House report

2934 Cecil B Moore Ave

3 bd · 1 ba · 2 stories · 1,312 sqft · RSA5 · built 1915

Investor / LLC · assessed $366K (2026) · 2027 OPA assessment $274K · sold 2×. On the 2900 block of Cecil B Moore Ave.

Property summary

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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$5,120/year

2026 taxable assessment $365,800 × 1.3998%. Estimate—not a bill or account balance.

OPA also publishes a 2027 assessment of $274,200; 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 324043600
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Exemption classificationNo exemption shown

2026 taxable assessment equals the full assessed value.

Historical delinquency sources Record found

The June 2022 delinquency snapshot was not verifiably available in this cached report. No conclusion about a match—or today’s balance—can be drawn from that absence.

A separate historical parcel ledger ending in 2016 records $2,698.53 and a lien entry. It is shown as historical context only.

1996$29.88 total · $0.00 principal · $0.00 interest · $5.32 penalty1997$29.88 total · $0.00 principal · $0.00 interest · $5.32 penalty1998$29.88 total · $0.00 principal · $0.00 interest · $5.32 penalty1999$29.88 total · $0.00 principal · $0.00 interest · $5.32 penalty2000$29.88 total · $0.00 principal · $0.00 interest · $5.32 penalty2001$138.48 total · $0.00 principal · $90.96 interest · $6.39 penalty2002$146.60 total · $0.00 principal · $97.84 interest · $6.39 penalty2003$136.92 total · $0.00 principal · $89.63 interest · $6.39 penalty2004$196.26 total · $0.00 principal · $135.70 interest · $10.64 penalty2005$181.43 total · $0.00 principal · $123.14 interest · $10.64 penalty2006$167.98 total · $0.00 principal · $111.76 interest · $10.64 penalty2007$151.83 total · $0.00 principal · $98.07 interest · $10.64 penalty2008$144.72 total · $0.00 principal · $91.14 interest · $11.50 penalty2009$133.09 total · $0.00 principal · $81.28 interest · $11.50 penalty2010$130.56 total · $0.00 principal · $79.14 interest · $11.50 penalty2011$123.15 total · $0.00 principal · $71.74 interest · $12.63 penalty2012$107.10 total · $0.00 principal · $57.64 interest · $13.12 penalty2013$91.11 total · $0.00 principal · $43.61 interest · $13.59 penalty2014$169.24 total · $0.00 principal · $38.61 interest · $18.12 penalty2015$144.92 total · $0.00 principal · $18.03 interest · $18.12 penalty2016$385.74 total · $270.45 principal · $4.06 interest · $2.70 penalty

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What stands out

From the public record
Finding

Renovated & sold on

Why it matters

Bought for $10K in 2014, major alteration permit in 2018, sold for $170K in 2022 (+1600%).

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Records to verify together

Rule-based groupings across this property's dated public records. Each flag shows the records that belong in the same verification step and where the inference stops.

Dated record flagPost-purchase work pattern

A recorded purchase followed by 1 permit event matches the early part of a renovate-and-resell sequence.

Evidence: purchase recorded in 2022 · permit activity in 2022

Limit: This does not show that the property is listed or that a sale is planned.

Dated record flagAssessment/permit mismatch

The assessment jumped 591% in 2025, but no matching permit appears in the property timeline.

Evidence: assessment moved from $52,900 to $365,800 · no permit shown in 2024-2026

Limit: Not proof of unpermitted work; reassessment, corrected data, or a permit under another parcel can also explain it.

Transparent record rules, not a score or forecast. Each flag is a prompt to verify the cited records, not a prediction or allegation.

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

Built 1915: 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 RSA5: one household by right

Single-family rowhouse (the classic Philly row). 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.

If you own it

$2,699 in the historical tax ledger through 2016

Historical context only, not a current payoff figure; that ledger also contains a lien entry. Verify today's balance and lien status directly with Philadelphia Revenue before relying on it.

If you’re the landlord

Lead certificate is not optional

Built 1915: 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 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.

