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1505 E Washington Ln

4 bd · 1 ba · 2 stories · 1,568 sqft · RSA3 · built 1925

Owner-occupied · assessed $261K (2026) · 2027 OPA assessment $253K · sold 2×. On the 1500 block of E Washington Ln.

Property summary

Assessment$261,0002026 OPA assessment · 2027: $252,700 Last sale$147KRecorded 2008 Est. tax bill$2,254/year2026 OPA · Homestead-adjusted Tax delinquencyNo 2022 matchNot proof account is current Permits0Every fetched City permit Violations0 open3 historical across 1 case

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Street view of 1505 E Washington Ln
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The estimate, live balance, and back-tax record are different.

BlockReport can calculate the annual tax from the City’s taxable assessment. Payments, credits, interest, and a current amount due live separately in Philadelphia Tax Center.

Estimated annual Real Estate Tax$2,254/year

2026 taxable assessment $161,000 × 1.3998%. Estimate—not a bill or account balance.

OPA also publishes a 2027 assessment of $252,700; it is not the 2026 billed-year value.

Official current account balanceCheck live

A Tax Center balance is net of bills, payments, credits, interest, and adjustments. A credit—or an amount due—is not automatically “back taxes.”

OPA 102279600
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Exemption classificationHomestead exemption

2026 OPA removes $100,000 from the taxable assessment through the owner-occupant exemption.

Historical delinquency sources No current conclusion

This parcel did not match the June 2022 delinquency snapshot. That absence does not confirm the account is current today.

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What stands out

From the public record

What to do with this

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If you’re buying

Built 1925: lead rules apply

Federal law requires a lead-paint disclosure at sale for any pre-1978 home. If it will be rented, Philadelphia also requires a lead-safe or lead-free certificate before a rental license can issue.

Zoned RSA3: one household by right

Single-family attached. Converting to a duplex or apartments needs a use variance the zoning board rarely grants — Pennsylvania courts require a physical hardship of the lot itself, and economics alone do not qualify.

Derived from the fetched property records and linked City guidance as of 2026. Assessment treatment is not a substitute for an exemption approval, live balance, title report, license, occupancy certificate, or inspection. Informational only — not legal, tax, or investment advice.

The investment read

How this house has moved and where it's pointed: the city's assessed value (not a listing price) over 12 years, charted against its block; appreciation is that history's pace, and the 5-year figure simply extends it. Yield estimates rent-vs-price from area rents. Ask the record to dig into any number.

Assessed value
$261,000
2026 billed-year assessment · 2027: $252,700 · built 1925
Price / sq ft
$161
block $161 · in line w/ block
Appreciation
+60%
+5%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$253K
+5%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax bill / yr
$2,254
0.89% effective
Jun 2022 tax snapshot
No match
not proof the account is current
Gross yield
6.4%
≈$1K/mo rent
Times sold
2

Assessment vs. the block · every dated City record marked on the line

$0$250K$500K2016 OPA assessment: $163K2017 OPA assessment: $163K2018 OPA assessment: $163K2019 OPA assessment: $168K2020 OPA assessment: $161K2021 OPA assessment: $161K2022 OPA assessment: $161K2023 OPA assessment: $215K2024 OPA assessment: $215K2025 OPA assessment: $261K2026 OPA assessment: $261K2001 — Deed / sale $88K2008 — Deed / sale $147K · 2008-03-27: PROSEC- STD INFO (likely: Standard enforcement or prosecution notice) · 2008-03-27: LICENSE-VAC RES BLDG · 2008-03-27: VACANT PROP STANDARD · 2008-06-27: BRU INSP · 2008-06-23: Vacant Residential Property / Lot$261K200120062011201620212026
This propertyBlock median & rangeDeed / saleL&I violationInspectionLicense
2008-06-27: BRU INSP
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Every dated record7 events · scroll to browse
  1. InspectionBRU INSP
  2. LicenseVacant Residential Property / Lot
  3. L&I violationPROSEC- STD INFO (likely: Standard enforcement or prosecution notice)
  4. L&I violationLICENSE-VAC RES BLDG
  5. L&I violationVACANT PROP STANDARD
  6. Deed / saleDeed / sale $147K
  7. Deed / saleDeed / sale $88K

The paper trail

Traded

Traded 2×: $88K in 2001 → $147K in 2008 (+68%).

