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836 N 3rd St

3 stories · 2,331 sqft · CMX2 · built 2016

Absentee individual · assessed $847K. On the 800 block of N 3rd St.

Street view of 836 N 3rd St
From the street — imagery © Google
From above — imagery © Esri, Maxar

Property summary

Assessment$847KCity assessed value Last sale—No sale value available Est. taxes$9K/yearAnnual city record Permits6Shown in this report ViolationsNone openNo open L&I cases

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 tax bill is temporary

Today's $9,482/yr reflects a 10-year abatement. It jumps to about $11,852/yr in 2028 — $2,370/yr more. Price the full bill, not the current one.

The last transfer was not a sale

The most recent recorded deed moved for nominal consideration. 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.

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
$847K
built 2016
Price / sq ft
$363
block $301 · above block
Appreciation
+26%
+3%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$848K
+3%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax / yr
$9K
1.12% effective, abated
Gross yield
3.5%
≈$3K/mo rent
Times sold
0
licensed rental

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

$0$500K$1.0M2016: Plumbing 2016: Electrical 2016: Suppression 2016: L&I violation2017: Electrical 2017: Plumbing 2017: Electrical2024: L&I violation 2024: Inspection failed ×22025: L&I violation 2025: L&I: 1 failed, 1 passed2026: L&I: 1 failed, 1 passed$847K201620222027
This houseBlock median & rangeL&I violationPermitInspection

The paper trail

Torn down & rebuilt

demolished and rebuilt (2016).

  1. 2016 PlumbingPermitElectricalPermitSuppressionPermitL&I violationL&I
  2. 2017 ElectricalPermitPlumbingPermitElectricalPermit
  3. 2024 L&I violationL&IInspection failed ×2L&I visit
  4. 2025 L&I violationL&IL&I: 1 failed, 1 passedL&I visit
  5. 2026 L&I: 1 failed, 1 passedL&I visit

Flags: tax-abated — the bill lags real value · active rental license · 2 zoning/board appeals on record. Informational only — not investment advice or a consumer report (FCRA).

The abatement clock

This house pays about $9,482/yr under a 10-year tax abatement. In 2028 the bill reaches its full ~$11,852/yr — a step up of $2,370/yr, 1 assessment year out. Drag the slider.

2018: ~$2,266/yr2019: ~$2,265/yr2020: ~$2,372/yr2021: ~$2,372/yr2022: ~$2,372/yr2023: ~$2,078/yr2024: ~$2,078/yr2025: ~$2,370/yr2026: ~$2,370/yr2027: ~$9,482/yr2028: ~$11,852/yr (projected)2029: ~$11,852/yr (projected)201820282029
2027~$9,482/yrfrom the record

now: ($846,700 assessed − $169,318 abated) × 1.3998% ≈ $9,482/yr 2028: $846,700 assessed × 1.3998% ≈ $11,852/yr Flat 100% exemption (pre-2022 program, started 2018), then the cliff — reassessments move both lines. After expiry an owner-occupant can claim the Homestead Exemption (~$1,400/yr off); an abated home can't hold both.

The house, on paper

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

Stories
3
Interior
2,331 sqft
livable area
Lot
1,091 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
CMX2
city zoning code
Zoning appeals
2
granted with conditions 2014

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

Run the numbers

What owning 836 N 3rd St 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.

$847K
20%
6.875%
$3K/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, $1,400/yr insurance, 1% of price/yr maintenance; taxes from this parcel's record (with the abatement toggle above).

Block context

836 N 3rd St sits on the 800 block of N 3rd St. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.

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Next door: 838 N 3rd St  ·  832-34 N 3rd 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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