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1208 E Washington Ln

4 bd · 4 ba · 3 stories · 2,424 sqft · RSA2 · built 1925

Absentee individual · assessed $396K (2026) · 2027 OPA assessment $458K · sold 2×. On the 1200 block of E Washington Ln.

Property summary

Assessment$395,6002026 OPA assessment · 2027: $458,200 Last sale$150KRecorded 2013 Est. tax bill$5,538/year2026 taxable assessment × 1.3998% Tax delinquencyNo 2022 matchNot proof account is current Permits0Every fetched City permit Violations0 open9 historical across 3 cases

“Open” reflects records available then historical records keep their source dates estimates are labeled

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Street view of 1208 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$5,538/year

2026 taxable assessment $395,600 × 1.3998%. Estimate—not a bill or account balance.

OPA also publishes a 2027 assessment of $458,200; 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 592143600
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Exemption classificationNo exemption shown

2026 taxable assessment equals the full assessed value.

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.

For a purchase, refinance, or closing, request the City’s official Property Payoff statement in Tax Center under “More options.”

What stands out

From the public record

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

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.

Multiple units and RSA2 zoning need reconciliation

The assessment or license record describes multiple units while the zoning district is generally single-family. That does not establish whether the use is lawful, nonconforming, abandoned, or incorrectly coded. Verify the registered use and Certificate of Occupancy with L&I before pricing multiple rents.

If you’re the landlord

If it is rented, verify the Rental License

The fetched license records do not show an active Rental License. Ownership type or a tax mailing address does not prove that tenants occupy the property; if it is rented, verify the current license and legal occupancy in eCLIPSE.

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 building 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
$395,600
2026 billed-year assessment · 2027: $458,200 · built 1925
Price / sq ft
$189
block $185 · in line w/ block
Appreciation
+94%
+7%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$460K
+7%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax bill / yr
$5,538
1.21% effective
Jun 2022 tax snapshot
No match
not proof the account is current
Gross yield
-1745962.5%
≈$-667M/mo rent
Times sold
2

Value vs. the block, over time — sales, permits & L&I events marked on the line

$0$250K$500K2016 OPA assessment: $203K2017 OPA assessment: $203K2018 OPA assessment: $203K2019 OPA assessment: $105K2020 OPA assessment: $107K2021 OPA assessment: $107K2022 OPA assessment: $107K2023 OPA assessment: $212K2024 OPA assessment: $212K2025 OPA assessment: $396K2026 OPA assessment: $396KBefore this chart — 2002: Sold $80K · 2004: Rental · 2013: Sold $150K · 2013: Rental2017 — L&I violation · L&I: 2 failed, 1 passed · MULTI FAMILY (R2) · HCEU INSP · PRECOURT2020 — 5 L&I violations · Inspection failed · CERTIFICATION · FIRE ALARM TESTED/CERTIFIED · FIRE ALARM INOPERABLE · FIRE EXTINGUISHERS TAGGED · FIRE EXTINGUISHER PRESSURE · L&I investigation2021 — 3 L&I violations · L&I: 4 failed, 2 passed · INTERIOR SURFACES · FOOD PREPARATION · CARBON MONOXIDE ALRM LOCATION · L&I investigation$396K201620182020202220242026
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The paper trail

Traded

Traded 2×: $80K in 2002 → $150K in 2013 (+88%).

