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Philadelphia7100 block of Grays AveJuly 9, 2026

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7105 Grays Ave

13,200 sqft · RM1 · built 1940

Absentee individual · assessed $964K. On the 7100 block of Grays Ave.

Street view of 7105 Grays Ave
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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’re buying

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

15 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.

Construction next door (7103 Grays Ave, 2025)

Excavation deeper than 5 feet, or within 10 feet of an adjacent structure, legally requires the developer to survey neighboring homes first and give owners 10 days' written notice. Insist on the pre-construction survey — it is your evidence if cracks appear.

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 analyst below to dig into any number.

Assessed value
$964K
built 1940
Price / sq ft
$73
block $130 · below block
Appreciation
+189%
+10%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$968K
+10%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax / yr
$13K
1.4% effective
Gross yield
Times sold
0

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

$0$500K$1.0MBefore this chart — 2013: Appeal granted with conditions 2013: Use2018: 10 L&I violations2019: 4 L&I violations2020: 2 L&I violations2021: Appeal filed2024: 19 L&I violations 2024: Appeal withdrawn$964K201620222027
This houseBlock median & rangeL&I violationZoningPermit
The paper trail

Owner pulled a use permit in 2013.

  1. 2013 Appeal granted with conditionsZoningUsePermit
  2. 2018 10 L&I violationsL&I
  3. 2019 4 L&I violationsL&I
  4. 2020 2 L&I violationsL&I
  5. 2021 Appeal filedZoning
  6. 2024 19 L&I violationsL&IAppeal withdrawnZoning

Flags: 15 open L&I violations · 3 zoning/board appeals on record. 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.

Interior
13,200 sqft
livable area
Lot
13,200 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
3
withdrawn 2024

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

Run the numbers

What owning 7105 Grays 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.

$964K
20%
6.875%
$7K/mo

When this house last sold (2011) a 30-year mortgage ran about 4.45% — 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: 7103 Grays Ave  ·  7101 Grays Ave

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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