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5045 Portico St

3 bd · 1 ba · 2 stories · 1,206 sqft · RSA5 · built 1925

Owner-occupied · assessed $158K · sold 1×. On the 5000 block of Portico St.

Property summary

Assessment$158KCity assessed value Last sale$36KRecorded 2000 Est. annual tax$815/yearAssessment × 1.3998% Tax delinquency—Snapshot unavailable Permits0Dated events in report Violations1Open when report assembled

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Street view of 5045 Portico St
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What stands out

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Records to verify together

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Dated record flagRecords to verify together

More than one separately dated public record deserves a current-status check.

Evidence: 1 open L&I violation · failed L&I inspection activity in 2023, 2025

Limit: A screening signal, not a foreclosure prediction. Tax entries are historical and must be verified with Philadelphia Revenue.

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What to do with this

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If you’re buying

The current tax estimate is temporary

The taxable assessment implies about $815/yr under a 10-year abatement. It jumps to about $2,209/yr by 2026 — $1,394/yr more. Underwrite the post-abatement estimate and verify the actual bill with Revenue.

Built 1925: 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.

If you own it

When the abatement ends, file for Homestead

An abated home cannot also take the Homestead Exemption. From 2026 it can — knocking about $1,400/yr off the full bill.

1 open violation: the clock matters

L&I appeals must be filed within 30 days — just 6 days if a property is designated UNSAFE or IMMINENTLY DANGEROUS. Left unresolved, the city can do the work itself, bill the owner (routinely $50,000+ on a rowhouse), lien the property, and add court fines of $300+/day.

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
$158K
built 1925
Price / sq ft
$131
block $134 · in line w/ block
Appreciation
+110%
+7%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$158K
+7%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax / yr
$815
0.52% effective, abated
Jun 2022 tax snapshot
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Gross yield
-5069708.5%
≈$-667M/mo rent
Times sold
1

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

$0$100K$200KBefore this chart — 2000: Sold $36K 2011: L&I violation2017: L&I violation2018: Inspection passed2023: 3 L&I violations 2023: L&I: 6 failed, 1 passed2024: Inspection passed2025: L&I violation 2025: Inspection failed ×2$158K201620222027
This houseBlock median & rangeL&I violationPermitInspection

The paper trail

New construction

built new (tax-abated), sold for $36K in 2000.

  1. 2000 $36KSold
  2. 2011 L&I violationL&I
  3. 2017 L&I violationL&I
  4. 2018 Inspection passedL&I visit
  5. 2023 3 L&I violationsL&IL&I: 6 failed, 1 passedL&I visit
  6. 2024 Inspection passedL&I visit
  7. 2025 L&I violationL&IInspection failed ×2L&I visit

Flags: tax-abated — the bill lags real value · 1 open L&I violation. Informational only — not investment advice or a consumer report (FCRA).

The abatement clock

This house’s taxable assessment implies about $815/yr under a 10-year tax abatement. By 2026 the assessment-based estimate reaches ~$2,209/yr — a step up of $1,394/yr. Drag the slider.

2016: ~$815/yr2017: ~$815/yr2018: ~$815/yr2019: ~$815/yr2020: ~$815/yr2021: ~$815/yr2022: ~$815/yr2023: ~$815/yr2024: ~$815/yr2025: ~$815/yr2026: ~$815/yr2027: ~$815/yr201620262027
2027~$815/yrestimated from assessment

now: ($157,800 assessed − $99,577 abated) × 1.3998% ≈ $815/yr 2026: $157,800 assessed × 1.3998% ≈ $2,209/yr Flat 100% exemption (pre-2022 program, started 2016), then the cliff — 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
1
Stories
2
Interior
1,206 sqft
livable area
Lot
1,359 sqft
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 5045 Portico 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.

$158K
20%
6.875%
$700/mo

When this house last sold (2000) a 30-year mortgage ran about 8.05% — Freddie Mac's average that year.

Mortgage
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P&I · 30-yr fixed
All-in monthly
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+ taxes & insurance
Cash to close
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down + ~4% costs
Cash flow
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rent − all costs · /mo
Cap rate
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NOI ÷ price
Cash-on-cash
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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

5045 Portico St sits on the 5000 block of Portico St. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.

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Next door: 5043 Portico St  ·  5047 Portico St

Where this comes from
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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