The Block Report

House report

1245 Medary Ave

1 story · 2,188 sqft · RSA3 · built 1925

Owner-occupied · assessed $332K · sold 1×. On the 1200 block of Medary Ave.

Street view of 1245 Medary Ave
From the street — imagery © Google
From above — imagery © Esri, Maxar

Property summary

Assessment$332KCity assessed value Last sale$205KRecorded 2012 Est. taxes$4K/yearAnnual city record Permits0Shown in this report ViolationsNone openNo open L&I cases

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

The tax bill is temporary

Today's $3,915/yr reflects a 10-year abatement. It jumps to about $4,645/yr by 2026 — $730/yr more. Price the full bill, not the current one.

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.

If you own it

When the abatement ends, file for Homestead

An abated home cannot also take the Homestead Exemption. From 2026 it can — knocking about $1,400/yr off the full bill.

Derived from this house's public records and the city's rules as of 2026 (abatement ordinance, Homestead, rental licensing, lead certification, L&I process, excavation protections). 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
$332K
built 1925
Price / sq ft
$152
block $158 · in line w/ block
Appreciation
+64%
+5%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$333K
+5%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax / yr
$4K
1.18% effective, abated
Gross yield
—
Times sold
1

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

$0$250K$500KBefore this chart — 2012: Sold $205K$332K201620222027
This houseBlock median & rangePermit

The paper trail

New construction

built new (tax-abated), sold for $205K in 2012.

  1. 2012 $205KSold

Flags: tax-abated — the bill lags real value. Informational only — not investment advice or a consumer report (FCRA).

The abatement clock

This house pays about $3,915/yr under a 10-year tax abatement. By 2026 the bill reaches its full ~$4,645/yr — a step up of $730/yr. Drag the slider.

2016: ~$2,454/yr2017: ~$2,454/yr2018: ~$2,454/yr2019: ~$2,476/yr2020: ~$2,703/yr2021: ~$2,703/yr2022: ~$2,703/yr2023: ~$3,183/yr2024: ~$3,183/yr2025: ~$3,804/yr2026: ~$3,804/yr2027: ~$3,915/yr201620262027
2027~$3,915/yrfrom the record

now: ($331,800 assessed − $52,117 abated) × 1.3998% ≈ $3,915/yr 2026: $331,800 assessed × 1.3998% ≈ $4,645/yr Flat 100% exemption (pre-2022 program, started 2016), then the cliff — reassessments move both lines. After expiry an owner-occupant can claim the Homestead Exemption (~$1,400/yr off); an abated home can't hold both.

The house, on paper

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

Stories
1
Interior
2,188 sqft
livable area
Lot
4,116 sqft
Garage
1 space
Exterior condition
Average
city code 4
Interior condition
Average
city code 4
Quality grade
B-
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 1245 Medary Ave takes, at your price and your rate. Taxes are this house's actual bill from the city record; rent starts at the area median. Assessed value is not an asking price — set the price slider to the real one.

$332K
20%
6.875%
$2K/mo

When this house last sold (2012) a 30-year mortgage ran about 3.66% — Freddie Mac's average that year.

Mortgage
—
P&I · 30-yr fixed
All-in monthly
—
+ taxes & insurance
Cash to close
—
down + ~4% costs
Cash flow
—
rent − all costs · /mo
Cap rate
—
NOI ÷ price
Cash-on-cash
—
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 from this parcel's record (with the abatement toggle above).

Block context

1245 Medary Ave sits on the 1200 block of Medary Ave. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.

See the whole block →

Next door: 1235 Medary Ave  ·  1225 Medary Ave

Where this comes from

Methodology & freshness

City datasets are fetched live from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and cached briefly. Dossiers re-pull automatically — on view once they're a few weeks old, plus a nightly rolling sweep — and citywide benchmarks recompute weekly. AI-written passages are generated from these records only and rejected if they state a number the record doesn't hold.

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