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1616-20 W Passyunk Ave

3,210 sqft · CMX2.5 · built 1920

Absentee individual · assessed $514K. On the 1600 block of W Passyunk Ave.

Property summary

Assessment$514KCity assessed value Last sale$180KRecorded 2002 Est. annual tax$3K/yearAssessment × 1.3998% Tax delinquency—Snapshot unavailable Permits1Dated events in report ViolationsNone openNone open when assembled

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Street view of 1616-20 W Passyunk Ave
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From above — imagery © Esri, Maxar

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 current tax estimate is temporary

The taxable assessment implies about $2,961/yr under a 10-year abatement. It jumps to about $7,189/yr by 2026 — $4,228/yr more. Underwrite the post-abatement estimate and verify the actual bill with Revenue.

Built 1920: 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.

If you’re the landlord

Lead certificate is not optional

Built 1920: 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 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 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
$514K
built 1920
Price / sq ft
$160
block $160 · in line w/ block
Appreciation
+78%
+5%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$515K
+5%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax / yr
$3K
0.58% effective, abated
Jun 2022 tax snapshot
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Gross yield
2.8%
≈$1K/mo rent
Times sold
0
licensed rental

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

$0$500K$1.0MBefore this chart — 2008: L&I violation 2008: Inspection failed ×2 2009: Appeal granted with conditions 2009: Use 2009: L&I: 1 failed, 1 passed 2014: L&I violation 2014: L&I: 2 failed, 1 passed$514K201620222027
This houseBlock median & rangePermit

The paper trail

New construction

built new under a 2009 permit (tax-abated).

  1. 2008 L&I violationL&IInspection failed ×2L&I visit
  2. 2009 Appeal granted with conditionsZoningUsePermitL&I: 1 failed, 1 passedL&I visit
  3. 2014 L&I violationL&IL&I: 2 failed, 1 passedL&I visit

Flags: tax-abated — the bill lags real value · active rental license · 1 zoning/board appeal on record. Informational only — not investment advice or a consumer report (FCRA).

The abatement clock

This house’s taxable assessment implies about $2,961/yr under a 10-year tax abatement. By 2026 the assessment-based estimate reaches ~$7,189/yr — a step up of $4,228/yr. Drag the slider.

2016: ~$2,961/yr2017: ~$2,961/yr2018: ~$2,961/yr2019: ~$2,961/yr2020: ~$2,961/yr2021: ~$2,961/yr2022: ~$2,961/yr2023: ~$2,961/yr2024: ~$2,961/yr2025: ~$2,961/yr2026: ~$2,961/yr2027: ~$2,961/yr201620262027
2027~$2,961/yrestimated from assessment

now: ($513,600 assessed − $302,070 abated) × 1.3998% ≈ $2,961/yr 2026: $513,600 assessed × 1.3998% ≈ $7,189/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.

Interior
3,210 sqft
livable area
Lot
1,979 sqft
Exterior condition
Average
city code 4
Interior condition
Average
city code 4
Quality grade
C
assessor's grade
Zoning
CMX2.5
city zoning code
Zoning appeals
1
granted with conditions 2009

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

Run the numbers

What owning 1616-20 W Passyunk Ave 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.

$514K
20%
6.875%
$1K/mo

When this house last sold (2002) a 30-year mortgage ran about 6.54% — 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

1616-20 W Passyunk Ave sits on the 1600 block of W Passyunk Ave. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.

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Next door: 1622-28 W Passyunk Ave  ·  1608-14 W Passyunk Ave

Where this comes from
Methodology & freshness

Available City datasets are queried from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com), then reports are cached and refreshed on a rolling schedule. Source dates vary: the parcel-level tax-delinquency snapshot is June 2022 and the separate detailed tax ledger ends in 2016, so neither establishes today’s balance. Other dossiers re-pull on view once stale, 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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