CITY OF HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, 17104
Opening bid
$8,147
Assessed value
$12,600
Market / AVM
$70,000
Taxes owed
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Property facts enriched via realestateapi · 9/29/2026
Physical conditions that affect value and rarely appear on a listing.
Shunting and idling locomotives, which run outside daylight hours.
668 of 2,335 units sit empty outside seasonal use. High vacancy is an exit-risk signal rather than a price signal — the question is whether there is a buyer at any price, not what the price is.
Quiet neighbour, smaller buyer pool.
Active freight track. Noise, vibration and horn use at crossings — check where the nearest crossing is before assuming quiet.
Active freight track on a mainline. Noise, vibration and horn use at crossings — check where the nearest crossing is before assuming quiet.
RealEstateAPI PropertyDetail · Every populated field, as returned · 197 values
| Id | 179,510,679 |
|---|---|
| Beds | 2 |
| Baths | 1 |
| Vacant | Yes |
| Cash buyer | Yes |
| Flood zone | Yes |
| Free clear | Yes |
| High equity | Yes |
| Notice type | FOR |
| Last sale date | 2023-03-22 |
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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.
Dauphin County Tax Claim Bureau ↗Where a line crosses a parcel there is usually a recorded easement restricting what can be built under it — check the deed, not the map.
Active freight track on a mainline. Noise, vibration and horn use at crossings — check where the nearest crossing is before assuming quiet.
Truck traffic and operating hours are the usual complaint.
Transformer hum, and a persistent resale objection whatever the engineering says.
Truck traffic and operating hours are the usual complaint.
Truck traffic and operating hours are the usual complaint.
Predominantly renter-occupied tract — the resale pool leans investor, which caps price at what the rent supports.
Tract median household income. Sets what a local buyer can finance.
Self-reported median across the whole tract — context for whether a number is plausible, not a comparable and never a bid input.
Outside the 1% annual chance floodplain.
Ground elevation at the parcel. Compare with the FEMA base flood elevation where one is published.
Catchment is set by district boundary, not by distance.
Public green space.
Catchment is set by district boundary, not by distance.
A mapped public road runs along or beside the parcel.
Everyday shopping — worth checking on rural parcels, where it can be twenty miles.
Everyday shopping — worth checking on rural parcels, where it can be twenty miles.
Public green space.
Public green space.
Everyday shopping — worth checking on rural parcels, where it can be twenty miles.
Catchment is set by district boundary, not by distance.
© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Flood zones from FEMA, elevation from USGS, tract statistics from the US Census. Proximity is measured from the parcel’s recorded location, which for most parcels is an assessor centroid rather than a boundary — treat these as figures to verify on a site visit, not as survey distances.
| Property type |
|---|
| OTHER |
| Absentee owner | Yes |
|---|
| Equity percent | 100 |
|---|
| Flood zone type | X |
|---|
| Investor buyer | Yes |
|---|
| Last sale price | $1,000 |
|---|
| Estimated value | $70,000 |
|---|
| Last update date | 2026-09-23 00:00:00 UTC |
|---|
| Estimated equity | $70,000 |
|---|
| Flood zone description | AREA OF MINIMAL FLOOD HAZARD |
|---|
| In state absentee owner | Yes |
|---|
| Apn | 02-021-027 |
|---|---|
| Land use | Residential |
| Lot acres | 0.03 |
| Census block | 1029 |
| Census tract | 021300 |
| Property use | Misc Residential Improvement |
| Lot depth feet | 89.1 |
| Lot width feet | 15.6 |
| Lot square feet | 1,378 |
| Property class | The general use for the property is for residential purposes |
| Apn unformatted | 02021027 |
| Census block group | 9 |
| Year | 2,026 |
|---|---|
| Tax amount | $800 |
| Property id | 179,510,679 |
| Market value | $12,600 |
| Assessed value | $12,600 |
| Assessment year | 2,026 |
| Market land value | $8,800 |
| Assessed land value | $8,800 |
| Tax delinquent year | 2024 |
| Market improvement value | $3,800 |
