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4712 Old York Rd

Vacant · assessed $31K · sold 2×. On the 4700 block of Old York Rd.

Street view of 4712 Old York Rd
From the street — imagery © Google
From above — imagery © Esri, Maxar

Property summary

Assessment$31KCity assessed value Last sale$3KRecorded 2012 Est. taxes$427/yearAnnual city record Permits0Shown in this report ViolationsNone openNo open L&I cases

What stands out

From the public record

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 own it

$440 in back taxes on record

Interest and penalties keep compounding until a Revenue payment agreement is in place, and a lien is already filed — an owner-occupant agreement also stops the sheriff-sale track.

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
$31K
Price / sq ft
—
block $97 ·
Appreciation
+426%
+16%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$31K
+16%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax / yr
$427
1.4% effective
Gross yield
—
Times sold
2

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

$0$100K$200KBefore this chart — 2008: Sold $12K 2008: Sold $20K 2010: 4 L&I violations 2011: Demolished 2011: 2 L&I violations 2012: 2 L&I violations2024: 2 L&I violations$31K201620222027
This houseBlock median & rangeL&I violationPermit

The paper trail

Improved

Bought for $12K in 2008.

  1. 2008 $12KSold$20KSold
  2. 2010 4 L&I violationsL&I
  3. 2011 DemolishedTeardown2 L&I violationsL&I
  4. 2012 2 L&I violationsL&I
  5. 2024 2 L&I violationsL&I

Flags: $440 back taxes (2013–2016, $54 of it interest & penalties, lien filed). Informational only — not investment advice or a consumer report (FCRA).

Run the numbers

What owning 4712 Old York Rd 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.

$31K
20%
6.875%
$700/mo
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.

Block context

4712 Old York Rd sits on the 4700 block of Old York Rd. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.

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Next door: 4710 Old York Rd  ·  4714 Old York Rd

Where this comes from

Methodology & freshness

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. 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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