  1. 2002 $80KSold
  2. 2013 $150KSold
  3. 2017 L&I violationL&IL&I: 2 failed, 1 passedL&I visit
  4. 2020 5 L&I violationsL&IInspection failedL&I visit
  5. 2021 3 L&I violationsL&IL&I: 4 failed, 2 passedL&I visit

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Browse 20 dated records deeds, permits, inspections, licenses, violations, certifications & appeals
  1. InvestigationL&I investigation

    Case CF-2020-088251 · PASSED

  2. InvestigationL&I investigation

    Case CF-2021-004774 · PASSED

  3. InvestigationL&I investigation

    Case CF-2020-088251 · FAILED

  4. InvestigationL&I investigation

    Case CF-2021-004774 · FAILED

  5. ViolationINTERIOR SURFACES

    Case CF-2021-004774 · Violation VI-2021-003493 · COMPLIED

  6. ViolationFOOD PREPARATION

    Case CF-2021-004774 · Violation VI-2021-003486 · COMPLIED

  7. ViolationCARBON MONOXIDE ALRM LOCATION

    Case CF-2021-004774 · Violation VI-2021-003461 · COMPLIED

  8. ViolationCERTIFICATION

    Case CF-2020-088251 · Violation VI-2020-053573 · COMPLIED

  9. ViolationFIRE ALARM TESTED/CERTIFIED

    Case CF-2020-088251 · Violation VI-2020-053574 · COMPLIED

  10. ViolationFIRE ALARM INOPERABLE

    Case CF-2020-088251 · Violation VI-2020-053575 · COMPLIED

  11. ViolationFIRE EXTINGUISHERS TAGGED

    Case CF-2020-088251 · Violation VI-2020-053576 · COMPLIED

  12. ViolationFIRE EXTINGUISHER PRESSURE

    Case CF-2020-088251 · Violation VI-2020-053577 · COMPLIED

  13. InvestigationPRECOURT

    Case 585057 · PASSED

  14. InvestigationHCEU INSP

    Case 585057 · CLOSED

  15. InvestigationHCEU INSP

    Case 585057 · FAILED

  16. ViolationMULTI FAMILY (R2)

    Case 585057 · Violation 4455041 · COMPLIED

  17. LicenseRental

    License 591432 · Inactive

    ERIK WILLIAMS · Expires 2025-02-28 · Inactive 2025-04-29

  18. Recorded transfer$150K transfer

    2013

  19. LicenseRental

    License 222662 · Inactive

    WARREN ROBINSON (ELAINE ROBINSON) · Expires 2014-02-28

  20. Recorded transfer$80K transfer

    2002

What this record suggests

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Unavailable when this report assembled: certifications. Unavailable does not mean no record.

How Philadelphia’s property system works

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Permits and inspections

A permit is the City’s authorization and review pathway for construction or repair work. No fetched permit is not proof that no work ever happened.

L&I inspections are scheduled at defined stages; final inspection and required certifications are separate steps in closing out applicable work.

How construction and repair permits work ↗See City inspection stages by permit type ↗
Assessments and taxes

The OPA assessment is the City’s value on the tax roll—not an asking price, appraisal, or live account balance. The taxable assessment can differ from the full assessment because the City roll records exemptions or other treatment; the report keeps those fields separate.

Your annual estimate uses the taxable assessment. Payments, credits, interest, and the amount due are maintained separately in Tax Center.

How the Office of Property Assessment works ↗Philadelphia property-tax guidance ↗
Violations, cases, and status check current status

An open row is a dated City status, not a diagnosis of current condition or a conclusion about the property. Read the case, notice, and any subsequent inspection together, then verify the live file.

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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
4
Stories
3
Interior
2,424 sqft
livable area
Lot
13,500 sqft
Basement
Full, unfinished
city code C
Heat
Hot water / radiators
city code B
Central air
No
Exterior condition
Average
city code 4
Interior condition
Average
city code 4
Quality grade
B
assessor's grade
Zoning
RSA2
city zoning code

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

Run the numbers

What owning 1208 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.

$458K
20%
6.875%
$700/mo

When this house last sold (2013) a 30-year mortgage ran about 3.98% — 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
—
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

1208 E Washington Ln sits on the 1200 block of E Washington Ln. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.

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Next door: 1210 E Washington Ln  ·  1202r-06 E Washington Ln

Where this comes from
Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 10, 2026, 7:46 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: unavailable. “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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