1621 Forster St

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 17103

Tax DeedpendingSells Sep 29, 2026 · 3 days ago

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Opening bid

$13,024

Assessed value

$73,900

Land $10,300Improvement $63,600

Market / AVM

$233,000

Taxes owed

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Parcel number: 08-009-017
Case number: —
Land use: Residential
Beds / baths: 6 bd · 2 ba
Building: 3,450 sqft
Acreage: 0.14
Lot size: 6,092 sqft
Year built: 1933
Owner of record: Pa Deals Llc
Last sale: $47,000 · 2016-07-19

Property facts enriched via realestateapi · 9/29/2026

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Aerial view of 1621 Forster St — what is around it

Site & surroundings

Physical conditions that affect value and rarely appear on a listing.

Harrisburg Cemetery420 ft from parcel centre
Quiet neighbour, smaller buyer pool.
Herr Street (3 nearby)623 ft from parcel centre
Constant road noise from an arterial route. Frontage cuts residential appeal and can raise commercial appeal; which one depends on zoning.
Industrial land (2 nearby)0.5 mi from parcel centre
Truck traffic and operating hours are the usual complaint.
Dayton Parts0.5 mi from parcel centre
Truck traffic and operating hours are the usual complaint.
Paxton Creek Cogeneration0.6 mi from parcel centre
Truck traffic and operating hours are the usual complaint.

Context

Property detail

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Summary(29)

Id	178,490,588
Beds	6
Baths	2
Equity	$103,000
Mls type	ForSale
Flood zone	Yes
High equity	Yes
Notice type	FOR
Last sale date	2016-07-19
Mls has photos	Yes

County records

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Dauphin County rules

Sale type: Tax Deed
Redemption: None in most counties for upset/judicial sales; limited redemption (90 days) survives in specific home-rule counties (e.g., Philadelphia, in narrow cases)
Return if redeemed: N/A — outright deed transfer in the large majority of counties
Statute: Pennsylvania Real Estate Tax Sale Law, 72 P.S. §5860.101 et seq.

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Historical comps

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Liens that survive

Upset: mortgages/judgments typically survive. Judicial: free and clear of most liens after proper notice; analyze federal tax liens separately. Strict RETSL notice compliance required for valid sale.

Quiet title

Common for Upset purchases; often still used after Judicial for insurance comfort.

Verify before you bid

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Deal analysis

Your maximum bid

$138,863

Walk away above this. Projected profit at the ceiling: $69,900 (30% of ARV).

Opening bid $13,024

Room to bid $125,839

Confidence: medium — ARV from a provider market estimate, not comps.

History-guided suggestion

$57,805

Under max by $81,058

≤ oracle maxBid

Co-pilot target using recorded auction history. Never above your maximum bid.

History sample

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Median sold

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p(redeem) prior

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Your assumptions

After-repair value (ARV)

Override the derived estimate with real comps

Rehab budget

You cannot inspect before bidding — budget for the worst plausible condition

Known surviving liens

Municipal code enforcement, special assessments, federal tax liens

Target margin — 30%

Required profit as a share of ARV. 30% is a common floor for tax-sale flips.

How that number is built

Provider market estimate of $233,000. This is an as-is valuation, not an after-repair one — enter your own comparable-sales figure if the property needs work.

After-repair value: $233,000
Selling costs on exitassumed 8.0% of ARV — agent commission plus seller-side closing.: −$18,640
Rehabassumed No rehab budget entered — assumed $0. Tax-sale parcels are sold unseen and un-inspected; this is rarely correct.: −$0
Quiet title (required)assumed Midpoint of the typical PA range ($1,500–$5,000, ~4 months).: −$3,250
Deed recording and transferassumed Typical PA recording and deed issuance cost.: −$250
Holding costs (6 months)assumed Taxes, insurance, and securing the property at ~$350/month.: −$2,097
Surviving liensassumed Assumed $0 — not verified. Municipal code-enforcement liens, special assessments, and federal tax liens can survive the sale.: −$0
Target profit (30% of ARV): −$69,900
Maximum bid: $138,863

