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Philadelphia1600 block of Cecil B Moore AveJuly 9, 2026

House report

1617 Cecil B Moore Ave

3,235 sqft · CMX2.5 · built 2009

Owner-occupied · assessed $275K · sold 4×. On the 1600 block of Cecil B Moore Ave.

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Reading this house's deeds, permits and assessments…

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 own it

$1,399/yr may be unclaimed

This home reads owner-occupied but shows no Homestead Exemption, which removes $100,000 from the taxable assessment (worth up to $1,399/yr). Applying through the City is free and takes minutes.

$4,332 in back taxes on record

Interest and penalties keep compounding until a Revenue payment agreement is in place, and a lien is already filed — an owner-occupant agreement also stops the sheriff-sale track.

If you’re the landlord

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 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 analyst below to dig into any number.

Assessed value
$275K
built 2009
Price / sq ft
$85
block $85 · in line w/ block
Appreciation
+18%
+2%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$275K
+2%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax / yr
$4K
1.4% effective
Gross yield
—
Times sold
4
licensed rental

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

$0$500K$1.0MBefore this chart — 2009: Zoning/use 2009: Demolition 2009: Demolished 2009: Plumbing 2009: Zoning/use 2009: Major alteration 2009: Mechanical 2010: Electrical 2010: Suppression2019: Sold $336K2025: 4 L&I violations2026: Sold $500K$275K201620222027
This houseBlock median & rangeSaleL&I violationPermit
The paper trailTorn down & rebuilt

demolished in 2009 and rebuilt (2009), then sold for $500K in 2026.

  1. 2009 Zoning/usePermitDemolitionPermitDemolishedTeardownPlumbingPermitZoning/usePermitMajor alterationPermitMechanicalPermit
  2. 2010 ElectricalPermitSuppressionPermit
  3. 2019 $336KSold
  4. 2025 4 L&I violationsL&I
  5. 2026 $500KSold

Flags: active rental license · $4K back taxes (2011–2016, $107 of it interest & penalties, lien filed). Informational only — not investment advice or a consumer report (FCRA).

The house, on paper

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

Interior
3,235 sqft
livable area
Lot
1,764 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

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

Run the numbers

What owning 1617 Cecil B Moore 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.

$275K
20%
6.875%
$2K/mo

When this house last sold (2019) a 30-year mortgage ran about 3.94% — 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.

Next door: 1619 Cecil B Moore Ave  ·  1613 Cecil B Moore Ave

Where this comes from

City datasets are fetched live from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and cached briefly. 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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