New construction
Why it mattersbuilt new under a 2012 permit, sold for $4.1M in 2022.
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919 S 8th St
3 stories · 2,640 sqft · RM1 · built 1920
Investor / LLC · assessed $730K · 3 licensed units · sold 1×. On the 900 block of S 8th St.
Property summary
Assessment$730KCity assessed value
Last sale$4.1MRecorded 2022
Est. annual tax$10K/yearAssessment × 1.3998%
Tax delinquency—Snapshot unavailable
Permits4Dated events in report
ViolationsNone openNone open when assembled
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Post-purchase work pattern
A recorded purchase followed by 3 permit events matches the early part of a renovate-and-resell sequence.
Evidence: purchase recorded in 2022 · permit activity in 2022, 2024, 2025
Limit: This does not show that the property is listed or that a sale is planned.
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What to do with this
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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.
If you’re the landlord
Lead certificate is not optional
Built 1920: 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.
Who's behind it
Bella 7 LLC · corporate / LLC owner
• Owns 7 properties across Philadelphia under this name, assessed at $4.3M combined
• Tax bills mail to 525 S 4th St Ste 240, Philadelphia PA, 19147
• Holds an active rental license for this address
• The last transfer was a nominal/family deed, not an open-market sale
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
$730K
built 1920
Price / sq ft
$277
block $269 · in line w/ block
Appreciation
+148%
+9%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$734K
+9%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax / yr
$10K
1.4% effective
Jun 2022 tax snapshot
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Gross yield
1.6%
≈$995/mo rent
Times sold
1
kept in the family
Value vs. the block, over time — sales, permits & L&I events marked on the line
This houseBlock median & rangeSaleZoningPermit
The paper trail
New constructionbuilt new under a 2012 permit, sold for $4.1M in 2022.
- 2007 12 L&I violationsL&IInspection failed ×2L&I visit
- 2008 Inspection passedL&I visit
- 2012 AlterationPermitL&I violationL&IL&I: 1 failed, 1 passedL&I visit
- 2022 $4.1MSoldChange of UsePermit
- 2023 Appeal grantedZoning
- 2024 New construction, addition, GFA changePermit
- 2025 Appeal grantedZoningAddition and/or AlterationPermit
Flags: active rental license · 2 zoning/board appeals on record · 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
2,640 sqft
livable area
Lot
933 sqft
Basement
Basement
city code J
Heat
Undetermined
city code H
Central air
No
Exterior condition
Average
city code 4
Above averageBelow average
Interior condition
Average
city code 4
Above averageBelow average
Quality grade
C
assessor's grade
ABCDE
Zoning
RM1
city zoning code
Zoning appeals
2
granted 2025
OPA field-assessment attributes. Condition and grade are the assessor's codes, not an inspection.
Run the numbers
What owning 919 S 8th 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 3 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.
When this house last sold (2022) a 30-year mortgage ran about 5.34% — Freddie Mac's average that year.
Mortgage
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P&I · 30-yr fixed
All-in monthly
—
+ taxes & insurance
Cash to close
—
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, $2,100/yr insurance, 1% of price/yr maintenance; taxes from this parcel's record.
Block context
919 S 8th St sits on the 900 block of S 8th St. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.
See the whole block →Next door: 917 S 8th St · 921 S 8th St
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
- Tax delinquency snapshot · June 2022 — Real Estate Tax Delinquencies, Dept. of Revenue
- Historical tax ledger & liens · through 2016 — Real Estate Tax Balances, Dept. of Revenue
- Current property-tax balance — Verify with Philadelphia 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
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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