2026 taxable assessment $586,500 × 1.3998%. Estimate—not a bill or account balance.
OPA also publishes a 2027 assessment of $692,500; it is not the 2026 billed-year value.
House report
1205 S Juniper St
3 bd · 2 ba · 2 stories · 2,250 sqft · RSA5 · built 2006
Owner-occupied · assessed $687K (2026) · 2027 OPA assessment $693K · sold 2×. On the 1200 block of S Juniper St.
Property summary
Assessment$686,5002026 OPA assessment · 2027: $692,500
Last sale$540KRecorded 2016
Est. tax bill$8,210/year2026 OPA · Homestead-adjusted
Tax delinquencyNo 2022 matchNot proof account is current
Permits10Every fetched City permit
Violations0 open2 historical across 2 cases
“Open” reflects records available then historical records keep their source dates estimates are labeled
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Property tax
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OPA 0216228152026 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 recordNew construction
Why it mattersBought for $495K in 2013, built new under a 2009 permit, sold for $540K in 2016.
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Fetched L&I and zoning records
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- Recorded owner
- Jonathan C Goins & Bethany C Goins
- Tax mailing address
- 1205 S JUNIPER ST, PHILADELPHIA PA, 19147
- L&I district
- CENTRAL EAST
- Building ID (BIN)
- —
- OPA account
- 021622815
Permits10Every dated permit
Violation cases22 violation records · 0 open
Investigations63 failed · 3 passed · 0 closed
Building certifications0No match
Business licenses0No match
Appeals0No match
PermitsPermit number, issued date, work and City status10
PlumbingPermit 52925
Feb 1, 2007 COMPLETED Completed Oct 1, 2008
(N) WC BT LAV SK LT SH (12) FX
ElectricalPermit 65333
Mar 29, 2007 COMPLETED Completed Mar 4, 2019
INSTALL 200AMP SERVICE, RECEPTS, AND LIGHT FIXTURE AS PER 2005 NEC, 2 1/2 TON, 30 AMP 220V, SERVICE FOR HVAC (SOUTH DISTRICT)
MechanicalPermit 185892
Oct 31, 2008 COMPLETED Completed Oct 31, 2008
INSTALL ONE 70,000 BTU HEATER AND ONE 30,000 BTU AC UNIT ON THE FIRST FLOOR OF A SFD. NO OTHER WORK ALLOWED ON THIS PERMIT. APPLICANT AGREES TO LIMIT CONSTRUCTION TO COMPLY WITH EZ PERMIT STANDARD DATED FEBRUARY, 2007. DEVIATION FROM THIS STANDARD WILL RESULT IN THE REVOCATION OF THIS PERMIT AND THE IMPOSITION OF FURTHER PENALTIES.
ZoningPermit 170486
Mar 5, 2009 COMPLETED Completed Mar 5, 2009
ROOF TOP SUN DECK ON THE THIRD FLOOR ROOF AND SECOND FLOOR ROOF WITH A SPRIAL STAIRS
AlterationPermit 387989
Feb 22, 2012 COMPLETED Completed Apr 27, 2012
REMOVE AND REPLACE BAY WINDOW FINISH.INSTALL WATERPROOFING
Zoning admin reviewPermit 421242
Aug 20, 2012 COMPLETED Completed Sep 10, 2012
REQUESTING AN EXTENSION OF TIME FOR PERMIT NUMBER 170486 DTD 3/5/09 AS PER PA ACT 46
Major alterationPermit 421262
Sep 10, 2012 EXPIRED
INSTALLATION OF A DECK WITH SPIRAL STAIR.
New construction, addition, GFA changePermit ZP-2025-011033
Nov 24, 2025 Issued
FOR THE ERECTION OF ACCESSORY ROOF DECK (FOR RESIDENTIAL USE ONLY) WITH ROOF ACCESS STRUCTURE ALL AS PART OF AN EXISTING ATTACHED STRUCTURE. SIZE AND LOCATION AS SHOWN IN THE APPLICATION / PLAN.
Addition and/or AlterationPermit RP-2026-001579
Apr 12, 2026 Issued
FOR THE ERECTION OF A ROOF DECK AND PILOT HOUSE ON AN EXISTING ATTACHED STRUCTURE USED AS A SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLING AS PER BUILDING APPLICATION/PLAN.
