History
Why it matters3 L&I violations (2020); Inspection failed (2020); Inspection passed (2023); L&I violation (2025); Inspection failed (2025).
View supporting records →Mixed-use report
5731-33 Race St
2 stories · 4,400 sqft · RSA5 · built 1920
Owner-occupied · assessed $330K. On the 5700 block of Race St.
Property summary
Assessment$330KCity assessed value
Last sale—No sale value available
Est. annual tax$5K/yearAssessment × 1.3998%
Tax delinquency—Snapshot unavailable
Permits0Dated events in report
ViolationsNone openNone open when assembled
“Open” reflects records available then historical records keep their source dates estimates are labeled
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Assessment/permit mismatch
The assessment jumped 37% in 2027, but no matching permit appears in the property timeline.
Evidence: assessment moved from $240,700 to $330,000 · no permit shown in 2026-2028
Limit: Not proof of unpermitted work; reassessment, corrected data, or a permit under another parcel can also explain it.
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What to do with this
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If you’re buying
Built 1920: 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.
Multiple 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 multiple 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
$1,399/yr may be unclaimed
This home reads owner-occupied but shows no Homestead Exemption, which removes $100,000 from the taxable assessment (worth up to $1,399/yr). Applying through the City is free and takes minutes.
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 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
$330K
built 1920
Price / sq ft
$75
block $92 · below block
Appreciation
+125%
+8%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$331K
+8%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax / yr
$5K
1.4% effective
Jun 2022 tax snapshot
—
Gross yield
2.8%
≈$759/mo rent
Times sold
0
Value vs. the block, over time — sales, permits & L&I events marked on the line
This houseBlock median & rangeL&I violationInspection
The paper trail
History3 L&I violations (2020); Inspection failed (2020); Inspection passed (2023); L&I violation (2025); Inspection failed (2025).
- 2020 3 L&I violationsL&IInspection failedL&I visit
- 2023 Inspection passedL&I visit
- 2025 L&I violationL&IInspection failedL&I visit
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The house, on paper
The city assessor's field record — the physical spec sheet behind the assessed number.
Stories
2
Interior
4,400 sqft
livable area
Lot
2,112 sqft
Exterior condition
Average
city code 4
Above averageBelow average
Interior condition
Average
city code 4
Above averageBelow average
Quality grade
C
assessor's grade
ABCDE
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 5731-33 Race 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.
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
5731-33 Race St sits on the 5700 block of Race St. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.
See the whole block →Next door: 5729 Race St · 5727 Race 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
- Tax delinquency snapshot · June 2022 — Real Estate Tax Delinquencies, Dept. of Revenue
- Historical tax ledger & liens · through 2016 — Real Estate Tax Balances, Dept. of Revenue
- Current property-tax balance — Verify with Philadelphia 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
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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