House report

1423 S Paxon St

2 bd · 1 ba · 2 stories · 1,004 sqft · RSA3 · built 1940

Absentee individual · assessed $204K (2026) · 2027 OPA assessment $207K. On the 1400 block of S Paxon St.

Property summary

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

BlockReport AI · cited public records

Ask the questions this record raises.

Every choice opens the research chat with this property already in context. Curated questions are free.

Opens the research chat · 3 custom questions per browser
Question or correct this record

BlockReport can explain a discrepancy, but it cannot rewrite an official City record. Use the agency that owns the underlying fact:

Street view of 1423 S Paxon St
From the street — imagery © Google
From above — imagery © Esri, Maxar

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$597/year

2026 taxable assessment $42,648 × 1.3998%. Estimate—not a bill or account balance.

OPA also publishes a 2027 assessment of $207,100; 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 273105100
Open Philadelphia Tax Center →Choose “View period balance” to see the tax year and any credit, interest, or delinquency.
Exemption classificationPartial assessment exemption — basis unverified

2026 OPA taxes $42,648 of $204,000 assessed. The assessment fields alone do not identify a program, approval date, expiration, or buyer eligibility.

See the assessment math →
Full-assessment scenario$2,856/year

Applying the same rate to the billed-year full assessment. OPA's numeric split does not say when or whether the current treatment changes.

See the assessment math →
Historical delinquency sources Record found

The June 2022 delinquency snapshot was not verifiably available in this cached report. No conclusion about a match—or today’s balance—can be drawn from that absence.

A separate historical parcel ledger ending in 2016 records $4,999.51 and a lien entry. It is shown as historical context only.

2010$724.71 total · $304.26 principal · $168.86 interest · $21.29 penalty2011$1,081.63 total · $651.73 principal · $303.06 interest · $45.62 penalty2012$1,057.92 total · $676.84 principal · $253.82 interest · $47.38 penalty2013$1,028.28 total · $701.17 principal · $199.83 interest · $49.08 penalty2014$115.19 total · $85.91 principal · $16.75 interest · $6.01 penalty2015$485.36 total · $315.91 principal · $33.17 interest · $22.11 penalty2016$506.42 total · $381.51 principal · $5.72 interest · $3.82 penalty

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

Verify the current tax bill and exemption

The 2026 taxable assessment implies about $597/yr, while applying the same rate to the full assessment would imply about $2,856/yr — $2,259/yr more. OPA's assessment split does not establish the exemption program, expiration, or buyer eligibility. Verify the basis and live bill with OPA and Revenue.

Built 1940: 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.

The last transfer used nominal consideration

The latest deed records $100 or less and shared-name parties. That is not a usable market-sale price and can reflect a family, estate, gift, correction, or entity transfer. Inspect the deed and order a title search rather than inferring the relationship or chain.

If you own it

$5,000 in the historical tax ledger through 2016

Historical context only, not a current payoff figure; that ledger also contains a lien entry. Verify today's balance and lien status directly with Philadelphia Revenue before relying on it.

If you’re the landlord

Lead certificate is not optional

Built 1940: 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
$204,000
2026 billed-year assessment · 2027: $207,100 · built 1940
Price / sq ft
$206
block $142 · above block
Appreciation
+774%
+22%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$209K
+22%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax bill / yr
$597
0.29% effective, reduced taxable assessment
Jun 2022 tax snapshot
Gross yield
9.1%
≈$2K/mo rent
Times sold
0
latest deed has shared-name parties

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

$0$125K$250K2016 OPA assessment: $24K2017 OPA assessment: $24K2018 OPA assessment: $24K2019 OPA assessment: $20K2020 OPA assessment: $22K2021 OPA assessment: $22K2022 OPA assessment: $22K2023 OPA assessment: $110K2024 OPA assessment: $110K2025 OPA assessment: $204K2026 OPA assessment: $204K2027 OPA assessment: $207K$207K2016201820202022202420262027
This propertyBlock median & range
Assessment points show the City value for each year.

The paper trail

built new under a 2018 permit (reduced taxable assessment shown).

  1. 2017 3 L&I violations incl EXTERIOR STRUCT UNSAFE COND 7L&IInspection failedL&I visit
  2. 2018 Major alterationPermitAlterationPermitElectricalPermitMechanicalPermitPlumbingPermitInspection passedL&I visit

Flags: material assessment exemption — legal basis and term unverified · active rental license · historical tax ledger through 2016 recorded $5K with a lien entry · latest deed has shared-name parties — relationship unverified. Informational only — not investment advice or a consumer report (FCRA).

The assessment exemption gap

OPA's 2026 taxable assessment implies about $597/year. Applying the same 1.3998% rate to the full assessed value would imply ~$2,856/year$2,259/year more. That is a scenario, not a forecast: the assessment split alone does not identify the exemption program, approval date, expiration, transfer treatment, or live Tax Center balance.

2016: ~$332/yr2017: ~$332/yr2018: ~$332/yr2019: ~$284/yr2020: ~$308/yr2021: ~$308/yr2022: ~$308/yr2023: ~$323/yr2024: ~$323/yr2025: ~$597/yr2026: ~$597/yr20162026
2026~$597/yrestimated from assessment

2026: ($204,000 assessed − $161,351 exempt) × 1.3998% ≈ $597/yr full-assessment scenario: $204,000 × 1.3998% ≈ $2,856/yr The OPA amount does not prove a ten-year abatement or any other specific program. Obtain the approval history and verify the current Tax Center account; a buyer should not assume the seller's relief transfers or restarts.

The property, on paper

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

Bedrooms
2
Bathrooms
1
Stories
2
Interior
1,004 sqft
livable area
Lot
752 sqft
Basement
Full
city code D
Exterior condition
Average
city code 4
Interior condition
New / rehabbed
city code 2
New / rehabbed
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 1423 S Paxon 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.

$207K
20%
6.875%
$2K/mo
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 with an optional full-assessment stress test, not a live Tax Center balance.

Block context

1423 S Paxon St sits on the 1400 block of S Paxon St. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.

See the whole block →

Next door: 1421 S Paxon St  ·  1425 S Paxon St

Where this comes from

Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 9, 2026, 11:43 PM 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. “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.

Official city record ↗  ·  L&I history ↗  ·  See the whole block  ·  Download this record (JSON)