Public Records
Edition
Philadelphia1600 block of W Mentor StJuly 9, 2026

House report

1618 W Mentor St

3 bd · 1 ba · 2 stories · 1,024 sqft · RM1 · built 1930

Owner-occupied · assessed $115K · sold 1×. On the 1600 block of W Mentor St.

Street view of 1618 W Mentor St
From the street — imagery © Google
From above — imagery © Esri, Maxar
The story of this houseAI · written from the public record

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’re buying

The tax bill is temporary

Today's $204/yr reflects a 10-year abatement. It jumps to about $1,604/yr in 2030 — $1,400/yr more. Price the full bill, not the current one.

Built 1930: 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 own it

When the abatement ends, file for Homestead

An abated home cannot also take the Homestead Exemption. From 2030 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 analyst below to dig into any number.

Assessed value
$115K
built 1930
Price / sq ft
$112
block $112 · in line w/ block
Appreciation
+118%
+7%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$115K
+7%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax / yr
$204
0.18% effective, abated
Gross yield
—
Times sold
1

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

$0$100K$200KBefore this chart — 2008: Sold $75K 2010: Plumbing$115K201620222027
This houseBlock median & rangePermit
The paper trailNew construction

built new under a 2010 permit (tax-abated), sold for $75K in 2008.

  1. 2008 $75KSold
  2. 2010 PlumbingPermit

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 $204/yr under a 10-year tax abatement. In 2030 the bill reaches its full ~$1,604/yr — a step up of $1,400/yr, 3 assessment years out. Drag the slider.

2016: ~$316/yr2017: ~$316/yr2018: ~$316/yr2019: ~$28/yr2020: ~$0/yr2021: ~$0/yr2022: ~$0/yr2023: ~$0/yr2024: ~$0/yr2025: ~$186/yr2026: ~$186/yr2027: ~$204/yr2028: ~$204/yr (projected)2029: ~$204/yr (projected)2030: ~$1,604/yr (projected)2031: ~$1,604/yr (projected)201620302031
2027~$204/yrfrom the record

now: ($114,600 assessed − $100,026 abated) × 1.3998% ≈ $204/yr 2030: $114,600 assessed × 1.3998% ≈ $1,604/yr Flat 100% exemption (pre-2022 program, started 2020), 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.

Bedrooms
3
Bathrooms
1
Stories
2
Interior
1,024 sqft
livable area
Lot
1,040 sqft
Exterior condition
Average
city code 4
Interior condition
Average
city code 4
Quality grade
C
assessor's grade
Zoning
RM1
city zoning code

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

Run the numbers

What owning 1618 W Mentor St 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.

$115K
20%
6.875%
$825/mo

When this house last sold (2008) a 30-year mortgage ran about 6.03% — 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).

Next door: 1616 W Mentor St  ·  1620 W Mentor St

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.

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