House report

4120 Magee Ave

3 bd · 1 ba · 2 stories · 1,088 sqft · RSA5 · built 1950

Owner-occupancy signal · assessed $193K (2026) · 2027 OPA assessment $199K · sold 2×. On the 4100 block of Magee Ave.

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Estimated annual Real Estate Tax$1,302/year

2026 taxable assessment $93,000 × 1.3998%. Estimate—not a bill or account balance.

OPA also publishes a 2027 assessment of $199,400; it is not the 2026 billed-year value.

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A Tax Center balance is net of bills, payments, credits, interest, and adjustments. A credit—or an amount due—is not automatically “back taxes.”

OPA 552138700
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Exemption classificationHomestead exemption

2026 OPA removes $100,000 from the taxable assessment through the owner-occupant exemption.

Historical delinquency sources No current conclusion

This parcel did not match the June 2022 delinquency snapshot. That absence does not confirm the account is current today.

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What stands out

From the public record
Finding

Permit between transfers

Record summary

$63K transfer in 2001; alterations permit in 2020; $159K transfer in 2021 (+153% between recorded amounts).

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What to do with this

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If you’re buying

Built 1950: 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.

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.

Assessment and tax history

Every fetched annual City assessment for this house, compared with its block and ZIP. The figures show assessment change, the billed-year tax estimate, dated tax records, and recorded transfers. They do not estimate market appreciation or investment return.

Assessed value
$193,000
2026 billed-year assessment · 2027: $199,400 · built 1950
Price / sq ft
$183
block $187 · in line w/ block
Assessment change
+91%
+6%/yr since 2016 · 2027 +3% vs 2026
Est. tax bill / yr
$1,302
0.67% effective
Jun 2022 tax snapshot
No match
not proof the account is current
Times sold
2

Assessment vs. the block and ZIP · every dated City record marked on the line

$0$125K$250KZIP 19135 median$199K2001200620112016202120262027
Property assessmentBlock median & rangeZIP 19135 medianAssessmentDeed / saleL&I violationPermitInspection

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Every dated record17 events · exact dates, newest first
  1. Deed / saleDeed / sale $159K
  2. PermitAlterations
  3. InspectionL&I investigation
  4. L&I violationRUBBISH & GARBAGE
  5. L&I violationEXTERIOR AREA WEEDS
  6. L&I violationCLIP VIOLATION NOTICE
  7. L&I violationHIGH WEEDS-CUT
  8. L&I violationRUBBISH/GARBAGE EXTERIOR-OWNER
  9. L&I violationHIGH WEEDS-CUT
  10. L&I violationCLIP VIOLATION NOTICE
  11. L&I violationRUBBISH/GARBAGE EXTERIOR-OWNER
  12. L&I violationCLIP VIOLATION NOTICE
  13. L&I violationRUBBISH/GARBAGE EXTERIOR-OWNER
  14. InspectionPRECOURT (likely: pre-court compliance inspection)
  15. InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
  16. L&I violationEXT A-MOTOR VEH MUST BE REMOV
  17. Deed / saleDeed / sale $63K

The paper trail

$63K transfer in 2001; alterations permit in 2020; $159K transfer in 2021 (+153% between recorded amounts).

  1. 2001 $63KTransfer
  2. 2014 L&I: 2 failed, 1 passedL&I visit
  3. 2016 2 L&I violationsL&I
  4. 2017 3 L&I violationsL&I
  5. 2019 4 L&I violationsL&I
  6. 2020 4 L&I violationsL&IInspection failed ×4L&I visitAlterationsPermit
  7. 2021 $159KTransfer

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Browse 22 dated records deeds, permits, inspections, licenses, violations, certifications & appeals
  1. Recorded transfer$159K transfer

    2021

  2. PermitAlterations

    Permit PP-2020-012670 · Completed

    Minor repairs in bathroom and kitchen

  3. InvestigationL&I investigation

    Case CF-2020-062569 · FAILED

    The cited inspection visit was marked failed; later rows may show follow-up or resolution.

  4. ViolationRUBBISH & GARBAGE

    Case CF-2020-062569 · Violation VI-2020-035102 · Code PM15-308.1 · COMPLIED

    Resolution: COMPLIED - BY ENFORCEMENT ACTION City marked this violation complied with; check the resolution date and live case for what was accepted.

  5. ViolationEXTERIOR AREA WEEDS

    Case CF-2020-062569 · Violation VI-2020-035103 · Code PM15-302.4 · COMPLIED

    Resolution: COMPLIED - BY ENFORCEMENT ACTION City marked this violation complied with; check the resolution date and live case for what was accepted.

  6. InvestigationL&I investigation

    Case CF-2020-042687 · FAILED

    The cited inspection visit was marked failed; later rows may show follow-up or resolution.

  7. ViolationRUBBISH & GARBAGE

    Case CF-2020-042687 · Violation VI-2020-022944 · Code PM15-308.1 · COMPLIED

    Resolution: COMPLIED - BY ENFORCEMENT ACTION City marked this violation complied with; check the resolution date and live case for what was accepted.