Before you bid

Rehab is assumed to be $0. You cannot inspect these properties before bidding — budget for the worst plausible condition.
Surviving liens assumed $0. UPSET SALE vs JUDICIAL SALE is the single most important distinction in Pennsylvania and this row cannot express it. An upset sale (72 P.S. §§ 5860.601-609) conveys subject to existing mortgages, judgments and liens, which are NOT divested; a judicial sale (§§ 5860.610-612) is ordered free and clear. Establish which one a parcel is in before treating survivingLiens as zero.
Pennsylvania county assessments run against base years that can be decades stale, and the spread is extreme — Bucks assesses at about 5.6% of market and Schuylkill at 100%, an 18x range inside one state. The Common Level Ratio is a county MEDIAN published for realty transfer tax equalisation, not a per-parcel appraisal, so deriving ARV from it multiplies any error in that one parcel's assessment by the factor: in Bucks a $50,000 assessment derives an ARV near $893,000. Treat a derived ARV in a high-factor county as a research lead, not a valuation, and get comparable sales before bidding.
PA has 67 counties on a different assessment ratio (42001, 42003, 42005, 42007, 42009, 42011, 42013, 42015, 42017, 42019, 42021, 42023, 42025, 42027, 42029, 42031, 42033, 42035, 42037, 42039, 42041, 42043, 42045, 42047, 42049, 42051, 42053, 42055, 42057, 42059, 42061, 42063, 42065, 42067, 42069, 42071, 42073, 42075, 42077, 42079, 42081, 42083, 42085, 42087, 42089, 42091, 42093, 42095, 42097, 42099, 42101, 42103, 42105, 42107, 42109, 42111, 42113, 42115, 42117, 42119, 42121, 42123, 42125, 42127, 42129, 42131, 42133). No FIPS was supplied, so the statewide ratio was used — pass `fips` if this parcel is in one of them.

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Site & surroundings

Physical conditions that affect value and rarely appear on a listing.

Harrisburg Cemetery420 ft from parcel centre

Quiet neighbour, smaller buyer pool.

Herr Street (3 nearby)623 ft from parcel centre

Constant road noise from an arterial route. Frontage cuts residential appeal and can raise commercial appeal; which one depends on zoning.

Industrial land (2 nearby)0.5 mi from parcel centre

Truck traffic and operating hours are the usual complaint.

Dayton Parts0.5 mi from parcel centre

Truck traffic and operating hours are the usual complaint.

Paxton Creek Cogeneration0.6 mi from parcel centre

Truck traffic and operating hours are the usual complaint.

Context

178,490,588

Beds

Baths

Equity

$103,000

Mls type

ForSale

Flood zone

Yes

High equity

Yes

Notice type

FOR

Last sale date

2016-07-19

Mls has photos

Yes

Deal analysis

Your maximum bid

$138,863

Walk away above this. Projected profit at the ceiling: $69,900 (30% of ARV).

Opening bid $13,024

Room to bid $125,839

Confidence: medium — ARV from a provider market estimate, not comps.

History-guided suggestion

$57,805

Under max by $81,058

≤ oracle maxBid

Co-pilot target using recorded auction history. Never above your maximum bid.

History sample

—

Median sold

—

p(redeem) prior

—

No historical bucket for PA|Tax Deed; suggestion uses oracle only.

Your assumptions

After-repair value (ARV)

Override the derived estimate with real comps

Rehab budget

You cannot inspect before bidding — budget for the worst plausible condition

Known surviving liens

Municipal code enforcement, special assessments, federal tax liens

Target margin — 30%

Required profit as a share of ARV. 30% is a common floor for tax-sale flips.

How that number is built

Provider market estimate of $233,000. This is an as-is valuation, not an after-repair one — enter your own comparable-sales figure if the property needs work.

After-repair value: $233,000
Selling costs on exitassumed 8.0% of ARV — agent commission plus seller-side closing.: −$18,640
Rehabassumed No rehab budget entered — assumed $0. Tax-sale parcels are sold unseen and un-inspected; this is rarely correct.: −$0
Quiet title (required)assumed Midpoint of the typical PA range ($1,500–$5,000, ~4 months).: −$3,250
Deed recording and transferassumed Typical PA recording and deed issuance cost.: −$250
Holding costs (6 months)assumed Taxes, insurance, and securing the property at ~$350/month.: −$2,097
Surviving liensassumed Assumed $0 — not verified. Municipal code-enforcement liens, special assessments, and federal tax liens can survive the sale.: −$0
Target profit (30% of ARV): −$69,900
Maximum bid: $138,863

