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Philadelphia3900 block of G StJuly 9, 2026

House report

3900-12 G St

46,550 sqft · I2 · built 1931

Owner-occupied · assessed $1.4M · sold 2×. On the 3900 block of G St.

Street view of 3900-12 G St
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The story of this houseAI · written from the public record

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

Built 1931: 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

$1,399/yr may be unclaimed

This home reads owner-occupied but shows no Homestead Exemption, which removes $100,000 from the taxable assessment (worth up to $1,399/yr). Applying through the City is free and takes minutes.

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.

Assessed value
$1.4M
built 1931
Price / sq ft
$31
block $31 · in line w/ block
Appreciation
+72%
+5%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$1.4M
+5%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax / yr
$20K
1.4% effective
Gross yield
Times sold
2

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

$0$2.5M$5.0MBefore this chart — 2006: Sold $1.3M 2007: Plumbing 2008: Electrical 2012: Alteration2019: Sold $2.3M2022: Alterations 2022: Alterations 2022: Full Demolition 2022: Major Demolition2024: Demolished$1.4M201620222027
This houseBlock median & rangeSaleTeardownPermit
The paper trail

Bought for $1.3M in 2006, plumbing permit in 2007, sold for $2.3M in 2019 (+77%).

  1. 2006 $1.3MSold
  2. 2007 PlumbingPermit
  3. 2008 ElectricalPermit
  4. 2012 AlterationPermit
  5. 2019 $2.3MSold
  6. 2022 AlterationsPermitAlterationsPermitFull DemolitionPermitMajor DemolitionPermit
  7. 2024 DemolishedTeardown

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
46,550 sqft
livable area
Lot
88,750 sqft
Exterior condition
Average
city code 4
Interior condition
Average
city code 4
Quality grade
B-
assessor's grade
Zoning
I2
city zoning code

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

Run the numbers

What owning 3900-12 G St 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.

$1.4M
20%
6.875%
$10K/mo

When this house last sold (2019) a 30-year mortgage ran about 3.94% — 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 from this parcel's record.

Next door: 3940-42 G St  ·  3901-39 G St

Where this comes from

City datasets are fetched live from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and cached briefly. 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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