2033 ZARKER ST

CITY OF HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, 17104

Tax DeedpendingSells Sep 29, 2026 · 8 days ago

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Opening bid

$1,128

Assessed value

$4,300

Land $2,800Improvement $1,500

Market / AVM

$4,300

Taxes owed

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Parcel number: 09-080-009
Case number: —
Land use: Residential
Building: —
Acreage: 0.01
Lot size: 221 sqft
Year built: —
Owner of record: HILLIARD CECIL

Property facts enriched via realestateapi · 9/29/2026

Aerial view of 2033 ZARKER ST — the parcel

Aerial view of 2033 ZARKER ST — what is around it

Site & surroundings

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

Market Street243 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.
Dauphin County Prison1.5 mi from parcel centre
Persistent effect on the buyer pool regardless of any measurable nuisance.
Correctional or waste facility1.5 mi from parcel centre
Persistent effect on the buyer pool regardless of any measurable nuisance.
TalenEnergy Martins Creek LLC Harrisburg0.7 mi from parcel centre
Truck traffic and operating hours are the usual complaint.

Context

Mish Run0.2 mi from parcel centre
Frontage or flood exposure depending on elevation and zone — read this next to the FEMA signal, not on its own.

Property detail

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Summary(14)

Id	178,491,110
Flood zone	Yes
Free clear	Yes
High equity	Yes
Property type	MFR
Absentee owner	Yes
Equity percent	100
Flood zone type	X
Investor buyer	Yes
Estimated value	$4,300

County records

Official appraiser / assessor — free, always available. Copy the parcel number if the link opens a search page.

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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

This record was compiled from the published sale list. Parcels are pulled, redeemed, and re-priced up to the moment of sale. Confirm the lot is still in the sale, and confirm the opening bid, directly with the county.

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Deal analysis

Your maximum bid

-$1,284

Do not bid — the numbers do not clear your margin.

Opening bid $1,128

Room to bid -$2,412

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

History-guided suggestion

Pass

History + oracle say stay out or wait — do not chase.

History sample

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Median sold

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p(redeem) prior

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No historical bucket for PA|Tax Deed; suggestion uses oracle only.
Oracle says no-bid — suggestion is pass.

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 $4,300. 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: $4,300
Selling costs on exitassumed 8.0% of ARV — agent commission plus seller-side closing.: −$344
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 ~$75/month.: −$450
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): −$1,290
Maximum bid: -$1,284

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.
Costs exceed what the property can support at your target margin. There is no bid at which this clears.

AI risk brief

Reads this parcel against DauphinCounty's rules and flags what could go wrong — surviving liens, redemption exposure, title cost, and the facts we don't have. Takes about 35 seconds; the result is saved, so opening this lot again is instant.

Site & surroundings

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

Market Street243 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.

Dauphin County Prison1.5 mi from parcel centre

Persistent effect on the buyer pool regardless of any measurable nuisance.

Correctional or waste facility1.5 mi from parcel centre

Persistent effect on the buyer pool regardless of any measurable nuisance.

TalenEnergy Martins Creek LLC Harrisburg0.7 mi from parcel centre

Truck traffic and operating hours are the usual complaint.

Context

Mish Run0.2 mi from parcel centre

Frontage or flood exposure depending on elevation and zone — read this next to the FEMA signal, not on its own.

178,491,110

Flood zone

Yes

Free clear

Yes

High equity

Yes

Property type

MFR

Absentee owner

Yes

Equity percent

100

Flood zone type

Investor buyer

Yes

Estimated value

$4,300

Deal analysis

Your maximum bid

-$1,284

Do not bid — the numbers do not clear your margin.

Opening bid $1,128

Room to bid -$2,412

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

History-guided suggestion

Pass

History + oracle say stay out or wait — do not chase.

History sample

—

Median sold

—

p(redeem) prior

—

No historical bucket for PA|Tax Deed; suggestion uses oracle only.
Oracle says no-bid — suggestion is pass.

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 $4,300. 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: $4,300
Selling costs on exitassumed 8.0% of ARV — agent commission plus seller-side closing.: −$344
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 ~$75/month.: −$450
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): −$1,290
Maximum bid: -$1,284

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.
Costs exceed what the property can support at your target margin. There is no bid at which this clears.

Apn	09-080-009
Land use	Residential
Lot acres	0.01
Census block	1005
Census tract	021500
Property use	Residential Income (General/Multi-Family)
Lot depth feet	21.4
Lot width feet	10.6
Lot square feet	221
Property class	The general use for the property is for residential purposes
Apn unformatted	09080009
Census block group	5

Year	2,026
Tax amount	$268
Property id	178,491,110
Market value	$4,300
Assessed value	$4,300
Assessment year	2,026
Market land value	$2,800
Assessed land value	$2,800
Tax delinquent year	2024
Market improvement value	$1,500
Assessed improvement value	$1,500

Owner1 type	Individual
Owner2 type	Other
Mail address · zip	17104
Mail address · city	Harrisburg
Mail address · fips	42043
Mail address · zip4	1347
Mail address · house	1925
Mail address · label	1925 Zarker St, Harrisburg, PA 17104
Mail address · state	PA
Mail address · county	Dauphin County
Mail address · street	Zarker
Mail address · address	1925 Zarker St
Mail address · carrier route	C071
Mail address · address format	S
Absentee owner	Yes
Owner1 full name	Cecil Hilliard
Owner1 last name	Hilliard
Owner1 first name	Cecil
In state absentee owner	Yes

Fmr year	2023
Hud area code	METRO25420M25420
Hud area name	Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA MSA
Median income	$42,466
Fmr efficiency	$847
Fmr one bedroom	$975
Fmr two bedroom	$1,228
Fmr four bedroom	$1,650
Fmr three bedroom	$1,570

Address · zip	17104
Address · city	Harrisburg
Address · fips	42043
Address · house	2033
Address · label	2033 Zarker St, Harrisburg, PA 17104
Address · state	PA
Address · county	Dauphin County
Address · street	Zarker
Address · address	2033 Zarker St
Address · street type	St
Address · carrier route	C079
Address · jurisdiction	Dauphin County
Address · congressional district	10
Deck area	0
Latitude	40.26844725046469
Pool area	0
Longitude	-76.85801975811263
Patio area	0
Rooms count	0
Units count	0
Property use	Residential Income (General/Multi-Family)
Basement type	NO BASEMENT
Lot square feet	200
Parking spaces	0
Buildings count	0
Property use code	381
Garage square feet	0
Living square feet	0
Partial bathrooms	0
Basement square feet	0
Building square feet	0
Price per square foot	0
Parcel account number	090800090000000
Utilities sewage usage	Municipal
Utilities water source	Yes
Plumbing fixtures count	0
Basement square feet finished	0
Basement square feet unfinished	0

Ids	179501044, 179506083, 179530382, 178491110
Total owned	4
Total value	$142,900
Total equity	$142,900
Purchased last6mos	0
Purchased last12mos	0