2008 Briggs St

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 17103

Tax DeedpendingSells Sep 29, 2026 · 4 days ago

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Opening bid

$16,090

Assessed value

$13,900

Land $13,900Improvement $0

Market / AVM

$30,000

Taxes owed

—

Parcel number: 15-003-023
Case number: —
Land use: Residential
Building: —
Acreage: 0.15
Lot size: 6,717 sqft
Year built: —
Owner of record: Sharon Howard
Last sale: $4,500 · 2013-06-17

Property facts enriched via realestateapi · 9/29/2026

Aerial view of 2008 Briggs St — the parcel

Aerial view of 2008 Briggs St — what is around it

Site & surroundings

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

State Street (3 nearby)538 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 Road561 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.
Walnut Street (2 nearby)630 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.
East Harrisburg Cemetery0.3 mi from parcel centre
Quiet neighbour, smaller buyer pool.
20% owner-occupied
Predominantly renter-occupied tract — the resale pool leans investor, which caps price at what the rent supports.

Context

Property detail

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Summary(18)

Id	179,780,213
Tax lien	Yes
Cash buyer	Yes
Flood zone	Yes
Free clear	Yes
High equity	Yes
Last sale date	2013-06-17
Property type	LAND
Absentee owner	Yes
Equity percent	100

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

$14,650

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

Opening bid $16,090

Room to bid -$1,440

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 $30,000. 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: $30,000
Selling costs on exitassumed 8.0% of ARV — agent commission plus seller-side closing.: −$2,400
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): −$9,000
Maximum bid: $14,650

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.
The opening bid of $16,089.71 is already above your ceiling of $14,650.

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Site & surroundings

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

State Street (3 nearby)538 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 Road561 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.

Walnut Street (2 nearby)630 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.

East Harrisburg Cemetery0.3 mi from parcel centre

Quiet neighbour, smaller buyer pool.

20% owner-occupied

Predominantly renter-occupied tract — the resale pool leans investor, which caps price at what the rent supports.

Context

179,780,213

Tax lien

Yes

Cash buyer

Yes

Flood zone

Yes

Free clear

Yes

High equity

Yes

Last sale date

2013-06-17

Property type

LAND

Absentee owner

Yes

Equity percent

100

Deal analysis

Your maximum bid

$14,650

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

Opening bid $16,090

Room to bid -$1,440

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 $30,000. 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: $30,000
Selling costs on exitassumed 8.0% of ARV — agent commission plus seller-side closing.: −$2,400
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): −$9,000
Maximum bid: $14,650

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.
The opening bid of $16,089.71 is already above your ceiling of $14,650.

Apn	15-003-023
Land use	Residential
Lot acres	0.15
Census block	1013
Census tract	021600
Property use	Residential - Vacant Land
Lot depth feet	111.8
Lot width feet	60.7
Lot square feet	6,717
Property class	The general use for the property is for residential purposes
Apn unformatted	15003023
Census block group	3

Year	2,026
Tax amount	$991
Property id	179,780,213
Market value	$13,900
Assessed value	$13,900
Assessment year	2,026
Market land value	$13,900
Assessed land value	$13,900
Tax delinquent year	2024

Seq no	1
Sale date	2013-06-17
Arms length	Yes
Buyer names	Sharon D Howard
Sale amount	$4,500
Seller names	Tax Claim Bureau Of Dauphin Cnty
Document type	Tax Deed
Recording date	2013-09-18
Document number	0000029316
Purchase method	Cash Purchase
Transaction type	Foreclosure
Document type code	DTDX

Owner1 type	Individual
Owner2 type	Other
Mail address · zip	17106
Mail address · city	Harrisburg
Mail address · fips	42043
Mail address · zip4	1467
Mail address · label	Po Box 61467, Harrisburg, PA 17106
Mail address · state	PA
Mail address · address	Po Box 61467
Mail address · carrier route	B015
Mail address · address format	P
Absentee owner	Yes
Owner1 full name	Sharon Howard
Owner1 last name	Howard
Owner2 full name	Christopher Welborm
Owner2 last name	Welborm
Owner1 first name	Sharon
Owner2 first name	Christopher
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

Address · zip	17103
Address · city	Harrisburg
Address · fips	42043
Address · zip4	1613
Address · house	2008
Address · label	2008 Briggs St, Harrisburg, PA 17103
Address · state	PA
Address · county	Dauphin County
Address · street	Briggs
Address · address	2008 Briggs St
Address · street type	St
Address · carrier route	C068
Address · jurisdiction	Dauphin County
Address · congressional district	10
Deck area	0
Latitude	40.27526424772678
Pool area	0
Longitude	-76.86175884109561
Patio area	0
Porch area	0
Rooms count	0
Units count	0
Property use	Residential - Vacant Land
Lot square feet	6,534
Parking spaces	0
Buildings count	0
Property use code	401
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	150030230000000
Plumbing fixtures count	0
Basement finished percent	0
Basement square feet finished	0
Basement square feet unfinished	0