Who's behind it

Zoerose Real Estate LLC · corporate / LLC owner

• Tax bills mail to 4015 Greenes Way Cir, Collegeville PA, 19426 — outside Philadelphia
• Holds an active rental license for this address

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
$365,800
2026 billed-year assessment · 2027: $274,200 · built 1915
Price / sq ft
$209
block $156 · above block
Appreciation
+1532%
+29%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$278K
+29%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax bill / yr
$5,120
1.87% effective
Jun 2022 tax snapshot
Gross yield
-2917578.4%
≈$-667M/mo rent
Times sold
2
licensed rental

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

$0$250K$500KBefore this chart — 2008: 4 L&I violations 2014: Sold $10K 2015: L&I violation 2015: Inspection failed2016: Inspection failed2018: 2 L&I violations incl UNSAFE STRUCTURE 2018: Inspection failed 2018: Major alteration2019: Inspection passed2022: Sold $170K 2022: Addition and/or Alteration$274K2016201820202022202420262027
This houseBlock median & rangeSaleL&I violationPermitInspection
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The paper trail

Bought for $10K in 2014, major alteration permit in 2018, sold for $170K in 2022 (+1600%).

  1. 2008 4 L&I violationsL&I
  2. 2014 $10KSold
  3. 2015 L&I violationL&IInspection failedL&I visit
  4. 2016 Inspection failedL&I visit
  5. 2018 2 L&I violations incl UNSAFE STRUCTUREL&IInspection failedL&I visitMajor alterationPermit
  6. 2019 Inspection passedL&I visit
  7. 2022 $170KSoldAddition and/or AlterationPermit

Every dated deed, permit, inspection, license, violation, certification, and appeal—together.

The timeline combines the report’s transfer history with every successfully fetched L&I and zoning row. A date or status is the City’s filed record, not a statement that the condition remains current; use the official file for live detail.

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Recorded owner
Zoerose Real Estate LLC
L&I district
OPA account
324043600

What this record suggests

The dated deed and City-record sequence is assembled below. Read timing as a research lead, not proof of renovation, condition, or motive.

  1. Recorded transfer$170K transfer

    2022

  2. Recorded transfer$10K transfer

    2014

How Philadelphia’s property system works

These explainers are free because the record only helps if you know what it can—and cannot—prove. Use the linked City guidance for the controlling rule.

Permits and inspections

A permit is the City’s authorization and review pathway for construction or repair work. No fetched permit is not proof that no work ever happened.

L&I inspections are scheduled at defined stages; final inspection and required certifications are separate steps in closing out applicable work.

How construction and repair permits work ↗See City inspection stages by permit type ↗
Assessments and taxes

The OPA assessment is the City’s value on the tax roll—not an asking price, appraisal, or live account balance. The taxable assessment can differ from the full assessment because the City roll records exemptions or other treatment; the report keeps those fields separate.

Your annual estimate uses the taxable assessment. Payments, credits, interest, and the amount due are maintained separately in Tax Center.

How the Office of Property Assessment works ↗Philadelphia property-tax guidance ↗
Violations, cases, and status

L&I enforcement records can include warnings, notices, orders, inspections, and later resolution activity. A closed visit is still a historical record; it is not a missing event.

How L&I code enforcement works ↗City violation and order types ↗

Flags: active rental license · historical tax ledger through 2016 recorded $3K with a lien entry. Informational only — not investment advice or a consumer report (FCRA).

The property, on paper

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

Bedrooms
3
Bathrooms
1
Stories
2
Interior
1,312 sqft
livable area
Lot
1,120 sqft
Basement
Full, finished
city code A
Heat
Forced hot air
city code A
Central air
Yes
Exterior condition
New / rehabbed
city code 2
New / rehabbed
Interior condition
New / rehabbed
city code 2
New / rehabbed
Quality grade
C
assessor's grade
Zoning
RSA5
city zoning code

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

Run the numbers

What owning 2934 Cecil B Moore 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.

$274K
20%
6.875%
$700/mo

When this house last sold (2022) a 30-year mortgage ran about 5.34% — 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 use this parcel's taxable assessment, not a live Tax Center balance.

Block context

2934 Cecil B Moore Ave sits on the 2900 block of Cecil B Moore Ave. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.

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Next door: 2932 Cecil B Moore Ave  ·  2936 Cecil B Moore Ave

Where this comes from

Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 9, 2026, 4:29 PM 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. “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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