History
Why it matters2 L&I violations (2010); 4 L&I violations (2012); 4 L&I violations (2013); 2 L&I violations (2014).
View supporting records →House report
518 Hart Ln
Vacant · assessed $14K. On the 500 block of Hart Ln.
Property summary
Assessment$14KCity assessed value
Last sale$4KRecorded 1982
Est. taxes$197/yearAnnual city record
Permits0Shown in this report
ViolationsNone openNo open L&I cases
What stands out
From the public recordWhat 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
Zoned RSA5: one household by right
Single-family rowhouse (the classic Philly row). Converting to a duplex or apartments needs a use variance the zoning board rarely grants — Pennsylvania courts require a physical hardship of the lot itself, and economics alone do not qualify.
If you own it
$4,283 in back taxes on record
Interest and penalties keep compounding until a Revenue payment agreement is in place, and a lien is already filed — an owner-occupant agreement also stops the sheriff-sale track.
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
$14K
Price / sq ft
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block $85 ·
Appreciation
+488%
+17%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$14K
+17%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax / yr
$197
1.4% effective
Gross yield
—
Times sold
0
Value vs. the block, over time — sales, permits & L&I events marked on the line
This houseBlock median & rangePermit
The paper trail
History2 L&I violations (2010); 4 L&I violations (2012); 4 L&I violations (2013); 2 L&I violations (2014).
- 2010 2 L&I violationsL&I
- 2012 4 L&I violationsL&I
- 2013 4 L&I violationsL&I
- 2014 2 L&I violationsL&I
Flags: $4K back taxes (2003–2015, $2K of it interest & penalties, lien filed). Informational only — not investment advice or a consumer report (FCRA).
Run the numbers
What owning 518 Hart Ln takes, at your price and your rate. Taxes are this house's actual bill from the city record; rent starts at the area median. Assessed value is not an asking price — set the price slider to the real one.
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 from this parcel's record.
Block context
518 Hart Ln sits on the 500 block of Hart Ln. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.
See the whole block →Next door: 516 Hart Ln · 520 Hart Ln
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
- Back taxes & liens — Real Estate Tax Balances, Dept. of 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
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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This is 518 Hart Ln,
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What to catch on the way down.
On the way down: the story of the house, its paper trail drawn on the value chart, and run-the-numbers, a calculator seeded with this house's actual tax bill.
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