The Building Is the Variable
Licenses and Inspections covers every address in the city. The realty transfer tax is the same rate on Roosevelt Boulevard as it is on Rittenhouse Square. The disclosure obligation and the bad faith remedy are statewide.
So the questions that actually move a figure are physical and commercial. Is the house end-of-row or mid-block. Is it two storeys or three. Is it brick, stone or something later. Is the lot wide enough that a cleared parcel supports a sensible replacement. And what does a finished house on that block sell for.
What Actually Differs
| Area | Dominant stock | What decides the file |
|---|---|---|
| Kensington | Tight two-storey rows | Narrow lots, mid-block demolition cost |
| Point Breeze | South Philadelphia grid rows | Shell condition and infill demand |
| West Philadelphia | Victorian twins and larger houses | Semi-detached changes the arithmetic |
| Germantown | Older stone, some detached | Stone construction and larger lots |
| Mayfair and the Northeast | Newer rows, some with driveways | Later construction, different framing |
| North Philadelphia | Mixed rows, high vacancy in places | Municipal debt and city demolition risk |
Areas We Cover
- PhiladelphiaL&I notices, the six-day appeal window, 4.578% transfer tax
- KensingtonTight two-storey rows where mid-block demolition is the constraint
- Point BreezeSouth Philadelphia grid where the shell decides the number
- West PhiladelphiaVictorian twins and larger houses, semi-detached construction
- GermantownOlder stone construction and genuinely detached houses
- Mayfair and the NortheastNewer rows, later framing, driveways and setbacks
- North PhiladelphiaWhere municipal debt and city demolition risk decide the file
If Your Neighbourhood Is Not Listed
We buy across the city, including in neighbourhoods without a page here. These are the areas where we hold enough detail to publish something worth reading; in a city with no jurisdictional variation, a page that only swapped the neighbourhood name would be especially pointless.
Send the address and we will price it. The statewide layer is set out once on our page covering Pennsylvania disclosure, bad faith and transfer tax.