Addition and/or AlterationPermit EP-2026-005114
Jun 4, 2026 Issued
Install 3 way switch, ceiling lighting and outlet for new roof access stairs
Violation cases2 individual violation records; resolved history remains visible2
Case 314491CLOSED
CONSTRUCTION SERVICES · Opened Feb 1, 2012 · completed Mar 23, 2012
- PERMB- APPL EXT STUCCOViolation 2378756Feb 1, 2012 COMPLIED
Case 353842CLOSED
CONSTRUCTION SERVICES · Opened Oct 3, 2012 · completed Jan 4, 2017
- PERMB- WK DONE W/O NOTIFY INSPViolation 2635382Oct 3, 2012 COMPLIED
InvestigationsEvery inspector visit, including CLOSED outcomes6
BP_BLDGCase 314491
Feb 1, 2012 FAILED
BP_BLDGCase 314491
Mar 7, 2012 PASSED
BP_BLDGCase 314491
Mar 22, 2012 PASSED
BP_BLDGCase 353842
Oct 3, 2012 FAILED
BP_BLDGCase 353842
Nov 8, 2012 FAILED
BP_BLDGCase 353842
Jan 4, 2017 PASSED
Building certificationsInspection result and filed expiration date by L&I building ID0
No building certifications matched this parcel in the fetched City dataset.
Business licensesHistorical and active licenses are both retained0
No business licenses matched this parcel in the fetched City dataset.
AppealsApplication status and decision are separate City fields0
No appeals matched this parcel in the fetched City dataset.
City of Philadelphia OPA, L&I and Zoning Board records, shown as filed. A CLOSED investigation is an outcome label, not a missing visit; an appeal's application status and decision may differ.
Legal due diligence
What this record proves—and what it does not.
These checks are triggered by this property’s actual City rows. They identify the controlling document to verify; they do not declare a use legal, a building safe, or title clear.
1 resolve before relying
2 verify
1 favorable dated record
Resolve before relyingA permit row needs file-level verification3 permits not marked completed: 421262 (EXPIRED), RP-2026-001579 (Issued), EP-2026-005114 (Issued).
Why it mattersIssued work is not the same as approved final work. L&I uses final inspections and required certifications to close construction permits; expired, withdrawn, and completed are different City statuses.
Verify nextOpen the permit file and confirm final inspections, holds, and any resulting occupancy certificate.
Open the controlling City guidance ↗VerifyFailed inspections are dated events—not the current condition3 failed, 3 passed, and 0 CLOSED investigation outcomes are in the fetched history; the latest dated visit was PASSED on Jan 4, 2017.
Why it mattersA PASSED or FAILED value applies to that inspection visit. CLOSED is a separate source status; none of the three alone proves the parent permit or violation case closed—or describes today’s condition.
Verify nextOpen the parent case/permit for each material failure and confirm its later disposition.
Open the controlling City guidance ↗VerifyHomestead is tied to owner occupancy and the deedOPA shows the Homestead Exemption.
Why it mattersPhiladelphia limits Homestead to an owner’s primary residence. The City says a deed change can require a new application or update.
Verify nextA buyer should apply in their own name and not assume the seller’s benefit continues.
Open the controlling City guidance ↗Favorable dated recordNo open violation; closed history remains relevantThe fetched record shows 0 open and 2 historical violations across 2 cases.
Why it mattersA closed case is materially better than an open one, but it does not by itself prove that every altered use, unit, or concealed condition matches today’s approvals.
Verify nextUse the closed cases to target the inspection and occupancy-file review.
Open the controlling City guidance ↗Closing file: checks no public-record summary can replace5 documents/searches to assign before settlement
Property Sales Certification
The seller must obtain Philadelphia’s certificate showing the base zoning, last use in the zoning record, and open violations. The City warns that it does not prove Building Code occupancy or show zoning overlays.
Next: Obtain the fresh certificate and compare it with the CO, permits, and Atlas overlays.
Official guidance ↗Date-effective City Property Payoff
The Tax Center Property Payoff covers Real Estate Tax, Commercial Trash, and L&I abatement-work invoices. Philadelphia says it does not include business-tax debts or liens, water and sewer charges, or fines for code violations.
Next: Request the City statement effective through settlement; read every period and invoice.
Official guidance ↗Professional title and water-lien searches
OPA ownership, deed summaries, and a zero tax balance are not clear title. Mortgages, judgments, municipal claims, water liens, easements, heirs, and other encumbrances require separate searches.
Next: Use a Pennsylvania lawyer/title company and obtain owner’s title insurance; order the separate water search/payoff.
