New construction
Why it mattersBought for $55K in 2019, built new under a 2021 permit (tax-abated).
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5225 Walnut St
3 stories · 5,589 sqft · RSA5 · built 2023
Investor / LLC · assessed $527K · sold 2×. On the 5200 block of Walnut St.
Property summary
Assessment$527KCity assessed value
Last sale$145KRecorded 2021
Est. taxes$736/yearAnnual city record
Permits1Shown in this report
ViolationsNone openNo open L&I cases
What stands out
From the public recordWhat 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 tax bill is temporary
Today's $736/yr reflects a 10-year abatement. It steps up every year and reaches about $7,374/yr in 2035 — $6,638/yr more. Price the full bill, not the current one.
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’re the landlord
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 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.
Who's behind it
C3 Real Estate Development LLC · corporate / LLC owner
• Owns 14 properties across Philadelphia under this name, assessed at $2.6M combined
• Holds an active rental license for this address
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
$527K
built 2023
Price / sq ft
$94
block $113 · below block
Appreciation
-14%
-7%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$525K
-7%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax / yr
$736
0.14% effective, abated
Gross yield
—
Times sold
2
licensed rental
Value vs. the block, over time — sales, permits & L&I events marked on the line
This houseBlock median & rangeLand buy
The paper trail
New constructionBought for $55K in 2019, built new under a 2021 permit (tax-abated).
- 2019 $55KLand buyAppeal filedZoning
- 2021 $145KLand buyNew ConstructionPermit
Flags: tax-abated — the bill lags real value · active rental license · 1 zoning/board appeal on record. Informational only — not investment advice or a consumer report (FCRA).
The abatement clock
This house pays about $736/yr under a 10-year tax abatement that steps down every year. In 2035 the bill reaches its full ~$7,374/yr — a step up of $6,638/yr, 8 assessment years out. Drag the slider.
now: ($526,800 assessed − $474,221 abated) × 1.3998% ≈ $736/yr
2035: $526,800 assessed × 1.3998% ≈ $7,374/yr
The abated slice shrinks ~10% a year (post-2022 program, started 2025) — 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.
Stories
3
Interior
5,589 sqft
livable area
Lot
1,813 sqft
Exterior condition
Newer construction
city code 1
Newer construction
Interior condition
Newer construction
city code 1
Newer construction
Quality grade
B
assessor's grade
ABCDE
Zoning
RSA5
city zoning code
Zoning appeals
1
on record
OPA field-assessment attributes. Condition and grade are the assessor's codes, not an inspection.
Run the numbers
What owning 5225 Walnut St 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.
When this house last sold (2021) a 30-year mortgage ran about 2.96% — 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
5225 Walnut St sits on the 5200 block of Walnut St. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.
See the whole block →Next door: 5223 Walnut St · 5227 Walnut 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
- Back taxes & liens — Real Estate Tax Balances, Dept. of 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
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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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 this house's actual tax bill.
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