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6500 Grays Ave

1 story · 992 sqft · RM1 · built 1920

Absentee individual · assessed $149K (2026) · 2027 OPA assessment $171K · sold 1×. On the 6500 block of Grays Ave.

Property summary

Assessment$148,5002026 OPA assessment · 2027: $171,200 Last sale$54KRecorded 2003 Est. tax bill$2,079/year2026 taxable assessment × 1.3998% Tax delinquencyNo 2022 matchNot proof account is current Permits2Every fetched City permit Violations0 openNo historical match in fetched records

“Open” reflects records available then historical records keep their source dates estimates are labeled

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Street view of 6500 Grays Ave
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The estimate, live balance, and back-tax record are different.

BlockReport can calculate the annual tax from the City’s taxable assessment. Payments, credits, interest, and a current amount due live separately in Philadelphia Tax Center.

Estimated annual Real Estate Tax$2,079/year

2026 taxable assessment $148,500 × 1.3998%. Estimate—not a bill or account balance.

OPA also publishes a 2027 assessment of $171,200; it is not the 2026 billed-year value.

Official current account balanceCheck live

A Tax Center balance is net of bills, payments, credits, interest, and adjustments. A credit—or an amount due—is not automatically “back taxes.”

OPA 406188500
Open Philadelphia Tax Center →Choose “View period balance” to see the tax year and any credit, interest, or delinquency.
Exemption classificationNo exemption shown

2026 taxable assessment equals the full assessed value.

Historical delinquency sources No current conclusion

This parcel did not match the June 2022 delinquency snapshot. That absence does not confirm the account is current today.

For a purchase, refinance, or closing, request the City’s official Property Payoff statement in Tax Center under “More options.”

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 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.

If you’re the landlord

If it is rented, verify the Rental License

The fetched license records do not show an active Rental License. Ownership type or a tax mailing address does not prove that tenants occupy the property; if it is rented, verify the current license and legal occupancy in eCLIPSE.

Derived from the fetched property records and linked City guidance as of 2026. Assessment treatment is not a substitute for an exemption approval, live balance, title report, license, occupancy certificate, or inspection. 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
$148,500
2026 billed-year assessment · 2027: $171,200 · built 1920
Price / sq ft
$173
block $127 · above block
Appreciation
+106%
+8%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$172K
+8%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax bill / yr
$2,079
1.21% effective
Jun 2022 tax snapshot
No match
not proof the account is current
Gross yield
9.2%
≈$1K/mo rent
Times sold
1

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

$0$100K$200KBefore this chart — 2003: Sold $54K 2009: Appeal granted with conditions 2009: Zoning board appeal 2010: Use 2012: Appeal granted 2012: Use 2012: Zoning board appeal$149K201620182020202220242026
This propertyBlock median & rangePermit

The paper trail

Improved

Bought for $54K in 2003. Owner pulled a use permit in 2012.

  1. 2003 $54KSold
  2. 2009 Appeal granted with conditionsZoning
  3. 2010 UsePermit
  4. 2012 Appeal grantedZoningUsePermit

Every dated deed, permit, inspection, license, violation, certification, and appeal—together.

The timeline combines the report’s transfer history with every successfully fetched L&I and zoning row. A date or status is the City’s filed record, not a statement that the condition remains current; use the official file for live detail.

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Recorded owner
Individual owner on record
L&I district
SOUTH
OPA account
406188500

What this record suggests

The City file documents 2 permits. 2 carries a completed, issued, or approved status; that documents the filing, not the present quality of the work.

  1. PermitUse

    Permit 370578 · COMPLETED

    USE AS BEAUTY SALON ON 1ST FLOOR. SFD ON 2ND FLOOR.

  2. AppealZoning board appeal

    Appeal 16595 · CLOSED · Granted

    Related permit 370578 · PERMIT FOR A BEAUTY SALON WITH ONE (1) ACCESSORY SIGN NOT TO EXCEED 2' X 2' ON THE FIRST FLOOR IN THE SAME BUILDING WITH AN EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING ABOVE.

  3. PermitUse

    Permit 239468 · COMPLETED

    BASEMENT USE TO HAIR SALON. 1ST AND 2ND FLOOR SFD

  4. AppealZoning board appeal

    Appeal 10193 · CLOSED · Granted with conditions

    Related permit 239468 · PERMIT FOR A BEAUTY SALON WITH ONE (1) ACCESSORY SIGN AS PERMITTED IN C1 COMMERCIAL ON THE FIRST FLOOR IN THE SAME BUILDING WITH AN EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING ABOVE.

  5. Recorded transfer$54K transfer

    2003

How Philadelphia’s property system works

These explainers are free because the record only helps if you know what it can—and cannot—prove. Use the linked City guidance for the controlling rule.

Permits and inspections 2 on this property

This property’s file includes ZP_USE permit records. A permit documents authorized scope and a City process; it is not by itself proof that every described improvement was completed, remains in place, or meets today’s condition expectations.

L&I inspections are scheduled at defined stages; final inspection and required certifications are separate steps in closing out applicable work.

How construction and repair permits work ↗See City inspection stages by permit type ↗
Assessments and taxes

The OPA assessment is the City’s value on the tax roll—not an asking price, appraisal, or live account balance. The taxable assessment can differ from the full assessment because the City roll records exemptions or other treatment; the report keeps those fields separate.

Your annual estimate uses the taxable assessment. Payments, credits, interest, and the amount due are maintained separately in Tax Center.

How the Office of Property Assessment works ↗Philadelphia property-tax guidance ↗
Violations, cases, and status

L&I enforcement records can include warnings, notices, orders, inspections, and later resolution activity. A closed visit is still a historical record; it is not a missing event.

How L&I code enforcement works ↗City violation and order types ↗

Flags: 2 zoning/board appeals on record. Informational only — not investment advice or a consumer report (FCRA).

The property, on paper

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

Stories
1
Interior
992 sqft
livable area
Lot
1,232 sqft
Exterior condition
Average
city code 4
Interior condition
Average
city code 4
Quality grade
C
assessor's grade
Zoning
RM1
city zoning code
Zoning appeals
2
CLOSED · Granted · 2012

OPA field-assessment attributes. Condition and grade are the assessor's codes, not an inspection.

Run the numbers

What owning 6500 Grays Ave 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.

$171K
20%
6.875%
$1K/mo

When this house last sold (2003) a 30-year mortgage ran about 5.83% — Freddie Mac's average that year.

Mortgage
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P&I · 30-yr fixed
All-in monthly
—
+ taxes & insurance
Cash to close
—
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 use this parcel's taxable assessment, not a live Tax Center balance.

Block context

6500 Grays Ave sits on the 6500 block of Grays Ave. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.

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Next door: 6502 Grays Ave  ·  6504 Grays Ave

Where this comes from
Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 10, 2026, 6:19 AM ET. Available City datasets are queried from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and the cited City ArcGIS feeds; record queries paginate rather than silently taking a first page. For this property: Permits: queried · Violations: queried · Investigations: queried · Appeals: queried · Licenses: queried · Building certifications: queried. “Unavailable” means the source query failed or was not supplied, not “no record.” Reports re-pull on view after seven days and on an overnight rolling schedule; citywide benchmarks recompute weekly. Source dates still govern: the parcel-level tax-delinquency snapshot is June 2022 and the separate detailed tax ledger ends in 2016, so neither establishes today’s balance. The live balance and date-effective payoff must be verified in Tax Center. AI-written passages are grounded in the assembled record and rejected if they state a number the record does not hold.

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