Before you bid

Rehab is assumed to be $0. You cannot inspect these properties before bidding — budget for the worst plausible condition.
Surviving liens assumed $0. UPSET SALE vs JUDICIAL SALE is the single most important distinction in Pennsylvania and this row cannot express it. An upset sale (72 P.S. §§ 5860.601-609) conveys subject to existing mortgages, judgments and liens, which are NOT divested; a judicial sale (§§ 5860.610-612) is ordered free and clear. Establish which one a parcel is in before treating survivingLiens as zero.
Pennsylvania county assessments run against base years that can be decades stale, and the spread is extreme — Bucks assesses at about 5.6% of market and Schuylkill at 100%, an 18x range inside one state. The Common Level Ratio is a county MEDIAN published for realty transfer tax equalisation, not a per-parcel appraisal, so deriving ARV from it multiplies any error in that one parcel's assessment by the factor: in Bucks a $50,000 assessment derives an ARV near $893,000. Treat a derived ARV in a high-factor county as a research lead, not a valuation, and get comparable sales before bidding.
PA has 67 counties on a different assessment ratio (42001, 42003, 42005, 42007, 42009, 42011, 42013, 42015, 42017, 42019, 42021, 42023, 42025, 42027, 42029, 42031, 42033, 42035, 42037, 42039, 42041, 42043, 42045, 42047, 42049, 42051, 42053, 42055, 42057, 42059, 42061, 42063, 42065, 42067, 42069, 42071, 42073, 42075, 42077, 42079, 42081, 42083, 42085, 42087, 42089, 42091, 42093, 42095, 42097, 42099, 42101, 42103, 42105, 42107, 42109, 42111, 42113, 42115, 42117, 42119, 42121, 42123, 42125, 42127, 42129, 42131, 42133). No FIPS was supplied, so the statewide ratio was used — pass `fips` if this parcel is in one of them.

Apn	08-009-017
Land use	Residential
Lot acres	0.14
Census block	3003
Census tract	021100
Property use	Single Family Residence
Lot depth feet	110.9
Lot width feet	55.2
Lot square feet	6,092
Property class	The general use for the property is for residential purposes
Apn unformatted	08009017
Census block group	3

Zip	City	Name	Type	State	Grades	Levels · elementary	Rating	Street	Location	Enrollment	Parent rating	Levels · high	Levels · middle
17109	Harrisburg	Sara Lindemuth El School	Public	PA	K-2	Yes	0	1201 North Progress Avenue	POINT(-76.846237 40.300659)	737	5
17109	Harrisburg	Susquehanna Twp High School	Public	PA	9-12		5	3500 Elmerton Avenue	POINT(-76.842728 40.300018)	788	3	Yes
17109	Harrisburg	Susquehanna Twp Middle School	Public	PA	6-8		7	801 Wood Street	POINT(-76.833817 40.279419)	619	2		Yes

Year	2,026
Tax amount	$3,627
Property id	178,490,588
Market value	$73,900
Assessed value	$73,900
Assessment year	2,026
Market land value	$10,300
Assessed land value	$10,300
Tax delinquent year	2024
Market improvement value	$63,600
Assessed improvement value	$63,600

Ltv	100
Seq no	1
Sale date	2016-07-19
Arms length	Yes
Buyer names	Pa Deals Llc
Sale amount	$47,000
Down payment	$47,000
Seller names	M&T Bank
Document type	Deed
Recording date	2016-08-10
Document number	20160020287
Purchase method	Cash Purchase
Transaction type	Non-Residential Arm's Length Transactions
Document type code	DTDE

Equity	$103,000
Owner1 type	Company
Owner2 type	Other
Company name	Pa Deals Llc
Mail address · zip	17111
Mail address · city	Harrisburg
Mail address · fips	42043
Mail address · zip4	1639
Mail address · house	3111
Mail address · label	3111 Brisban St, Harrisburg, PA 17111
Mail address · state	PA
Mail address · county	Dauphin County
Mail address · street	Brisban
Mail address · address	3111 Brisban St
Mail address · carrier route	C079
Mail address · address format	S
Absentee owner	Yes
Corporate owned	Yes
Owner1 full name	Pa Deals Llc
Owner1 last name	Pa Deals Llc
Ownership length	121
In state absentee owner	Yes

