Multi-family report

6116 Marsden St

3 bd · 2 ba · 2 stories · 1,140 sqft · RSA3 · built 1920

Absentee individual · assessed $185K (2026) · 2027 OPA assessment $220K · sold 5×. On the 6100 block of Marsden St.

Property summary

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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$2,584/year

2026 taxable assessment $184,600 × 1.3998%. Estimate—not a bill or account balance.

OPA also publishes a 2027 assessment of $219,800; it is not the 2026 billed-year value.

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OPA 411246800
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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

Records to verify together

Rule-based groupings across this property's dated public records. Each flag shows the records that belong in the same verification step and where the inference stops.

Dated record flagAssessment/permit mismatch

The assessment jumped 76% in 2023, but no matching permit appears in the property timeline.

Evidence: assessment moved from $106,400 to $186,900 · no permit shown in 2022-2024

Limit: Not proof of unpermitted work; reassessment, corrected data, or a permit under another parcel can also explain it.

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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

Built 1920: 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.

Multiple units and RSA3 zoning need reconciliation

The assessment or license record describes multiple units while the zoning district is generally single-family. That does not establish whether the use is lawful, nonconforming, abandoned, or incorrectly coded. Verify the registered use and Certificate of Occupancy with L&I before pricing multiple rents.

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: 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
$184,600
2026 billed-year assessment · 2027: $219,800 · built 1920
Price / sq ft
$193
block $156 · above block
Appreciation
+112%
+7%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$221K
+7%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax bill / yr
$2,584
1.18% effective
Jun 2022 tax snapshot
Gross yield
7.4%
≈$1K/mo rent
Times sold
5

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

$0$125K$250KBefore this chart — 1999: Sold $34K 2002: Sold $50K 2003: Sold $71K 2005: Sold $115K 2011: 2 L&I violations 2014: L&I violation 2014: L&I: 1 failed, 1 passed2018: 2 L&I violations 2018: Inspection failed ×22019: 2 L&I violations 2019: L&I: 1 failed, 2 passed2021: Sold $126K$220K2016201820202022202420262027
This houseBlock median & rangeSaleL&I violationPermit
Highlight

The paper trail

Traded 5×: $34K in 1999 → $126K in 2021 (+271%).

  1. 1999 $34KSold
  2. 2002 $50KSold
  3. 2003 $71KSold
  4. 2005 $115KSold
  5. 2011 2 L&I violationsL&I
  6. 2014 L&I violationL&IL&I: 1 failed, 1 passedL&I visit
  7. 2018 2 L&I violationsL&IInspection failed ×2L&I visit
  8. 2019 2 L&I violationsL&IL&I: 1 failed, 2 passedL&I visit
  9. 2021 $126KSold

Every dated deed, permit, inspection, license, violation, certification, and appeal—together.

The timeline combines the report’s transfer history with every successfully fetched L&I and zoning row. A date or status is the City’s filed record, not a statement that the condition remains current; use the official file for live detail.

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Recorded owner
Individual owner on record
L&I district
OPA account
411246800

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.

  1. Recorded transfer$126K transfer

    2021

  2. Recorded transfer$115K transfer

    2005

  3. Recorded transfer$71K transfer

    2003

  4. Recorded transfer$50K transfer

    2002

  5. Recorded transfer$34K transfer

    1999

How Philadelphia’s property system works

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Permits and inspections

A permit is the City’s authorization and review pathway for construction or repair work. No fetched permit is not proof that no work ever happened.

L&I inspections are scheduled at defined stages; final inspection and required certifications are separate steps in closing out applicable work.

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Assessments and taxes

The OPA assessment is the City’s value on the tax roll—not an asking price, appraisal, or live account balance. The taxable assessment can differ from the full assessment because the City roll records exemptions or other treatment; the report keeps those fields separate.

Your annual estimate uses the taxable assessment. Payments, credits, interest, and the amount due are maintained separately in Tax Center.

How the Office of Property Assessment works ↗Philadelphia property-tax guidance ↗
Violations, cases, and status

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The property, on paper

The city assessor's field record — the physical spec sheet behind the assessed number.

Bedrooms
3
Bathrooms
2
Stories
2
Interior
1,140 sqft
livable area
Lot
2,003 sqft
Basement
Basement
city code J
Heat
Undetermined
city code H
Central air
No
Exterior condition
Average
city code 4
Interior condition
Average
city code 4
Quality grade
C
assessor's grade
Zoning
RSA3
city zoning code

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

Run the numbers

What owning 6116 Marsden 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.

$220K
20%
6.875%
$1K/mo

When this house last sold (2021) a 30-year mortgage ran about 2.96% — 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 use this parcel's taxable assessment, not a live Tax Center balance.

Block context

6116 Marsden St sits on the 6100 block of Marsden St. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.

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Where this comes from

Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 9, 2026, 10:02 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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