House report

5702 Boyer St

3 bd · 2 ba · 2 stories · 1,198 sqft · RSA5 · built 1905

Owner-occupied · assessed $236K · sold 2×. On the 5700 block of Boyer St.

Street view of 5702 Boyer St
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Property summary

What stands out

From the public record

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 1905: 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

$1,413 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.

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
$236K
built 1905
Price / sq ft
$197
block $128 · above block
Appreciation
+203%
+11%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$237K
+11%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax / yr
$2K
0.81% effective
Gross yield
7.7%
≈$2K/mo rent
Times sold
2

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

$0$125K$250K2019: 3 L&I violations2020: Inspection failed2021: L&I violation 2021: Inspection failed2022: Sold $26K 2022: Inspection failed2023: Sold $233K$236K201620222027
This houseBlock median & rangeSaleL&I violationInspection

The paper trail

Traded 2×: $26K in 2022 → $233K in 2023 (+796%).

  1. 2019 3 L&I violationsL&I
  2. 2020 Inspection failedL&I visit
  3. 2021 L&I violationL&IInspection failedL&I visit
  4. 2022 $26KSoldInspection failedL&I visit
  5. 2023 $233KSold

Flags: $1K back taxes (2015–2016, $107 of it interest & penalties, lien filed). Informational only — not investment advice or a consumer report (FCRA).

The house, on paper

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

Bedrooms
3
Bathrooms
2
Stories
2
Interior
1,198 sqft
livable area
Lot
1,582 sqft
Basement
Full, finished
city code A
Heat
Hot water / radiators
city code B
Central air
Yes
Exterior condition
Average
city code 4
Interior condition
New / rehabbed
city code 2
New / rehabbed
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 5702 Boyer 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.

$233K
20%
6.875%
$2K/mo

When this house last sold (2023) a 30-year mortgage ran about 6.81% — 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 from this parcel's record.

Block context

5702 Boyer St sits on the 5700 block of Boyer St. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.

See the whole block →

Next door: 5704 Boyer St  ·  5706 Boyer St

Where this comes from

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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