Multi-family report

315 W Berks St

6 bd · 3 stories · 2,928 sqft · RM1 · built 2025

Absentee individual · assessed $850K · 3 licensed units. On the 300 block of W Berks St.

Street view of 315 W Berks St — From the street — imagery © Google

From above — imagery © Esri, Maxar

Property summary

Assessment$850KCity assessed value Last sale—No sale value available Est. taxes$2K/yearAnnual city record Permits7Shown in this report ViolationsNone openNo open L&I cases

What stands out

From the public record

Finding

New construction

Why it matters

built new under a 2021 permit (tax-abated).

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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 $2,380/yr reflects a 10-year abatement. It steps up every year and reaches about $11,898/yr in 2036 — $9,518/yr more. Price the full bill, not the current one.

The last transfer was not a sale

The most recent recorded deed moved for nominal consideration. That is where tangled-title problems live — budget a real title search. (Occupants untangling an inherited deed can get help from the city's Tangled Title Fund.)

If you’re the landlord

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 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

$850K

built 2025

Price / sq ft

$290

block $245 · above block

Appreciation

+11084%

+54%/yr, city 6.5%

In 5 years (~2031)

~$873K

+54%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast

Est. tax / yr

$2K

0.28% effective, abated

Gross yield

≈$1K/mo rent

Times sold

licensed rental

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

This houseBlock median & rangeL&I violationPermit

The paper trail

New construction

built new under a 2021 permit (tax-abated).

2013 2 L&I violationsL&I
2021 New construction, addition, GFA changePermitNew ConstructionPermit
2022 New ConstructionPermit
2023 New ConstructionPermit2 L&I violationsL&IL&I: 2 failed, 1 passedL&I visitNew Construction or AdditionsPermit
2024 New ConstructionPermitNew Construction or AdditionsPermit

Flags: tax-abated — the bill lags real value · active rental license. Informational only — not investment advice or a consumer report (FCRA).

The abatement clock

This house pays about $2,380/yr under a 10-year tax abatement that steps down every year. In 2036 the bill reaches its full ~$11,898/yr — a step up of $9,518/yr, 9 assessment years out. Drag the slider.

2027~$2,380/yrfrom the record

now: ($850,000 assessed − $679,976 abated) × 1.3998% ≈ $2,380/yr 2036: $850,000 assessed × 1.3998% ≈ $11,898/yr The abated slice shrinks ~10% a year (post-2022 program, started 2026) — 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

Stories

Interior

2,928 sqft

livable area

Lot

1,304 sqft

Heat

Forced hot air

city code A

Central air

Yes

Exterior condition

Newer construction

city code 1

Newer construction

Interior condition

Newer construction

city code 1

Newer construction

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 315 W Berks St takes, at your price and your rate. Taxes are this building's actual bill from the city record; rent starts at 3 licensed units × ~85% of the area's median unit rent — the whole building's income, not one unit's. Assessed value is not an asking price — set the price slider to the real one.

Purchase price$850K

Down payment20%

Mortgage rate6.875%

Monthly rent · 3 units$4K/mo

Price it at the post-abatement bill (~$12K/yr from 2036)

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, $2,100/yr insurance, 1% of price/yr maintenance; taxes from this parcel's record (with the abatement toggle above).

Block context

315 W Berks St sits on the 300 block of W Berks St. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.

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Next door: 313 W Berks St · 317 W Berks St

Where this comes from

Assessment, spec sheet & owner — OPA Property Assessments, Office of Property Assessment
Sales & deed history — Realty Transfer Tax records, Recorder of Deeds
Permits, violations & inspections — L&I Property History · Atlas
Back taxes & liens — Real Estate Tax Balances, Dept. of Revenue
Zoning appeals — L&I & Zoning Board appeals
Neighborhood income & rents — US Census ACS 5-year estimates
Historical mortgage rates — Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey, annual averages

Methodology & freshness

City datasets are fetched live from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and cached briefly. Dossiers re-pull automatically — on view once they're a few weeks old, plus a nightly rolling sweep — 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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About this data & fine print

Answers are generated by an AI agent querying City of Philadelphia open data at the moment you ask: OPA property assessments, Recorder of Deeds transfer records, L&I permits, violations & licenses, Dept. of Revenue tax balances, Zoning Board appeals, Police incident reports, Philly311 requests, and School District of Philadelphia catchment and school data.

City data is published as-is and can lag, contain errors, or be corrected later; school performance datasets run years behind and are labeled with their school year. AI answers can contain mistakes — verify anything that matters against the official record (property.phila.gov, atlas.phila.gov) before acting on it.

Informational only. Not legal, financial, or investment advice. Not a consumer report under the FCRA — it may not be used to decide anyone's eligibility for housing, tenancy, employment, credit, or insurance.

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315 W Berks St

Property summary

What stands out

New construction

What to do with this

If you’re buying

If you’re the landlord

The investment read

The paper trail

The abatement clock

The house, on paper

Run the numbers

Block context

Where this comes from

This is 315 W Berks St,
on paper.

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What to catch on the way down.