Fmr year	2023
Hud area code	METRO25420M25420
Hud area name	Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA MSA
Median income	$37,389
Fmr efficiency	$847
Fmr one bedroom	$975
Fmr two bedroom	$1,228
Fmr four bedroom	$1,650
Fmr three bedroom	$1,570

Id	42171
Name	Alison Hill North
Type	subdivision
Center	POINT(-76.868630910034 40.274282650193)

Attic	Yes
Address · zip	17103
Address · city	Harrisburg
Address · fips	42043
Address · zip4	1446
Address · house	1621
Address · label	1621 Forster St, Harrisburg, PA 17103
Address · state	PA
Address · county	Dauphin County
Address · street	Forster
Address · address	1621 Forster St
Address · street type	St
Address · carrier route	C048
Address · jurisdiction	Dauphin County
Address · congressional district	10
Bedrooms	6
Deck area	0
Latitude	40.273925677534784
Pool area	0
Bathrooms	2
Fireplace	Yes
Longitude	-76.86826052906498
Patio area	0
Porch area	300
Porch type	Enclosed Porch
Year built	1,933
Fireplaces	1
Rooms count	0
Units count	0
Property use	Single Family Residence
Construction	Masonry
Lot square feet	5,663
Parking spaces	0
Buildings count	0
Property use code	385
Garage square feet	0
Living square feet	3,450
Partial bathrooms	0
Basement square feet	1,000
Building square feet	3,450
Price per square foot	14
Parcel account number	080090170000000
Plumbing fixtures count	0
Basement finished percent	0
Basement square feet finished	0
Basement square feet unfinished	0

Seq no	Lender name	Notice type	Auction date	Auction time	Document type	Judgment date	Trustee phone	Foreclosure id	Recording date	Trustee address	Trustee full name	Estimated bank value	Auction street address
1	M AND T BANK	FOR	2014-06-05	10:00A AM	Notice of Foreclosure Sale	2014-06-05	215-790-1010	5,660,533	2014-03-21	123 S. BROAD STREET SUITE 2080 PHILADELPHIA PA 19109	MCCABE WEISBERG AND CONWAY PC	$233,000	THE DAUPHIN COUNTY COURTHOUSE, HARRISBURGPA
2	M AND T BANK	FOR	2014-09-04	10:00A AM	Notice of Foreclosure Sale	2014-09-04	215-790-1010	5,934,052	2014-06-30	123 S. BROAD STREET SUITE 2080 PHILADELPHIA PA 19109	MCCABE WEISBERG AND CONWAY PC	$233,000	THE DAUPHIN COUNTY COURTHOUSE, HARRISBURGPA
3	M AND T BANK	FOR	2015-04-16	10:00A AM	Notice of Foreclosure Sale	2015-04-16	215-790-1010	6,405,967	2015-02-17	123 S. BROAD STREET SUITE 2080 PHILADELPHIA PA 19109	MCCABE WEISBERG AND CONWAY PC	$233,000	THE DAUPHIN COUNTY COURTHOUSE, HARRISBURGPA
4		FOR	2014-06-12	06:00P PM	Notice of Foreclosure Sale	2014-06-12		5,853,400	2014-05-31			$233,000	ONE NORTH SECOND STREET, HARRISBURGPA
5		FOR	2012-09-18	06:00P PM	Notice of Foreclosure Sale	2012-09-18	717-780-6125	4,028,005	2012-09-13	2 SOUTH SECOND STREET HARRISBURG PA 17101	STEVEN L HOWE	$233,000	ONE NORTH SECOND STREET, HARRISBURGPA

Open	Seq no	Amount	Loan type	Position	Term type	Lender code	Lender name	Lender type	Mortgage id	Grantee name	Document date	Loan type code	Recording date	Document number
Yes	1	$130,000	Purchase Money Mortgage	First	Month	O	Timothy Haldeman Ira	Other (Company Or Corporation)	200232	Pa Deals Llc	2023-05-26	P	2023-09-21	20230020534
	2	$130,000	Unknown		Month	P	Girish N Modi	Private Party (Individual)	151866	Pa Deals Llc	2016-08-11	U	2016-10-07	20160026252

Ids	47045090, 18260539, 148826918, 316993, 179530642, 44109718, 179501343, 178490588
Total owned	8
Total value	$1,369,000
Total equity	$878,440
Purchased last6mos	0
Purchased last12mos	0
Total mortgage balance	$506,166