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Philadelphia2700 block of Comly RdJuly 9, 2026

House report

2747-51 Comly Rd

1 story · 5,600 sqft · CA1 · built 1970

Absentee individual · assessed $755K · sold 2×. On the 2700 block of Comly Rd.

Street view of 2747-51 Comly Rd
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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 $0/yr reflects a 10-year abatement. It jumps to about $10,570/yr by 2026 — $10,570/yr more. Price the full bill, not the current one.

Built 1970: 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

$1,254 in back taxes on record

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

If you’re the landlord

No active rental license on file

If this property is rented, Philadelphia requires a Rental License (via eCLIPSE) — without it a landlord cannot legally collect rent or evict, and tenants can withhold. Licensing needs tax clearance and no open violations.

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.

Who's behind it

Planned Parenthood Southe · absentee owner

Nothing beyond the deed name in the assessor's record — ask the AI below to trace this owner citywide.

City record ↗

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
$755K
built 1970
Price / sq ft
$135
block $183 · below block
Appreciation
-4%
0%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$755K
0%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax / yr
—
Gross yield
-1059462.3%
≈$-667M/mo rent
Times sold
2

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

$0$500K$1.0MBefore this chart — 2003: Inspection failed ×2 2004: Sold $300K 2007: Sold $1.6M 2010: Electrical 2011: Plumbing 2012: Major alteration 2012: Electrical 2012: Plumbing2016: Alteration 2016: Electrical2019: Plumbing$755K201620222027
This houseBlock median & rangePermit
The paper trailNew construction

Bought for $300K in 2004, built new under a 2010 permit (tax-abated), sold for $1.6M in 2007.

  1. 2003 Inspection failed ×2L&I visit
  2. 2004 $300KSold
  3. 2007 $1.6MSold
  4. 2010 ElectricalPermit
  5. 2011 PlumbingPermit
  6. 2012 Major alterationPermitElectricalPermitPlumbingPermit
  7. 2016 AlterationPermitElectricalPermit
  8. 2019 PlumbingPermit

Flags: tax-abated — the bill lags real value · $1K back taxes (2008, $522 of it interest & penalties). Informational only — not investment advice or a consumer report (FCRA).

The abatement clock

This house pays about $0/yr under a 10-year tax abatement. By 2026 the bill reaches its full ~$10,570/yr — a step up of $10,570/yr. Drag the slider.

2016: ~$0/yr2017: ~$0/yr2018: ~$0/yr2019: ~$0/yr2020: ~$0/yr2021: ~$0/yr2022: ~$0/yr2023: ~$0/yr2024: ~$0/yr2025: ~$0/yr2026: ~$0/yr2027: ~$0/yr201620262027
2027~$0/yrfrom the record

now: ($755,100 assessed − $755,100 abated) × 1.3998% ≈ $0/yr 2026: $755,100 assessed × 1.3998% ≈ $10,570/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.

Stories
1
Interior
5,600 sqft
livable area
Lot
15,000 sqft
Exterior condition
Average
city code 4
Interior condition
Average
city code 4
Quality grade
C+
assessor's grade
Zoning
CA1
city zoning code

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

Run the numbers

What owning 2747-51 Comly Rd 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.

$755K
20%
6.875%
$700/mo

When this house last sold (2007) a 30-year mortgage ran about 6.34% — 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: 2719 Comly Rd  ·  2711 Comly Rd

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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