Torn down & rebuilt
Why it mattersOld house bought for $45K in 2018, demolished and rebuilt (2020).
View supporting records →Multi-family report
5229 Chester Ave
6 bd · 3 stories · 2,922 sqft · RSA5 · built 2020
Investor / LLC · assessed $558K · 3 licensed units · sold 1×. On the 5200 block of Chester Ave.
Property summary
Assessment$558KCity assessed value
Last sale—No sale value available
Est. taxes$2K/yearAnnual city record
Permits8Shown 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 $1,562/yr reflects a 10-year abatement. It steps up every year and reaches about $7,811/yr in 2035 — $6,249/yr more. Price the full bill, not the current one.
3 units in RSA5, a single-family district
The building's use almost certainly predates today's code — a "legal nonconforming" use. That status survives a sale but can lapse if the use is abandoned or the building sits vacant; verify the registered use with L&I before pricing it as 3 rents.
The last transfer was not a sale
The most recent recorded deed moved for nominal consideration. That is where tangled-title problems live — budget a real title search. (Occupants untangling an inherited deed can get help from the city's Tangled Title Fund.)
If you own it
$5,901 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.
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
Cba Development Group LLC · corporate / LLC owner
• Owns 10 properties across Philadelphia under this name, assessed at $4.9M combined
• Tax bills mail to 1602 Frankford Ave, Philadelphia PA, 19125
• Holds an active rental license for this address
The investment read
How this building 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
$558K
built 2020
Price / sq ft
$191
block $122 · above block
Appreciation
+2326%
+34%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$567K
+34%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax / yr
$2K
0.28% effective, abated
Gross yield
3.4%
≈$2K/mo rent
Times sold
1
licensed rental
Value vs. the block, over time — sales, permits & L&I events marked on the line
This houseBlock median & rangeLand buyPermit
The paper trail
Torn down & rebuiltOld house bought for $45K in 2018, demolished and rebuilt (2020).
- 2012 Inspection passed ×7L&I visit
- 2013 L&I violationL&IInspection failed ×2L&I visit
- 2018 $45KLand buy
- 2020 New ConstructionPermitRough-InPermitRough-InPermitNew Construction or AdditionsPermitNew ConstructionPermitNew ConstructionPermitNew Construction or AdditionsPermitNew Construction or AdditionsPermit
Flags: tax-abated — the bill lags real value · active rental license · $6K back taxes (2007–2015, $1K of it interest & penalties, lien filed). Informational only — not investment advice or a consumer report (FCRA).
The abatement clock
This house pays about $1,562/yr under a 10-year tax abatement that steps down every year. In 2035 the bill reaches its full ~$7,811/yr — a step up of $6,249/yr, 8 assessment years out. Drag the slider.
now: ($558,000 assessed − $446,413 abated) × 1.3998% ≈ $1,562/yr
2035: $558,000 assessed × 1.3998% ≈ $7,811/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.
Bedrooms
6
Stories
3
Interior
2,922 sqft
livable area
Lot
1,600 sqft
Heat
Forced hot air
city code A
Central air
Yes
Exterior condition
Newer construction
city code 1
Newer construction
Interior condition
Newer construction
city code 1
Newer construction
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 5229 Chester Ave takes, at your price and your rate. Taxes are this building's actual bill from the city record; rent starts at 3 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.
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, $2,100/yr insurance, 1% of price/yr maintenance; taxes from this parcel's record (with the abatement toggle above).
Block context
5229 Chester Ave sits on the 5200 block of Chester Ave. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.
See the whole block →Next door: 5227 Chester Ave · 5231 Chester Ave
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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