New construction
Why it mattersbuilt new under a 2007 permit (tax-abated).
View supporting records →House report
417 Catharine St
3 bd · 3 ba · 3 stories · 1,944 sqft · RM1 · built 1915
Owner-occupied · assessed $857K. On the 400 block of Catharine St.
Property summary
Assessment$857KCity assessed value
Last sale—No sale value available
Est. annual tax$7K/yearAssessment × 1.3998%
Tax delinquency—Snapshot unavailable
Permits8Shown in this report
ViolationsNone openNo open L&I cases
What stands out
From the public recordWhat the record is signaling
Early patterns mined across this property's dated public records. Each flag shows what triggered it and where the inference stops.
Assessment/permit mismatch
The assessment jumped 83% in 2024, but no matching permit appears in the property timeline.
Evidence: assessment moved from $454,200 to $830,000 · no permit shown in 2023-2025
Limit: Not proof of unpermitted work; reassessment, corrected data, or a permit under another parcel can also explain it.
Transparent record rules, not a machine-learning forecast. A signal is a prompt to verify the cited record, not a prediction or allegation.
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 current tax estimate is temporary
The taxable assessment implies about $6,562/yr under a 10-year abatement. The estimate steps up every year and reaches about $11,992/yr in 2034 — $5,430/yr more. Underwrite the post-abatement estimate and verify the actual bill with Revenue.
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.
The last transfer was not a sale
The most recent recorded deed moved for nominal consideration, within one family. 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 own it
When the abatement ends, file for Homestead
An abated home cannot also take the Homestead Exemption. From 2034 it can — knocking about $1,400/yr off the full bill.
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 record to dig into any number.
Assessed value
$857K
built 1915
Price / sq ft
$441
block $409 · above block
Appreciation
+247%
+12%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$862K
+12%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax / yr
$7K
0.77% effective, abated
Jun 2022 tax snapshot
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Gross yield
2.5%
≈$2K/mo rent
Times sold
0
kept in the family
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 constructionbuilt new under a 2007 permit (tax-abated).
- 2007 PlumbingPermit
- 2008 PlumbingPermit
- 2012 AlterationPermit
- 2019 8 L&I violationsL&IInspection failedL&I visitDemolitionPermit
- 2020 Addition and/or AlterationPermitNew ConstructionPermitAlterationsPermitNew ConstructionPermitL&I violationL&IL&I: 1 failed, 1 passedL&I visit
Flags: tax-abated — the bill lags real value · long-held within one family. Informational only — not investment advice or a consumer report (FCRA).
The abatement clock
This house’s taxable assessment implies about $6,562/yr under a 10-year tax abatement that steps down every year. In 2034 the assessment-based estimate reaches ~$11,992/yr — a step up of $5,430/yr, 7 assessment years out. Drag the slider.
now: ($856,700 assessed − $387,919 abated) × 1.3998% ≈ $6,562/yr
2034: $856,700 assessed × 1.3998% ≈ $11,992/yr
The abated slice shrinks ~10% a year (post-2022 program, started 2024) — 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
3
Bathrooms
3
Stories
3
Interior
1,944 sqft
livable area
Lot
909 sqft
Heat
Forced hot air
city code A
Central air
Yes
Exterior condition
New / rehabbed
city code 2
New / rehabbed
Interior condition
New / rehabbed
city code 2
New / rehabbed
Quality grade
C+
assessor's grade
ABCDE
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 417 Catharine 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.
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 (with the abatement toggle above).
Block context
417 Catharine St sits on the 400 block of Catharine St. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.
See the whole block →Next door: 415 Catharine St · 419 Catharine 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
- Tax delinquency snapshot · June 2022 — Real Estate Tax Delinquencies, Dept. of Revenue
- Historical tax ledger & liens · through 2016 — Real Estate Tax Balances, Dept. of Revenue
- Current property-tax balance — Verify with Philadelphia 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
Methodology & freshness
Available City datasets are queried from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com), then reports are cached and refreshed on a rolling schedule. Source dates vary: the parcel-level tax-delinquency snapshot is June 2022 and the separate detailed tax ledger ends in 2016, so neither establishes today’s balance. Other dossiers re-pull on view once stale, 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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This is 417 Catharine St,
on paper.
Built 1915. Every deed, permit, L&I visit, tax bill and sale for this house — plus its whole block.
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What to catch on the way down.
On the way down: the story of the house, its paper trail drawn on the value chart, and run-the-numbers, a calculator seeded with an assessment-based annual tax estimate.
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