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6223 Race St

2 stories · 876 sqft · RSA5 · built 1925

Absentee individual · assessed $67K · sold 1×. On the 6200 block of Race St.

Property summary

Assessment$67KCity assessed value Last sale$35KRecorded 2002 Est. annual tax$941/yearAssessment × 1.3998% Tax delinquency—Snapshot unavailable Permits2Dated events in report Violations1Open when report assembled

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Street view of 6223 Race St
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What stands out

From the public record
Finding

Improved

Why it matters

Bought for $35K in 2002. Owner pulled a interior non-load-bearing wall demo. permit in 2024.

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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 1925: 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 open violation: 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.

If you’re the landlord

No active rental license on file

If this property is rented, Philadelphia requires a Rental License (via eCLIPSE) — without it a landlord cannot legally collect rent or evict, and tenants can withhold. Licensing needs tax clearance and no open violations.

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
$67K
built 1925
Price / sq ft
$77
block $100 · below block
Appreciation
+0%
+0%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$67K
+0%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax / yr
$941
1.4% effective
Jun 2022 tax snapshot
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Gross yield
—
Times sold
1

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

$0$125K$250KBefore this chart — 2002: Sold $35K2024: Addition and/or Alteration 2024: Interior Non-Load-Bearing Wall Demo. 2024: 2 L&I violations2026: 2 L&I violations$67K201620222027
This houseBlock median & rangeL&I violationPermit

The paper trail

Improved

Bought for $35K in 2002. Owner pulled a interior non-load-bearing wall demo. permit in 2024.

  1. 2002 $35KSold
  2. 2024 Addition and/or AlterationPermitInterior Non-Load-Bearing Wall Demo.Permit2 L&I violationsL&I
  3. 2026 2 L&I violationsL&I

Flags: 1 open L&I violation. 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.

Stories
2
Interior
876 sqft
livable area
Lot
781 sqft
Basement
Full, finished
city code A
Heat
Forced hot air
city code A
Central air
No
Exterior condition
Below average
city code 5
Interior condition
Below average
city code 5
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 6223 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.

$67K
20%
6.875%
$700/mo

When this house last sold (2002) a 30-year mortgage ran about 6.54% — 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.

Block context

6223 Race St sits on the 6200 block of Race St. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.

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Next door: 6221 Race St  ·  6225 Race St

Where this comes from
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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