Mixed-use report

3027 Germantown Ave

2,064 sqft · CMX2 · built 1915

Absentee individual · assessed $95K. On the 3000 block of Germantown Ave.

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Street view of 3027 Germantown Ave
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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 $188 and a lien entry. It is shown as historical context only.

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What stands out

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History

Why it matters

11 L&I violations (2022); L&I: 2 failed, 1 passed (2022); 4 L&I violations (2023); L&I: 3 failed, 1 passed (2023); Inspection passed (2024).

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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 flagRecords to verify together

More than one separately dated public record deserves a current-status check.

Evidence: a lien number appears in the historical tax ledger through 2016 · failed L&I inspection activity in 2022, 2023

Limit: A screening signal, not a foreclosure prediction. Tax entries are historical and must be verified with Philadelphia Revenue.

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What to do with this

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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.

If you own it

$188 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

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.

The investment read

How this building 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
$95K
built 1915
Price / sq ft
$46
block $47 · in line w/ block
Appreciation
+0%
+0%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$95K
+0%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax / yr
$1K
1.4% effective
Jun 2022 tax snapshot
Gross yield
9.6%
≈$757/mo rent
Times sold
0

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

$0$100K$200K2022: 11 L&I violations 2022: L&I: 2 failed, 1 passed2023: 4 L&I violations 2023: L&I: 3 failed, 1 passed2024: Inspection passed$95K201620222027
This houseBlock median & rangeL&I violationInspection

The paper trail

11 L&I violations (2022); L&I: 2 failed, 1 passed (2022); 4 L&I violations (2023); L&I: 3 failed, 1 passed (2023); Inspection passed (2024).

  1. 2022 11 L&I violationsL&IL&I: 2 failed, 1 passedL&I visit
  2. 2023 4 L&I violationsL&IL&I: 3 failed, 1 passedL&I visit
  3. 2024 Inspection passedL&I visit

Flags: historical tax ledger through 2016 recorded $188 with a lien entry. 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
2,064 sqft
livable area
Lot
1,336 sqft
Exterior condition
Vacant
city code 6
Vacant
Interior condition
Vacant
city code 6
Vacant
Quality grade
C
assessor's grade
Zoning
CMX2
city zoning code

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

Run the numbers

What owning 3027 Germantown 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.

$95K
20%
6.875%
$750/mo
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.

Block context

3027 Germantown Ave sits on the 3000 block of Germantown Ave. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.

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Next door: 3025 Germantown Ave  ·  3029 Germantown Ave

Where this comes from

Methodology & freshness

Available City datasets are queried from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com), then reports are cached and refreshed on a rolling schedule. Source dates vary: the parcel-level tax-delinquency snapshot is June 2022 and the separate detailed tax ledger ends in 2016, so neither establishes today’s balance. Other dossiers re-pull on view once stale, and citywide benchmarks recompute weekly. 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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