Official guidance ↗Separate water-lien guidance ↗Seller-specific tax relief is not the buyer’s bill
LOOP and low-income or senior Real Estate Tax freezes depend on the qualifying owner and continued program eligibility; a buyer cannot assume the seller’s capped or frozen bill continues. A separately verified property abatement often remains with the property for its remaining term, but program-specific new-owner filing, use, and tax-compliance conditions still must be confirmed—not inferred from the reduced assessment alone.
Next: Have Revenue or OPA identify every current benefit, model the buyer’s bill without seller-specific relief, and confirm any verified abatement in writing.
Official guidance ↗Separate water-lien guidance ↗Seller disclosure and independent inspections
For a covered Pennsylvania residential transfer, obtain the statutory seller disclosure. It reports the seller’s knowledge; it is not a warranty, title search, code review, or substitute for inspections.
Next: Have the agreement and disclosure reviewed for this transaction’s coverage and exceptions.
Official guidance ↗Informational only—not a legal opinion, title report, code inspection, tax payoff, or substitute for a Pennsylvania lawyer, title company, inspector, or tax professional.
Records to verify together
Rule-based groupings across this property's dated public records. Each flag shows the records that belong in the same verification step and where the inference stops.
Recent transition activity
The property has an unusually active paper trail worth monitoring for the next permit, inspection, deed, or listing.
Evidence: 3 permit events since 2023
Limit: Record activity alone does not establish that a sale or redevelopment is planned.
Transparent record rules, not a score or forecast. Each flag is a prompt to verify the cited records, not a prediction or allegation.
What to do with this
The record, translated into moves — what a buyer, the owner, and a landlord would each want to check next under Philadelphia's actual rules.
If you’re buying
Zoned RSA5: one household by right
Single-family rowhouse (the classic Philly row). 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
$686,500
2026 billed-year assessment · 2027: $692,500 · built 2006
Price / sq ft
$308
block $313 · in line w/ block
Appreciation
+68%
+5%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$694K
+5%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax bill / yr
$8,210
1.19% effective
Jun 2022 tax snapshot
No match
not proof the account is current
Gross yield
3.3%
≈$2K/mo rent
Times sold
2
Value vs. the block, over time — sales, permits & L&I events marked on the line
This houseBlock median & rangeSalePermitInspection
The paper trail
New constructionBought for $495K in 2013, built new under a 2009 permit, sold for $540K in 2016.
- 2009 ZoningPermit
- 2012 AlterationPermit2 L&I violationsL&IL&I: 3 failed, 2 passedL&I visitZoning admin reviewPermitMajor alterationPermit
- 2013 $495KSold
- 2016 $540KSold
- 2017 Inspection passedL&I visit
- 2025 New construction, addition, GFA changePermit
- 2026 Addition and/or AlterationPermitAddition and/or AlterationPermit
Informational only — not investment advice or a consumer report (FCRA).
The property, on paper
The city assessor's field record — the physical spec sheet behind the assessed number.
Bedrooms
3
Bathrooms
2
Stories
2
Interior
2,250 sqft
livable area
Lot
1,314 sqft
Basement
Basement
city code I
Heat
Forced hot air
city code A
Central air
Yes
Exterior condition
Above average
city code 3
Above averageBelow average
Interior condition
Above average
city code 3
Above averageBelow average
Quality grade
C+
assessor's grade
ABCDE
Zoning
RSA5
city zoning code
OPA field-assessment attributes. Condition and grade are the assessor's codes, not an inspection.
Run the numbers
What owning 1205 S Juniper St 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.
When this house last sold (2016) a 30-year mortgage ran about 3.65% — Freddie Mac's average that year.
Mortgage
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P&I · 30-yr fixed
All-in monthly
—
+ taxes & insurance
Cash to close
—
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
1205 S Juniper St sits on the 1200 block of S Juniper St. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.
See the whole block →Next door: 1203 S Juniper St · 1207 S Juniper St
Where this comes from
- Assessment, spec sheet & owner — OPA Property Assessments, Office of Property Assessment
- Sales & deed history — Realty Transfer Tax records, Recorder of Deeds
- Permits, violations & inspections — L&I Property History · Atlas
- Tax delinquency snapshot · June 2022 — Real Estate Tax Delinquencies, Dept. of Revenue
- Historical tax ledger & liens · through 2016 — Real Estate Tax Balances, Dept. of Revenue
- Current property-tax balance — Verify with Philadelphia Revenue
- Zoning appeals — L&I & Zoning Board appeals
- Neighborhood income & rents — US Census ACS 5-year estimates
- Historical mortgage rates — Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey, annual averages
- Imagery — Street photo © Google · Aerial © Esri, Maxar
Methodology & freshness
This report was assembled Jul 10, 2026, 2:40 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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