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500 E Willard St

1,050 sqft · RSA5 · built 1935

Owner-occupied · assessed $73K (2026) · 2027 OPA assessment $88K · sold 1×. On the 500 block of E Willard St.

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Property summary

Assessment$73,2002026 OPA assessment · 2027: $88,200 Last sale$180KRecorded 2019 Est. tax bill$1,025/year2026 taxable assessment × 1.3998% Tax delinquency—Snapshot unavailable Permits0Dated events in report Violations0 openNo historical match in fetched records

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BlockReport can calculate the annual tax from the City’s taxable assessment. Payments, credits, interest, and a current amount due live separately in Philadelphia Tax Center.

Estimated annual Real Estate Tax$1,025/year

2026 taxable assessment $73,200 × 1.3998%. Estimate—not a bill or account balance.

OPA also publishes a 2027 assessment of $88,200; it is not the 2026 billed-year value.

Official current account balanceCheck live

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 871513260
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Exemption classificationNo exemption shown

2026 taxable assessment equals the full assessed value.

Historical delinquency sources Record found

The June 2022 delinquency snapshot was not verifiably available in this cached report. No conclusion about a match—or today’s balance—can be drawn from that absence.

A separate historical parcel ledger ending in 2016 records a balance and a lien entry. It is shown as historical context only.

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What stands out

From the public record
Finding

History

Why it matters

L&I violation (2011); Inspection failed ×4 (2012); Inspection failed ×3 (2013); 5 L&I violations (2015); L&I: 3 failed, 1 passed (2015); L&I: 1 failed, 1 passed (2016); sold $180K (2019); Appeal filed (2020); Appeal complete (2022).

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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 1935: 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.

Multiple units and RSA5 zoning need reconciliation

The assessment or license record describes multiple units while the zoning district is generally single-family. That does not establish whether the use is lawful, nonconforming, abandoned, or incorrectly coded. Verify the registered use and Certificate of Occupancy with L&I before pricing multiple rents.

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.

If you’re the landlord

Lead certificate is not optional

Built 1935: every rental unit needs a lead-safe or lead-free certificate on file with the City. Without one: fines up to $2,000/day per unit, tenants may withhold rent, courts can order rent refunded — and no eviction will stand.

Licensed rental — keep it that way

Renewal requires city tax clearance and zero open L&I violations on the property. A lapsed license suspends the right to collect rent or evict.

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.

The investment read

How this building has moved and where it's pointed: every fetched annual City assessment, charted against its block and ZIP; appreciation includes the full-period compound rate and the latest year-over-year change. The 5-year figure simply extends that historical pace. Yield estimates rent-vs-price from area rents. Ask the record to dig into any number.

Assessed value
$73,200
2026 billed-year assessment · 2027: $88,200 · built 1935
Price / sq ft
$84
block $79 · above block
Appreciation
+24%
+2%/yr since 2016 · 2027 +20% vs 2026
In 5 years (~2032)
~$97K
+2%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax bill / yr
$1,025
1.16% effective
Jun 2022 tax snapshot
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Gross yield
15.3%
≈$1K/mo rent
Times sold
1
licensed rental

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

$0$100K$200KZIP 19134 median$88K2015201720192021202320252027
Property assessmentBlock median & rangeZIP 19134 medianAssessmentDeed / saleAppeal

Each icon sits on its recorded date; records without a day are labeled and centered within their year. Select one to explain the filing.

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Every dated record3 events · exact dates, newest first
  1. AppealLIRB-H Tobacco
  2. AppealRB_LIRB
  3. Deed / saleDeed / sale $180K

The paper trail

History

L&I violation (2011); Inspection failed ×4 (2012); Inspection failed ×3 (2013); 5 L&I violations (2015); L&I: 3 failed, 1 passed (2015); L&I: 1 failed, 1 passed (2016); sold $180K (2019); Appeal filed (2020); Appeal complete (2022).

  1. 2011 L&I violationL&I
  2. 2012 Inspection failed ×4L&I visit
  3. 2013 Inspection failed ×3L&I visit
  4. 2015 5 L&I violationsL&IL&I: 3 failed, 1 passedL&I visit
  5. 2016 L&I: 1 failed, 1 passedL&I visit
  6. 2019 $180KSold
  7. 2020 Appeal filedZoning
  8. 2022 Appeal completeZoning

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Browse 3 dated records deeds, permits, inspections, licenses, violations, certifications & appeals
  1. AppealLIRB-H Tobacco

    Appeal HA-2021-002416 · Closed · Complete

    Hansen # 39764 Would like to ask for reconsideration of Tobacco Permit Renewal. I don't believe I am guilty of the violations against me.

  2. AppealRB_LIRB

    Appeal 39764 · OPEN

    WOULD LIKE TO ASK FOR RECONSIDERATION.

  3. Recorded transfer$180K transfer

    2019

What this record suggests

The dated deed and City-record sequence is assembled below. Read timing as a research lead, not proof of renovation, condition, or motive.

Flags: active rental license · historical tax ledger through 2016 with a lien entry · 2 zoning/board appeals on record. Informational only — not investment advice or a consumer report (FCRA).

The property, on paper

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

Interior
1,050 sqft
livable area
Lot
675 sqft
Exterior condition
Average
city code 4
Interior condition
Average
city code 4
Quality grade
C
assessor's grade
Zoning
RSA5
city zoning code
Zoning appeals
2
Closed · Complete · 2022

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

Run the numbers

What owning 500 E Willard 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.

$88K
20%
6.875%
$1K/mo

When this house last sold (2019) a 30-year mortgage ran about 3.94% — Freddie Mac's average that year.

Mortgage
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P&I · 30-yr fixed
All-in monthly
—
+ taxes & insurance
Cash to close
—
down + ~4% costs
Cash flow
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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 use this parcel's taxable assessment, not a live Tax Center balance.

Block context

500 E Willard St sits on the 500 block of E Willard St. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.

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Where this comes from
Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 10, 2026, 3:20 AM 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. “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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