House report

230 W Mount Airy Ave

5 bd · 3 ba · 3 stories · 2,343 sqft · RSA2 · built 1925

Owner-occupied · assessed $560K (2026) · 2027 OPA assessment $634K · sold 2×. On the 200 block of W Mount Airy Ave.

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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$6,440/year

2026 taxable assessment $460,100 × 1.3998%. Estimate—not a bill or account balance.

OPA also publishes a 2027 assessment of $633,500; 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 092048300
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Exemption classificationHomestead exemption

2026 OPA removes $100,000 from the taxable assessment through the owner-occupant exemption.

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

New construction

Why it matters

Bought for $186K in 2000, built new under a 2019 permit, sold for $465K in 2019.

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What to do with this

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If you’re buying

Built 1925: 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 RSA2: one household by right

Single-family (semi-detached). 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.

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
$560,100
2026 billed-year assessment · 2027: $633,500 · built 1925
Price / sq ft
$270
block $243 · above block
Appreciation
+66%
+5%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$635K
+5%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax bill / yr
$6,440
1.02% effective
Jun 2022 tax snapshot
No match
not proof the account is current
Gross yield
2.3%
≈$1K/mo rent
Times sold
2

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

$0$500K$1.0M$560K2000200520102015202020252026
Assessment lineBlock median & rangeAssessmentDeed / salePermit

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Every dated record5 events · scroll to browse
  1. PermitAlterations
  2. PermitNew Construction
  3. PermitAddition and/or Alteration
  4. Deed / saleDeed / sale $465K
  5. Deed / saleDeed / sale $186K

The paper trail

Bought for $186K in 2000, built new under a 2019 permit, sold for $465K in 2019.

  1. 2000 $186KSold
  2. 2019 $465KSoldAddition and/or AlterationPermit
  3. 2020 New ConstructionPermitAlterationsPermit

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Browse 5 dated records deeds, permits, inspections, licenses, violations, certifications & appeals
  1. PermitAlterations

    Permit 1048371 · Completed

    REROUTE KITCHEN SINK, INSTALL STACK, AND WATER CLOSET AS PER PHILDELPHIA 2014 PLUMBING CODE.

  2. PermitNew Construction

    Permit 1047299 · Completed

    ON AN EXISTING 200AMP SERVICE,KITCHEN AND MUDROOM RENOVATION,NEW GFCI/AFCI PROTECTED RECEPTS WITH NEW LIGHTING,UPGRADE APPLIANCES THROUGHOUT KITCHEN AS PER 2014 NEC (NORTH DISTRICT)

  3. PermitAddition and/or Alteration

    Permit 1038193 · Expired

    EZ PERMIT STANDARDS ALTERATIONS-KITCHEN RENOVATION; REMOVE NONLOAD BEARING PARTITION WALL, MINOR FRAMING, CONSTRUCT POWDERROOM WHERE CLOSET IS, INSTALL GYPBOARD, TRIM, AND OTHER FINISHES. For alterations to an Existing One Family Dwelling 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 ANY MODIFICATION TO EXTERIOR WALLS, PARTY WALLS, FLOOR/ROOF FRAMING OR FOUNDATIONS; UNDERPINNING AND EXCAVATIONS (I.E. DIGGING IN BASEMENT).

  4. Recorded transfer$465K transfer

    2019

  5. Recorded transfer$186K transfer

    2000

What this record suggests

The City file documents 3 permits touching kitchen work, electrical work, plumbing, roof work. 2 carries a completed, issued, or approved status; that documents the filing, not the present quality of the work.

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The property, on paper

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

Bedrooms
5
Bathrooms
3
Stories
3
Interior
2,343 sqft
livable area
Lot
5,440 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
B+
assessor's grade
Zoning
RSA2
city zoning code

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

Run the numbers

What owning 230 W Mount Airy 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.

$634K
20%
6.875%
$1K/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 use this parcel's taxable assessment, not a live Tax Center balance.

Block context

230 W Mount Airy Ave sits on the 200 block of W Mount Airy Ave. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.

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Next door: 228 W Mount Airy Ave  ·  226 W Mount Airy Ave

Where this comes from

Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 10, 2026, 1:26 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: queried. “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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