House report

951 N Randolph St

3 bd · 2 ba · 3 stories · 1,546 sqft · RSA5 · built 1920

Property at a glanceHouse

Owner-occupancy signal

2026 assessment
$479K OPA value, not a listing price
2027 published assessment
$479K Future roll, not the current tax bill
Neighborhood area
Northern Liberties · Callowhill Approximate · based on ZIP 19123
Street view of 951 N Randolph St
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Property summary

Inside the assessment

How OPA divides $479,100

2027 published roll
Land allocation
$95,800
20% of assessment · $97/lot sqft
Improvement allocation
$383,300
80% of assessment · $248/interior sqft

2026 → 2027Land −$20Improvement +$20

This matches OPA’s usual residential 20% land / 80% structure allocation. It describes how one City assessment is divided; it is not two independent appraisals or a teardown-value estimate. OPA methodology ↗

“Open” reflects records available then historical records keep their source dates estimates are labeled

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Estimated annual Real Estate Tax$6,706/year

2026 taxable assessment $479,100 × 1.3998%. This is an estimate, not a bill or account balance.

OPA also publishes a 2027 assessment of $479,100; it is not the 2026 billed-year value.

Official current account balanceCheck live

A Tax Center balance is net of bills, payments, credits, interest, and adjustments. A credit or an amount due is not automatically “back taxes.”

OPA 057144600
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Exemption classificationNo exemption shown

2026 taxable assessment equals the full assessed value.

Historical delinquency sources No current conclusion

This parcel did not match the June 2022 delinquency snapshot. That absence does not confirm the account is current today.

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What stands out

From the public record
Finding

Permit between transfers

Record summary

$365K transfer in 2005; alterations permit in 2021; $485K transfer in 2024 (+33% between recorded amounts).

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Business licenses at this address Latest pull

What L&I has registered at this OPA parcel, newest initial license date first.

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No L&I business license is on record at this address in data through Jul 30, 2026.

Landlord and residential filings

These are property registrations or landlord filings, not businesses operating at this address.

James BollingerInactive

Rental · Initial issue date Feb 22, 2024 · Terminal license date Apr 22, 2025

A license is an L&I registration, not proof that a business is open, operating today, or located at this storefront. Dates are license dates. Events are deduped by parcel, business identity, and license type, so a renewal is not shown as another opening. Other permit and filing types remain in the full source ledger.

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.

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

$1,399/yr may be unclaimed

This home reads owner-occupied but shows no Homestead Exemption, which removes $100,000 from the taxable assessment (worth up to $1,399/yr). Applying through the City is free and takes minutes.

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. This is not legal, tax, or investment advice.

Assessment and tax history

Every fetched annual City assessment for this house, compared with its block and ZIP. The figures show assessment change, the billed-year tax estimate, dated tax records, and recorded transfers. They do not estimate market appreciation or investment return.

Assessed value
$479,100 2026 billed-year assessment · 2027: $479,100 · built 1920
Price / sq ft
$310 block $287 · above block
Assessment change
+39% +3%/yr since 2016 · 2027 +0% vs 2026
Est. tax bill / yr
$6,706 1.4% effective
Jun 2022 tax snapshot
No match not proof the account is current
Times sold
4

Assessment vs. the block and ZIP · every dated City record marked on the line

$0$500K$1.0MZIP 19123 (Northern Liberties · Callowhill) median$479K2005200920132017202120252027
Property assessmentBlock median & rangeZIP 19123 (Northern Liberties · Callowhill) medianAssessmentDeed / salePermitLicense

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Every dated record7 events · exact dates, newest first
  1. LicenseJames Bollinger: Rental landlord or residential registration marked inactive
  2. LicenseJames Bollinger: Rental landlord or residential registration initially issued
  3. Deed / saleDeed / sale $485K
  4. PermitAlterations
  5. Deed / saleDeed / sale $425K
  6. Deed / saleDeed / sale $360K
  7. Deed / saleDeed / sale $365K

The short read

$365K transfer in 2005; alterations permit in 2021; $485K transfer in 2024 (+33% between recorded amounts).

A selected summary of the main sequence. The chart above and source ledger below contain every fetched dated row.

Browse 7 dated records

Deeds, permits, inspections, licenses, violations, certifications, and appeals.

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Open the source ledger 7 dated rows
  1. License terminal eventJames Bollinger: Rental landlord or residential registration marked inactive

    License 944898 · Inactive

    License event. Registration does not prove present operation or storefront occupancy.

  2. License issue eventJames Bollinger: Rental landlord or residential registration initially issued

    License 944898 · Inactive

    License event. Registration does not prove present operation or storefront occupancy.

  3. Recorded transfer$485K transfer

    2024

  4. PermitAlterations

    Permit PP-2021-013915 · Expired

    REPAIR/REPLACE Rain leader

  5. Recorded transfer$425K transfer

    2021

  6. Recorded transfer$360K transfer

    2016

  7. Recorded transfer$365K transfer

    2005

What this record suggests

The City file documents 1 permit touching plumbing. Status needs checking in the official file; that documents the filing, not the present quality of the work.

Unavailable when this report assembled: certifications. Unavailable does not mean no record.

Informational only — not investment advice or a consumer report (FCRA).

The property, on paper

OPA physical field record.

Bedrooms
3
Bathrooms
2
Stories
3
Interior
1,546 sqft livable area
Lot
983 sqft
Basement
Full, finished city code A
Heat
Forced hot air city code A
Central air
Yes
Exterior condition
Average city code 4
Interior condition
Above average city code 3
Quality grade
C assessor's grade
Zoning
RSA5 city zoning code

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

Run the numbers

What owning 951 N Randolph 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.

$485K
20%
6.875%
$2K/mo

When this house last sold (2024) a 30-year mortgage ran about 6.72% — Freddie Mac's average that year.

Mortgage
P&I · 30-yr fixed
All-in monthly
+ taxes & insurance
Estimated cash needed
down + 4% planning allowance
Modeled cash flow
rent − shown costs · /mo
Modeled cap rate
modeled NOI ÷ price
Modeled cash-on-cash
modeled year-1 return

Scenario for orientation, not advice. Assumes a 30-year fixed loan, $1,400/yr insurance, 1% of price/yr maintenance, and buyer cash equal to the down payment plus 4%. Taxes use this parcel's taxable assessment, not a live Tax Center balance. Cash flow and returns exclude vacancy, management, utilities, HOA or condo fees, leasing costs, income tax, and unplanned capital work.

Block context

900 block of N Randolph St. Compare parcels, ownership, and public-record history.

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Where this comes from

Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 30, 2026, 9:47 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. For this property: Permits: queried · Violations: queried · Investigations: queried · Appeals: queried · Licenses: queried · Building certifications: unavailable. “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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