The Block Report

House report

513 S Juniper St

3 stories · 1,418 sqft · RMX3 · built 1875

Absentee individual · assessed $663K · 2 licensed units · sold 1×. On the 500 block of S Juniper St.

Street view of 513 S Juniper St
From the street — imagery © Google
From above — imagery © Esri, Maxar

Property summary

Assessment$663KCity assessed value Last sale$37KRecorded 1996 Est. annual tax$9K/yearAssessment × 1.3998% Tax delinquency—Snapshot unavailable Permits1Shown in this report ViolationsNone openNo open L&I cases

What stands out

From the public record
Finding

Improved

Why it matters

Bought for $80K in 2023. Owner pulled a exterior window and door replacement permit in 2023.

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What the record is signaling

Early patterns mined across this property's dated public records. Each flag shows what triggered it and where the inference stops.

watch signalPost-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 2023 · permit activity in 2023

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

Transparent record rules, not a machine-learning forecast. A signal is a prompt to verify the cited record, 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 1875: 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.

If you’re the landlord

Lead certificate is not optional

Built 1875: 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.

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
$663K
built 1875
Price / sq ft
$468
block $433 · above block
Appreciation
+60%
+4%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$665K
+4%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax / yr
$9K
1.4% effective
Jun 2022 tax snapshot
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Gross yield
2.1%
≈$1K/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$500K$1.0M2021: L&I violation 2021: Inspection failed ×32022: Inspection failed2023: Exterior Window and Door Replacement 2023: Sold $80K$663K201620222027
This houseBlock median & rangeSaleL&I violationInspection

The paper trail

Improved

Bought for $80K in 2023. Owner pulled a exterior window and door replacement permit in 2023.

  1. 2021 L&I violationL&IInspection failed ×3L&I visit
  2. 2022 Inspection failedL&I visit
  3. 2023 Exterior Window and Door ReplacementPermit$80KSold

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.

Stories
3
Interior
1,418 sqft
livable area
Lot
765 sqft
Basement
Partial
city code H
Heat
Hot water / radiators
city code B
Central air
Yes
Exterior condition
Average
city code 4
Interior condition
Average
city code 4
Quality grade
C
assessor's grade
Zoning
RMX3
city zoning code

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

Run the numbers

What owning 513 S Juniper 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.

$663K
20%
6.875%
$2K/mo

When this house last sold (1996) a 30-year mortgage ran about 7.81% — 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

513 S Juniper St sits on the 500 block of S Juniper St. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.

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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.

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