House report

320 Wharton St

4 bd · 2 ba · 3 stories · 1,668 sqft · RSA5 · built 1915

Investor / LLC · assessed $345K (2026) · 2027 OPA assessment $371K · sold 1×. On the 300 block of Wharton St.

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Street view of 320 Wharton St
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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$4,834/year

2026 taxable assessment $345,300 × 1.3998%. Estimate—not a bill or account balance.

OPA also publishes a 2027 assessment of $371,200; it is not the 2026 billed-year value.

Official current account balanceCheck live

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OPA 011216300
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Exemption classificationNo exemption shown

2026 taxable assessment equals the full assessed value.

Historical delinquency sources No current conclusion

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.

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What stands out

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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.

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’re the landlord

If it is rented, verify the Rental License

The fetched license records do not show an active Rental License. Ownership type or a tax mailing address does not prove that tenants occupy the property; if it is rented, verify the current license and legal occupancy in eCLIPSE.

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

Rj Custom Homes LLC · corporate / LLC owner

• Owns 3 properties across Philadelphia under this name, assessed at $1.1M combined
• Tax bills mail to 4 John Drive, Sewell NJ, 08080 — outside Philadelphia
• The last transfer was a nominal/family deed, not an open-market sale

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
$345,300
2026 billed-year assessment · 2027: $371,200 · built 1915
Price / sq ft
$223
block $219 · in line w/ block
Appreciation
+70%
+5%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$372K
+5%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax bill / yr
$4,834
1.3% effective
Jun 2022 tax snapshot
Gross yield
7.2%
≈$2K/mo rent
Times sold
1
latest deed has shared-name parties

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

$0$250K$500K2016 OPA assessment: $219K2017 OPA assessment: $219K2018 OPA assessment: $219K2019 OPA assessment: $235K2020 OPA assessment: $255K2021 OPA assessment: $255K2022 OPA assessment: $255K2023 OPA assessment: $302K2024 OPA assessment: $302K2025 OPA assessment: $345K2026 OPA assessment: $345K2027 OPA assessment: $371K2025 — Sold $275K · Addition and/or Alteration2026 — Addition and/or Alteration · Addition and/or Alterations · New construction, addition, GFA change · Alterations$371K2016201820202022202420262027
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The paper trail

built new under a 2025 permit, sold for $275K in 2025.

  1. 2025 $275KSoldAddition and/or AlterationPermit
  2. 2026 Addition and/or AlterationPermitAddition and/or AlterationsPermitNew construction, addition, GFA changePermitAddition and/or AlterationPermitAlterationsPermit

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  1. Recorded transfer$275K transfer

    2025

What this record suggests

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How Philadelphia’s property system works

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Permits and inspections

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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

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

Flags: latest deed has shared-name parties — relationship unverified. 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
4
Bathrooms
2
Stories
3
Interior
1,668 sqft
livable area
Lot
932 sqft
Basement
Full, finished
city code A
Heat
Forced hot air
city code A
Central air
Yes
Exterior condition
Average
city code 4
Interior condition
New / rehabbed
city code 2
New / rehabbed
Quality grade
B-
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 320 Wharton St 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.

$275K
20%
6.875%
$2K/mo

When this house last sold (2025) a 30-year mortgage ran about 6.6% — 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

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

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Next door: 318 Wharton St  ·  316 Wharton St

Where this comes from

Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 10, 2026, 3:12 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. “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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