  8. ViolationEXTERIOR AREA WEEDS

    Case CF-2020-042687 · Violation VI-2020-022945 · Code PM15-302.4 · COMPLIED

    Resolution: COMPLIED - BY ENFORCEMENT ACTION City marked this violation complied with; check the resolution date and live case for what was accepted.

  9. ViolationCLIP VIOLATION NOTICE

    Case 699921 · Violation 5138110 · Code CP-01 · COMPLIED

    City marked this violation complied with; check the resolution date and live case for what was accepted.

  10. ViolationHIGH WEEDS-CUT

    Case 699921 · Violation 5138111 · Code CP-312A · COMPLIED

    City marked this violation complied with; check the resolution date and live case for what was accepted.

  11. ViolationCLIP VIOLATION NOTICE

    Case 675126 · Violation 4963988 · Code CP-01 · COMPLIED

    City marked this violation complied with; check the resolution date and live case for what was accepted.

  12. ViolationRUBBISH/GARBAGE EXTERIOR-OWNER

    Case 675126 · Violation 4963989 · Code CP-305 · COMPLIED

    City marked this violation complied with; check the resolution date and live case for what was accepted.

  13. ViolationHIGH WEEDS-CUT

    Case 587870 · Violation 4344417 · Code CP-312A · COMPLIED

    City marked this violation complied with; check the resolution date and live case for what was accepted.

  14. ViolationCLIP VIOLATION NOTICE

    Case 587870 · Violation 4344415 · Code CP-01 · COMPLIED

    City marked this violation complied with; check the resolution date and live case for what was accepted.

  15. ViolationRUBBISH/GARBAGE EXTERIOR-OWNER

    Case 587870 · Violation 4344416 · Code CP-305 · COMPLIED

    City marked this violation complied with; check the resolution date and live case for what was accepted.

  16. ViolationCLIP VIOLATION NOTICE

    Case 530584 · Violation 3917826 · Code CP-01 · COMPLIED

    City marked this violation complied with; check the resolution date and live case for what was accepted.

  17. ViolationRUBBISH/GARBAGE EXTERIOR-OWNER

    Case 530584 · Violation 3917827 · Code CP-305 · COMPLIED

    City marked this violation complied with; check the resolution date and live case for what was accepted.

  18. InvestigationPRECOURT (likely: pre-court compliance inspection)

    Case 435617 · PASSED

    A follow-up before or during enforcement escalation; confirm the case sequence in the City file. The cited inspection visit was marked passed.

  19. InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

    Case 435617 · CLOSED

    A legacy L&I inspection label. The unit inspected housing for property-maintenance, fire-prevention, and related code compliance; the separate status says how that visit ended. City marked the record closed; open the case for the closing reason.

  20. InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

    Case 435617 · FAILED

    A legacy L&I inspection label. The unit inspected housing for property-maintenance, fire-prevention, and related code compliance; the separate status says how that visit ended. The cited inspection visit was marked failed; later rows may show follow-up or resolution.

  21. ViolationEXT A-MOTOR VEH MUST BE REMOV

    Case 435617 · Violation 3293835 · Code PM-302.7/1 · COMPLIED

    City marked this violation complied with; check the resolution date and live case for what was accepted.

  22. Recorded transfer$63K transfer

    2001

What this record suggests

The City file documents 1 permit touching kitchen work, bathroom work, plumbing. 1 carries a completed, issued, or approved status; that documents the filing, not the present quality of the work.

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The property, on paper

The city assessor's field record — the physical spec sheet behind the assessed number.

Bedrooms
3
Bathrooms
1
Stories
2
Interior
1,088 sqft
livable area
Lot
1,216 sqft
Basement
Partial, finished
city code E
Heat
Undetermined
city code H
Central air
No
Garage
1 space
Exterior condition
Average
city code 4
Interior condition
Average
city code 4
Quality grade
C+
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 4120 Magee 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.

$199K
20%
6.875%
$2K/mo

When this house last sold (2021) a 30-year mortgage ran about 2.96% — Freddie Mac's average that year.

Mortgage
P&I · 30-yr fixed
All-in monthly
+ taxes & insurance
Estimated cash needed
down + 4% planning allowance
Modeled cash flow
rent − shown costs · /mo
Modeled cap rate
modeled NOI ÷ price
Modeled cash-on-cash
modeled year-1 return

Scenario for orientation, not advice. Assumes a 30-year fixed loan, $1,400/yr insurance, 1% of price/yr maintenance, and buyer cash equal to the down payment plus 4%. Taxes use this parcel's taxable assessment, not a live Tax Center balance. Cash flow and returns exclude vacancy, management, utilities, HOA or condo fees, leasing costs, income tax, and unplanned capital work.

Block context

4120 Magee Ave sits on the 4100 block of Magee Ave. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.

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Next door: 4118 Magee Ave  ·  4122 Magee Ave

Where this comes from

Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 10, 2026, 9:06 PM 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. For this property: Permits: queried · Violations: queried · Investigations: queried · Appeals: queried · Licenses: queried · Building certifications: queried. “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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