| Assessed improvement value | $3,800 |
| Ltv | 100 |
|---|---|
| Seq no | 1 |
| Sale date | 2023-03-22 |
| Arms length | Yes |
| Buyer names | Milciades Mendoza, Chistopher J Torres |
| Sale amount | $1,000 |
| Down payment | $1,000 |
| Seller names | Reginald T Pinckney |
| Document type | Deed |
| Recording date | 2023-03-24 |
| Document number | 20230006049 |
| Purchase method | Cash Purchase |
| Owner individual | Yes |
| Transaction type | Non-Residential Arm's Length Transactions |
| Document type code | DTDE |
| Prior owner individual | Yes |
| Prior owner months owned | 8 |
| Owner1 type | Individual |
|---|---|
| Owner2 type | Individual |
| Mail address · zip | 17110 |
| Mail address · city | Harrisburg |
| Mail address · fips | 42043 |
| Mail address · zip4 | 2456 |
| Mail address · house | 2155 |
| Mail address · label | 2155 Jefferson St, Harrisburg, PA 17110 |
| Mail address · state | PA |
| Mail address · county | Dauphin County |
| Mail address · street | Jefferson |
| Mail address · address | 2155 Jefferson St |
| Mail address · carrier route | C036 |
| Mail address · address format | S |
| Absentee owner | Yes |
| Owner1 full name | Milciades Mendoza |
| Owner1 last name | Mendoza |
| Owner2 full name | Chistopher Torres |
| Owner2 last name | Torres |
| Owner1 first name | Milciades |
| Owner2 first name | Chistopher |
| Ownership length | 42 |
| In state absentee owner | Yes |
| Ltv | Seq no | Sale date | Arms length | Buyer names | Sale amount | Down payment | Seller names | Document type | Recording date | Document number | Purchase method | Owner individual | Transaction type | Document type code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 | 1 | 2023-03-22 | Yes | Milciades Mendoza, Chistopher J Torres | $1,000 | $1,000 | Reginald T Pinckney | Deed | 2023-03-24 | 20230006049 | Cash Purchase | Yes | Non-Residential Arm's Length Transactions | DTDE |
| 100 | 2 | 2022-07-21 | Yes | Reginald T Pinckney | $1,000 | $1,000 | Jimmy Negron | Public Action | 2022-07-22 | 20220022133 | Cash Purchase | Yes | Foreclosure | DTPA |
| 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 |
| Suggested rent | $1,228 |
| Fmr four bedroom | $1,650 |
| Fmr three bedroom | $1,570 |
| Address · zip | 17104 |
|---|---|
| Address · city | Harrisburg |
| Address · fips | 42043 |
| Address · zip4 | 1857 |
| Address · house | 1420 |
| Address · label | 1420 Swatara St, Harrisburg, PA 17104 |
| Address · state | PA |
| Address · county | Dauphin County |
| Address · street | Swatara |
| Address · address | 1420 Swatara St |
| Address · street type | St |
| Address · carrier route | C083 |
| Address · jurisdiction | Dauphin County |
| Address · congressional district | 10 |
| Bedrooms | 2 |
| Deck area | 0 |
| Latitude | 40.26110888313472 |
| Pool area | 0 |
| Bathrooms | 1 |
| Longitude | -76.86557927206192 |
| Patio area | 0 |
| Porch area | 119 |
| Porch type | Open Porch |
| Year built | 1,913 |
| Rooms count | 0 |
| Units count | 0 |
| Property use | Residential Multi-Parcel Miscellaneous |
| Construction | Masonry |
| Lot square feet | 1,307 |
| Parking spaces | 0 |
| Buildings count | 0 |
| Property use code | 374 |
| Garage square feet | 0 |
| Living square feet | 1,512 |
| Partial bathrooms | 0 |
| Basement square feet | 875 |
| Building square feet | 1,512 |
| Price per square foot | 1 |
| Parcel account number | 020210270000000 |
| Plumbing fixtures count | 0 |
| Basement finished percent | 0 |
| Basement square feet finished | 0 |
| Basement square feet unfinished | 0 |
| Seq no | 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 | FOR | 2012-09-18 | 06:00P PM | Notice of Foreclosure Sale | 2012-09-18 | 717-780-6125 | 4,027,793 | 2012-09-13 | 2 SOUTH SECOND STREET HARRISBURG PA 17101 | STEVEN L HOWE | $70,000 | ONE NORTH SECOND STREET, HARRISBURGPA |
| 2 | FOR | 2014-06-12 | 06:00P PM | Notice of Foreclosure Sale | 2014-06-12 | 5,853,309 | 2014-05-31 | $70,000 | ONE NORTH SECOND STREET, HARRISBURGPA |
| Ids | 179526248, 47005903, 17112995, 179500628, 178495700, 37355738, 179510679, 50782941, 8465205, 179723592, 21956033 |
|---|---|
| Total owned | 11 |
| Total value | $896,500 |
| Total equity | $218,564 |
| Purchased last6mos | 0 |
| Purchased last12mos | 2 |
| Total mortgage balance | $2,685,230 |