  1. 2001 $88KSold
  2. 2008 3 L&I violationsL&I$147KSoldL&I: 1 failed, 1 passedL&I visit

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Browse 8 dated records deeds, permits, inspections, licenses, violations, certifications & appeals
  1. InvestigationBRU INSP

    Case 153436 · PASSED

    The cited inspection visit was marked passed.

  2. LicenseVacant Residential Property / Lot

    License 449550 · Inactive

    MARK BROWN · Expires 2009-02-28 · Inactive 2012-12-22

  3. ViolationPROSEC- STD INFO (likely: Standard enforcement or prosecution notice)

    Case 153436 · Violation 892544 · COMPLIED

    Legacy L&I shorthand; the case notice contains the actual required correction and deadlines. City marked this violation complied with; check the resolution date and live case for what was accepted.

  4. ViolationLICENSE-VAC RES BLDG

    Case 153436 · Violation 892546 · COMPLIED

    City marked this violation complied with; check the resolution date and live case for what was accepted.

  5. ViolationVACANT PROP STANDARD

    Case 153436 · Violation 892545 · COMPLIED

    City marked this violation complied with; check the resolution date and live case for what was accepted.

  6. InvestigationBRU INSP

    Case 153436 · FAILED

    The cited inspection visit was marked failed; later rows may show follow-up or resolution.

  7. Recorded transfer$147K transfer

    2008

  8. Recorded transfer$88K transfer

    2001

What this record suggests

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The property, on paper

The city assessor's field record — the physical spec sheet behind the assessed number.

Bedrooms
4
Bathrooms
1
Stories
2
Interior
1,568 sqft
livable area
Lot
2,835 sqft
Basement
Full, finished
city code 1
Heat
Forced hot air
city code A
Central air
No
Garage
1 space
Exterior condition
Average
city code 4
Interior condition
Average
city code 4
Quality grade
C
assessor's grade
Zoning
RSA3
city zoning code

OPA field-assessment attributes. Condition and grade are the assessor's codes, not an inspection.

Run the numbers

What owning 1505 E Washington Ln takes, at your price and your rate. Taxes start with an annual estimate from the City’s taxable assessment, not a current bill or balance; rent starts at the area median. Assessed value is not an asking price — set the price slider to the real one.

$253K
20%
6.875%
$1K/mo

When this house last sold (2008) a 30-year mortgage ran about 6.03% — Freddie Mac's average that year.

Mortgage
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P&I · 30-yr fixed
All-in monthly
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+ taxes & insurance
Cash to close
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down + ~4% costs
Cash flow
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rent − all costs · /mo
Cap rate
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NOI ÷ price
Cash-on-cash
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year-1 return on cash in

Estimates for orientation, not advice. Assumes a 30-year fixed loan, $1,400/yr insurance, 1% of price/yr maintenance; taxes use this parcel's taxable assessment, not a live Tax Center balance.

Block context

1505 E Washington Ln sits on the 1500 block of E Washington Ln. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.

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Next door: 1503 E Washington Ln  ·  1507 E Washington Ln

Where this comes from
Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 10, 2026, 7:49 AM ET. Available City datasets are queried from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and the cited City ArcGIS feeds; record queries paginate rather than silently taking a first page. For this property: Permits: queried · Violations: queried · Investigations: queried · Appeals: queried · Licenses: queried · Building certifications: queried. “Unavailable” means the source query failed or was not supplied, not “no record.” Reports re-pull on view after seven days and on an overnight rolling schedule; citywide benchmarks recompute weekly. Source dates still govern: the parcel-level tax-delinquency snapshot is June 2022 and the separate detailed tax ledger ends in 2016, so neither establishes today’s balance. The live balance and date-effective payoff must be verified in Tax Center. AI-written passages are grounded in the assembled record and rejected if they state a number the record does not hold.

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