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Multi-family report

4530 Sansom St

6 bd · 3 stories · 2,880 sqft · RSA5 · built 2013

Absentee individual · assessed $946K (2026) · 2027 OPA assessment $811K · 6 licensed units · sold 3×. On the 4500 block of Sansom St.

Property summary

Assessment$945,8002026 OPA assessment · 2027: $811,400 Last sale$588KRecorded 2016 Est. tax bill$13,239/year2026 taxable assessment × 1.3998% Tax delinquency—Snapshot unavailable Permits8Dated events in report Violations0 openNo historical match in fetched records

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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.

Estimated annual Real Estate Tax$13,239/year

2026 taxable assessment $945,800 × 1.3998%. Estimate—not a bill or account balance.

OPA also publishes a 2027 assessment of $811,400; 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 601030950
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Exemption classificationNo exemption shown

2026 taxable assessment equals the full assessed value.

Historical delinquency sources No current conclusion

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.

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What stands out

From the public record
Finding

New construction

Why it matters

Bought for $499K in 2013, built new under a 2013 permit, sold for $588K in 2016.

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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 #15933 was granted in 2011 for permit for the erection of a three (3) story attached structure (nte 35' high) with a cellar and a roofed over porch for use as a three (3) family dwelling.; 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’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 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: 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
$945,800
2026 billed-year assessment · 2027: $811,400 · built 2013
Price / sq ft
$282
block $295 · in line w/ block
Appreciation
+76%
+5%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$814K
+5%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax bill / yr
$13,239
1.63% effective
Jun 2022 tax snapshot
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Gross yield
2%
≈$1K/mo rent
Times sold
3
licensed rental

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

$0$500K$1.0M2016 OPA assessment: $461K2017 OPA assessment: $461K2018 OPA assessment: $461K2019 OPA assessment: $588K2020 OPA assessment: $610K2021 OPA assessment: $610K2022 OPA assessment: $610K2023 OPA assessment: $616K2024 OPA assessment: $616K2025 OPA assessment: $946K2026 OPA assessment: $946K2027 OPA assessment: $811K2011 — 2011-11-22: Zoning board appeal2013 — Deed / sale $499K2016 — Deed / sale $588K$811K2011201420172020202320262027
This propertyBlock median & rangeDeed / saleAppeal
Deed / sale $588K
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Every dated record3 events · scroll to browse
  1. Deed / saleDeed / sale $588K
  2. Deed / saleDeed / sale $499K
  3. AppealZoning board appeal

The paper trail

New construction

Bought for $499K in 2013, built new under a 2013 permit, sold for $588K in 2016.

  1. 2012 L&I: 2 failed, 2 passedL&I visit
  2. 2013 New constructionPermit2 L&I violationsL&IZoning admin reviewPermitMechanicalPermitNew constructionPermitElectricalPermitElectricalPermitSuppressionPermit$499KSold
  3. 2016 $588KSold
  4. 2025 AlterationsPermit

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Browse 3 dated records deeds, permits, inspections, licenses, violations, certifications & appeals
  1. Recorded transfer$588K transfer

    2016

  2. Recorded transfer$499K transfer

    2013

  3. AppealZoning board appeal

    Appeal 15933 · CLOSED · Granted

    PERMIT FOR THE ERECTION OF A THREE (3) STORY ATTACHED STRUCTURE (NTE 35' HIGH) WITH A CELLAR AND A ROOFED OVER PORCH FOR USE AS A THREE (3) FAMILY DWELLING.

What this record suggests

The dated deed and City-record sequence is assembled below. Read timing as a research lead, not proof of renovation, condition, or motive.

Flags: active rental license · 1 zoning/board appeal 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.

Bedrooms
6
Stories
3
Interior
2,880 sqft
livable area
Lot
1,552 sqft
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
C+
assessor's grade
Zoning
RSA5
city zoning code
Zoning appeals
1
CLOSED · Granted · 2011

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

Run the numbers

What owning 4530 Sansom 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 6 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.

$811K
20%
6.875%
$7K/mo

When this house last sold (2016) a 30-year mortgage ran about 3.65% — 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, $4,200/yr insurance, 1% of price/yr maintenance; taxes use this parcel's taxable assessment, not a live Tax Center balance.

Block context

4530 Sansom St sits on the 4500 block of Sansom St. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.

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Next door: 4528 Sansom St  ·  4532 Sansom St

Where this comes from
Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 10, 2026, 12:57 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. “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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