House report

128 Gay St

4 bd · 2 ba · 3 stories · 2,160 sqft · RSA5 · built 1900

Absentee individual · assessed $333K (2026) · 2027 OPA assessment $376K · sold 3×. On the 100 block of Gay St.

Property summary

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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$4,656/year

2026 taxable assessment $332,600 × 1.3998%. Estimate—not a bill or account balance.

OPA also publishes a 2027 assessment of $375,800; it is not the 2026 billed-year value.

Official current account balanceCheck live

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OPA 211145700
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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.

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What stands out

From the public record
Finding

Renovated & sold on

Why it matters

Bought for $137K in 2002, plumbing permit in 2015, sold for $365K in 2025 (+166%).

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Finding

"Built 1900" is usually a placeholder

Why it matters

Philadelphia records use 1900 as a stand-in when the real construction year was never documented. Treat the age as unknown, not as 120+ years.

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Fetched L&I and zoning records

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Recorded owner
Francesca Mancino & Costa Louis Ii
Tax mailing address
366 CINNAMINSON ST UNIT B, PHILADELPHIA PA, 19128
L&I district
Building ID (BIN)
OPA account
211145700
Permits5Every dated permit
Violation cases0No match
Investigations0No match
Building certifications0Unavailable
Business licenses21 active
Appeals0No match
PermitsPermit number, issued date, work and City status5
PlumbingPermit 615602

Jun 8, 2015 COMPLETED Completed May 3, 2016

5" STORM SYSTEM HOUSE TRAP AND SANITARY AND FRESH AIR INLET REPLACEMENT - "SELF-CERTIFICATIONS ARE NO LONGER PERMITTED" - "ALL EXCAVATIONS AND PLUMBING TRENCHES IN EXCESS OF 5 FEET IN DEPTH MUST HAVE APPROVED SHORING IN PLACE AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION"

Addition and/or AlterationPermit EP-2025-001206

Feb 12, 2025 Completed Completed Apr 3, 2025

Partial rewire including; Knob & Tube removal Approx. 75% rewire Tamper Proof outlets Switches lights 120V Smoke Detectors ARC Fault Breakers 100 AMP Service *FISHING ALL WIRES IN EXISTING WALLS & CEILINGS*

Addition and/or AlterationPermit RP-2025-004721

Aug 12, 2025 Completed Completed Sep 26, 2025

For alterations to a Single Family Dwelling Property as per attached standard. Deviations from this standard will result in permit revocation and require submission of construction plans. Structural alteration or repair is expressly PROHIBITED under this permit. Prohibited structural work includes but not limited to any modification to exterior walls, party wall, floor/roof framing and foundations, including underpinning, excavation and removal of foundation slab. NO WORK MAY BE PERFORMED IN THE BASEMENT OR CELLAR. Separate permits required for Mechanical, Electric and Plumbing.

Addition and/or AlterationPermit EP-2025-003056

Aug 13, 2025 Completed Completed Sep 18, 2025

REWIRE BATHROOM ACCORDING TO THE 2017 NEC.

AlterationsPermit PP-2025-009721

Aug 14, 2025 Completed Completed Sep 26, 2025

REPLACE 1-WC 1- LAV 1- SHOWER/TUB

Violation cases0 individual violation records; resolved history remains visible0

No violation cases matched this parcel in the fetched City dataset.

InvestigationsEvery inspector visit, including CLOSED outcomes0

No investigations matched this parcel in the fetched City dataset.

Building certificationsInspection result and filed expiration date by L&I building ID0

This dataset was unavailable when the report was assembled.

Business licensesHistorical and active licenses are both retained2
RentalLicense 661179

SCOTT & RANDEE SEGAL

Revenue code 3202 · First issued Apr 15, 2015 Closed Expiration Apr 30, 2026

RentalLicense 0994828

Francesca Mancino

Revenue code 3202 · First issued Dec 3, 2025 Active Expiration Dec 2, 2026

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.

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.

Dated record flagPost-purchase work pattern

A recorded purchase followed by 4 permit events matches the early part of a renovate-and-resell sequence.

Evidence: purchase recorded in 2025 · permit activity in 2025

Limit: This does not show that the property is listed or that a sale is planned.

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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 1900: 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 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.

If you’re the landlord

Lead certificate is not optional

Built 1900: every rental unit needs a lead-safe or lead-free certificate on file with the City. Without one: fines up to $2,000/day per unit, tenants may withhold rent, courts can order rent refunded — and no eviction will stand.

Licensed rental — keep it that way

Renewal requires city tax clearance and zero open L&I violations on the property. A lapsed license suspends the right to collect rent or evict.

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
$332,600
2026 billed-year assessment · 2027: $375,800 · built 1900
Price / sq ft
$174
block $264 · below block
Appreciation
+50%
+4%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$377K
+4%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax bill / yr
$4,656
1.24% effective
Jun 2022 tax snapshot
No match
not proof the account is current
Gross yield
4.1%
≈$1K/mo rent
Times sold
3
licensed rental

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

$0$250K$500KBefore this chart — 2002: Sold $137K 2005: Sold $226K 2015: Plumbing2025: Sold $365K 2025: Addition and/or Alteration 2025: Addition and/or Alteration 2025: Addition and/or Alteration 2025: Alterations$333K201620212026
This houseBlock median & rangeSalePermit

The paper trail

Bought for $137K in 2002, plumbing permit in 2015, sold for $365K in 2025 (+166%).

  1. 2002 $137KSold
  2. 2005 $226KSold
  3. 2015 PlumbingPermit
  4. 2025 $365KSoldAddition and/or AlterationPermitAddition and/or AlterationPermitAddition and/or AlterationPermitAlterationsPermit

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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
2
Stories
3
Interior
2,160 sqft
livable area
Lot
1,055 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
C
assessor's grade
Zoning
RSA5
city zoning code

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

Where the record looks off

Places where the city's own paperwork disagrees with itself. These are flags on the data — not problems with the property.

"Built 1900" is usually a placeholder

Philadelphia records use 1900 as a stand-in when the real construction year was never documented. Treat the age as unknown, not as 120+ years.

Run the numbers

What owning 128 Gay 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.

$365K
20%
6.875%
$1K/mo

When this house last sold (2025) a 30-year mortgage ran about 6.6% — 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 use this parcel's taxable assessment, not a live Tax Center balance.

Block context

128 Gay St sits on the 100 block of Gay St. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.

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Where this comes from

Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 10, 2026, 3:30 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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