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Philadelphia600 block of Master StJuly 9, 2026

House report

624 Master St

Vacant · assessed $133K · sold 1×. On the 600 block of Master St.

Street view of 624 Master St
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Reading this house's deeds, permits and assessments…

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 own it

$224 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 analyst below to dig into any number.

Assessed value
$133K
Price / sq ft
block $313 ·
Appreciation
+1826%
+31%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$135K
+31%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax / yr
$2K
1.4% effective
Gross yield
11.6%
≈$1K/mo rent
Times sold
1

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

$0$250K$500KBefore this chart — 2015: Sold $20K2017: 2 L&I violations2018: 2 L&I violations2019: 2 L&I violations$133K201620222027
This houseBlock median & rangeL&I violationPermit
The paper trail

sold $20K (2015); 2 L&I violations (2017); 2 L&I violations (2018); 2 L&I violations (2019).

  1. 2015 $20KSold
  2. 2017 2 L&I violationsL&I
  3. 2018 2 L&I violationsL&I
  4. 2019 2 L&I violationsL&I

Flags: $224 back taxes (2015–2016, $4 of it interest & penalties, lien filed). Informational only — not investment advice or a consumer report (FCRA).

Run the numbers

What owning 624 Master 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.

$133K
20%
6.875%
$1K/mo

When this house last sold (2015) a 30-year mortgage ran about 3.85% — 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.

Next door: 622 Master St  ·  626 Master St

Where this comes from

City datasets are fetched live from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and cached briefly. 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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