5440 JONESTOWN RD

LOWER PAXTON TWP, Pennsylvania, 17112

Tax DeedpendingSells Sep 29, 2026 · 3 days ago

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Opening bid

$15,789

Assessed value

$136,100

Land $92,000Improvement $44,100

Market / AVM

$136,100

Taxes owed

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Parcel number: 35-044-096
Case number: —
Land use: Commercial
Building: 2,140 sqft
Acreage: 0.4
Lot size: 17,397 sqft
Year built: 1940
Owner of record: MACINTYRE MACINTYRE & BLAIR BLAIR NORA C/O NORA BLAIR

Property facts enriched via realestateapi · 9/29/2026

Aerial view of 5440 JONESTOWN RD — the parcel

Aerial view of 5440 JONESTOWN RD — what is around it

Site & surroundings

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

Allentown Boulevard (9 nearby)213 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.
Jonestown Road (4 nearby)643 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.

Context

Elevation 512 ft
Ground elevation at the parcel. Compare with the FEMA base flood elevation where one is published.
3% of homes vacant year-round in Census Tract 226.01
96 of 2,805 units vacant year-round, around or below the national tract average.
Tract median home value $240,300
Self-reported median across the whole tract — context for whether a number is plausible, not a comparable and never a bid input.

Property detail

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Summary(11)

Estimated equity
Id	179,495,366
Flood zone	Yes
Free clear	Yes
High equity	Yes
Property type	OTHER
Equity percent	100
Flood zone type	X
Estimated value	$136,100
Last update date	2026-04-03 00:00:00 UTC

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

$79,657

Walk away above this. Projected profit at the ceiling: $40,830 (30% of ARV).

Opening bid $15,789

Room to bid $63,868

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

History-guided suggestion

$38,150

Under max by $41,507

≤ 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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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 $136,100. 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: $136,100
Selling costs on exitassumed 8.0% of ARV — agent commission plus seller-side closing.: −$10,888
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 ~$204/month.: −$1,225
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): −$40,830
Maximum bid: $79,657

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.

Allentown Boulevard (9 nearby)213 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.

Jonestown Road (4 nearby)643 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.

Context

Elevation 512 ft

Ground elevation at the parcel. Compare with the FEMA base flood elevation where one is published.

3% of homes vacant year-round in Census Tract 226.01

96 of 2,805 units vacant year-round, around or below the national tract average.

Tract median home value $240,300

Self-reported median across the whole tract — context for whether a number is plausible, not a comparable and never a bid input.

179,495,366

Flood zone

Yes

Free clear

Yes

High equity

Yes

Property type

OTHER

Equity percent

100

Flood zone type

Estimated value

$136,100

Last update date

2026-04-03 00:00:00 UTC

Estimated equity

Deal analysis

Your maximum bid

$79,657

Walk away above this. Projected profit at the ceiling: $40,830 (30% of ARV).

Opening bid $15,789

Room to bid $63,868

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

History-guided suggestion

$38,150

Under max by $41,507

≤ 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 $136,100. 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: $136,100
Selling costs on exitassumed 8.0% of ARV — agent commission plus seller-side closing.: −$10,888
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 ~$204/month.: −$1,225
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): −$40,830
Maximum bid: $79,657

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	35-044-096
Land use	Commercial
Lot acres	0.40
Census block	2011
Census tract	022601
Property use	Commercial Office (General)
Lot depth feet	220.4
Lot width feet	80.9
Lot square feet	17,397
Property class	The general use for the property is for commercial purposes
Apn unformatted	35044096
Census block group	1

Year	2,026
Tax amount	$4,174
Property id	179,495,366
Market value	$136,100
Assessed value	$136,100
Assessment year	2,026
Market land value	$92,000
Assessed land value	$92,000
Tax delinquent year	2024
Market improvement value	$44,100
Assessed improvement value	$44,100

Owner1 type	Individual
Owner2 type	Other
Mail address · zip	17112
Mail address · city	Harrisburg
Mail address · fips	42043
Mail address · zip4	4043
Mail address · house	5440
Mail address · label	5440 Jonestown Rd, Harrisburg, PA 17112
Mail address · state	PA
Mail address · county	Dauphin County
Mail address · street	Jonestown
Mail address · address	5440 Jonestown Rd
Mail address · carrier route	C096
Mail address · address format	H
Owner1 full name	Macintyre Macintyre
Owner1 last name	Macintyre
Owner2 full name	Blair Macintyre
Owner2 last name	Macintyre
Owner1 first name	Macintyre
Owner2 first name	Blair

Fmr year	2023
Hud area code	METRO25420M25420
Hud area name	Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA MSA
Median income	$89,022
Fmr efficiency	$980
Fmr one bedroom	$1,130
Fmr two bedroom	$1,420
Fmr four bedroom	$1,910
Fmr three bedroom	$1,820

Address · zip	17112
Address · city	Harrisburg
Address · fips	42043
Address · zip4	4043
Address · house	5440
Address · label	5440 Jonestown Rd, Harrisburg, PA 17112
Address · state	PA
Address · county	Dauphin County
Address · street	Jonestown
Address · address	5440 Jonestown Rd
Address · street type	Rd
Address · carrier route	C096
Address · jurisdiction	Dauphin County
Address · congressional district	10
Deck area	0
Latitude	40.31783245321644
Pool area	0
Longitude	-76.79410504587547
Patio area	0
Porch area	100
Porch type	Open Porch
Year built	1,940
Rooms count	0
Units count	0
Heating type	Central
Property use	Commercial Office (General)
Construction	Frame
Lot square feet	15,682
Parking spaces	0
Buildings count	0
Property use code	136
Garage square feet	0
Living square feet	2,140
Partial bathrooms	0
Basement square feet	1,800
Building square feet	2,140
Price per square foot	0
Air conditioning type	Central
Parcel account number	350440960000000
Safety fire sprinklers	Yes
Plumbing fixtures count	0
Basement finished percent	0
Air conditioning available	Yes
Basement square feet finished	0
Basement square feet unfinished	0