House report
3401 Grays Ferry Ave
Absentee individual · assessed $3.3M · sold 2×. On the 3400 block of Grays Ferry Ave.
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
Today's $22,629/yr reflects a 10-year abatement. It steps up every year and reaches about $46,678/yr in 2036 — $24,049/yr more. Price the full bill, not the current one.
If you own it
L&I appeals must be filed within 30 days — just 6 days if a property is designated UNSAFE or IMMINENTLY DANGEROUS. Left unresolved, the city can do the work itself, bill the owner (routinely $50,000+ on a rowhouse), lien the property, and add court fines of $300+/day.
If you’re the landlord
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 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.
Value vs. the block, over time — sales, permits & L&I events marked on the line
demolished in 2025 and rebuilt (2025).
- 2023 7 L&I violationsL&I
- 2024 Appeal grantedZoningAppeal completeZoning
- 2025 DemolishedTeardownFences OnlyPermitNew ConstructionPermitNew ConstructionPermit
- 2026 New Construction or AdditionsPermitNew ConstructionPermitNew ConstructionPermitAddition and/or AlterationPermitAddition and/or AlterationsPermit
Flags: tax-abated — the bill lags real value · 9 open L&I violations · 2 zoning/board appeals on record · long-held within one family. Informational only — not investment advice or a consumer report (FCRA).
The abatement clock
This house pays about $22,629/yr under a 10-year tax abatement that steps down every year. In 2036 the bill reaches its full ~$46,678/yr — a step up of $24,049/yr, 9 assessment years out. Drag the slider.
now: ($3,334,600 assessed − $1,718,012 abated) × 1.3998% ≈ $22,629/yr
2036: $3,334,600 assessed × 1.3998% ≈ $46,678/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.
Run the numbers
What owning 3401 Grays Ferry Ave 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.
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: 3401r Grays Ferry Ave · 3400 Grays Ferry Ave
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
- Imagery — Street photo © Google · Aerial © Esri, Maxar
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; the masthead date is when this page's records were last pulled. 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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