
1
kept in the family

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

$0$1.0M$2.0MBefore this chart — 2012: Inspection failed 2014: Zoning admin review 2014: New construction 2014: Electrical 2015: Administrative 2015: Mechanical 2015: 4 L&I violations 2015: L&I: 1 failed, 1 passed 2015: Plumbing 2015: Suppression2016: Electrical 2016: Inspection passed$885K201620222027
This houseBlock median & rangePermit

The paper trail

built new under a 2014 permit.

  1. 2012 Inspection failedL&I visit
  2. 2014 Zoning admin reviewPermitNew constructionPermitElectricalPermit
  3. 2015 AdministrativePermitMechanicalPermit4 L&I violationsL&IL&I: 1 failed, 1 passedL&I visitPlumbingPermitSuppressionPermit
  4. 2016 ElectricalPermitInspection passedL&I visit

Flags: active rental license · 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
8
Stories
2
Interior
4,204 sqft
livable area
Lot
1,782 sqft
Basement
Full, finished
city code A
Heat
Forced hot air
city code A
Central air
Yes
Exterior condition
Above average
city code 3
Interior condition
Above average
city code 3
Quality grade
B+
assessor's grade
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 424 N 40th St takes, at your price and your rate. Taxes are this building's actual bill from the city record; rent starts at 4 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.

$885K
20%
6.875%
$2K/mo
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, $2,800/yr insurance, 1% of price/yr maintenance; taxes from this parcel's record.

Block context

424 N 40th St sits on the 400 block of N 40th St. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.

See the whole block →

Next door: 422 N 40th St  ·  426 N 40th St

Where this comes from

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.

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