Multi-family report

5201 D St

2 stories · 1,552 sqft · RSA5 · built 1940

Owner-occupied · assessed $221K (2026) · 2027 OPA assessment $232K · 2 licensed units · sold 1×. On the 5200 block of D St.

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Property summary

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Estimated annual Real Estate Tax$1,690/year

2026 taxable assessment $120,700 × 1.3998%. Estimate—not a bill or account balance.

OPA also publishes a 2027 assessment of $231,800; 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 421483500
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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

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.

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What stands out

From the public record

What to do with this

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If you’re buying

Built 1940: 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 multi-unit use has a zoning appeal on record

Appeal #22583 was granted in 2014 for permit for a two (2) family dwelling in an existing structure.; the City row still reports status OPEN. Verify the registered use and certificate of occupancy with L&I instead of assuming the use predates the code.

If you’re the landlord

Lead certificate is not optional

Built 1940: 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
$220,700
2026 billed-year assessment · 2027: $231,800 · built 1940
Price / sq ft
$149
block $131 · above block
Appreciation
+101%
+7%/yr since 2016 · 2027 +5% vs 2026
In 5 years (~2032)
~$319K
+7%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax bill / yr
$1,690
0.73% effective
Jun 2022 tax snapshot
Gross yield
8.2%
≈$2K/mo rent
Times sold
1
latest deed has shared-name parties

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

$0$125K$250KZIP 19120 median$232K201420172020202320262027
Property assessmentBlock median & rangeZIP 19120 medianAssessmentDeed / saleAppeal

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Every dated record2 events · exact dates, newest first
  1. Deed / saleDeed / sale $110K
  2. AppealZoning board appeal

The paper trail

Bought for $110K in 2019. Owner pulled a use permit in 2014.

  1. 2014 Appeal grantedZoningUsePermit
  2. 2019 $110KSold

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Browse 2 dated records deeds, permits, inspections, licenses, violations, certifications & appeals
  1. Recorded transfer$110K transfer

    2019

  2. AppealZoning board appeal

    Appeal 22583 · OPEN · Granted

    PERMIT FOR A TWO (2) FAMILY DWELLING IN AN EXISTING STRUCTURE.

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 · 1 zoning/board appeal on record · latest deed has shared-name parties — relationship unverified. 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.

Stories
2
Interior
1,552 sqft
livable area
Lot
2,311 sqft
Garage
2 spaces
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
1
OPEN · Granted · 2014

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

Run the numbers

What owning 5201 D 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 2 licensed units × ~85% of the area's median unit rent — the whole building's income, not one unit's. Assessed value is not an asking price — set the price slider to the real one.

$232K
20%
6.875%
$3K/mo

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

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 use this parcel's taxable assessment, not a live Tax Center balance.

Block context

5201 D St sits on the 5200 block of D St. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.

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Next door: 5203 D St  ·  5205 D St

Where this comes from

Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 9, 2026, 5:34 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. “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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