New construction
Why it mattersbuilt new under a 2019 permit (tax-abated).
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6205 Frankford Ave
1 story · 1,688 sqft · CMX2.5 · built 1940
Owner-occupied · assessed $295K. On the 6200 block of Frankford Ave.
Property summary
Assessment$295KCity assessed value
Last sale$30KRecorded 1981
Est. annual tax$1K/yearAssessment × 1.3998%
Tax delinquency$2KCity snapshot · Jun 2022
Permits3Shown in this report
Violations7Open L&I cases
Historical tax record
Verify the current balance before relying on it.
$2K was recorded for this parcel in Philadelphia's June 2022 delinquency snapshot. That amount may have been paid, reduced, or increased since; it is not a current payoff figure.
Verify current balance with Philadelphia Revenue →What stands out
From the public recordWhat the record is signaling
Early patterns mined across this property's dated public records. Each flag shows what triggered it and where the inference stops.
Public-record pressure
Several independent records stack up here, making this property worth prompt verification.
Evidence: 7 open L&I violations · $2,171 appeared in the City's June 2022 delinquency snapshot · failed L&I inspection activity in 2023, 2025, 2026
Limit: A screening signal, not a foreclosure prediction. Tax entries are historical and must be verified with Philadelphia Revenue.
Transparent record rules, not a machine-learning forecast. A signal is a prompt to verify the cited record, not a prediction or allegation.
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
The tax bill is temporary
Today's $1,428/yr reflects a 10-year abatement. It jumps to about $4,122/yr by 2026 — $2,694/yr more. Price the full bill, not the current one.
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.
If you own it
When the abatement ends, file for Homestead
An abated home cannot also take the Homestead Exemption. From 2026 it can — knocking about $1,400/yr off the full bill.
7 open violations: the clock matters
L&I appeals must be filed within 30 days — just 6 days if a property is designated UNSAFE or IMMINENTLY DANGEROUS. Left unresolved, the city can do the work itself, bill the owner (routinely $50,000+ on a rowhouse), lien the property, and add court fines of $300+/day.
$2,171 in the June 2022 delinquency snapshot
The City recorded this amount in June 2022. It may since have been paid, reduced, or increased; verify the current balance directly with Philadelphia Revenue.
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
$295K
built 1940
Price / sq ft
$174
block $176 · in line w/ block
Appreciation
+82%
+6%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$295K
+6%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax / yr
$1K
0.48% effective, abated
Jun 2022 tax snapshot
$2K
delinquency recorded then · verify current
Gross yield
5.8%
≈$1K/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 violationPermit
The paper trail
New constructionbuilt new under a 2019 permit (tax-abated).
- 2019 AlterationPermitPlumbingPermitNew ConstructionPermit
- 2023 L&I violationL&IL&I: 3 failed, 1 passedL&I visit
- 2025 2 L&I violationsL&IL&I: 4 failed, 1 passedL&I visit
- 2026 7 L&I violationsL&IInspection failedL&I visit
Flags: tax-abated — the bill lags real value · 7 open L&I violations · $2K recorded in the June 2022 delinquency snapshot — verify current balance. Informational only — not investment advice or a consumer report (FCRA).
The abatement clock
This house pays about $1,428/yr under a 10-year tax abatement. By 2026 the bill reaches its full ~$4,122/yr — a step up of $2,694/yr. Drag the slider.
now: ($294,500 assessed − $192,485 abated) × 1.3998% ≈ $1,428/yr
2026: $294,500 assessed × 1.3998% ≈ $4,122/yr
Flat 100% exemption (pre-2022 program, started 2016), then the cliff — 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
1
Interior
1,688 sqft
livable area
Lot
4,652 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
CMX2.5
city zoning code
OPA field-assessment attributes. Condition and grade are the assessor's codes, not an inspection.
Run the numbers
What owning 6205 Frankford Ave 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 (1981) a 30-year mortgage ran about 16.63% — 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
6205 Frankford Ave sits on the 6200 block of Frankford Ave. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.
See the whole block →Next door: 6203 Frankford Ave · 6215-17 Frankford 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
- 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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This is 6205 Frankford Ave,
on paper.
Built 1940. Every deed, permit, L&I visit, tax bill and sale for this house — plus its whole block.
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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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