2026 taxable assessment $109,900 × 1.3998%. Estimate—not a bill or account balance.
OPA also publishes a 2027 assessment of $121,500; it is not the 2026 billed-year value.
House report
718 W Butler St
3 bd · 1 ba · 2 stories · 1,280 sqft · RSA5 · built 1946
Owner-occupied · assessed $110K (2026) · 2027 OPA assessment $122K · sold 2×. On the 700 block of W Butler St.
Property summary
Assessment$109,9002026 OPA assessment · 2027: $121,500
Last sale$75KRecorded 2016
Est. tax bill$1,538/year2026 taxable assessment × 1.3998%
Tax delinquencyNo 2022 matchNot proof account is current
Permits2Every fetched City permit
Violations0 open13 historical across 3 cases
“Open” reflects records available then historical records keep their source dates estimates are labeled
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Property tax
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OPA 4322158002026 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 recordRenovated & sold on
Why it mattersBought for $11K in 2006, alteration permit in 2015, sold for $75K in 2016 (+576%).
View supporting records →City Property History
Fetched L&I and zoning records
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- Recorded owner
- Alexis Crespo-Cruz & David Leon
- Tax mailing address
- 718 W BUTLER ST, PHILADELPHIA PA, 19140
- L&I district
- NORTH
- Building ID (BIN)
- —
- OPA account
- 432215800
Permits2Every dated permit
Violation cases313 violation records · 0 open
Investigations106 failed · 3 passed · 1 closed
Building certifications0No match
Business licenses20 active
Appeals1Closed · Complete
PermitsPermit number, issued date, work and City status2
AlterationPermit 588407
Feb 4, 2015 COMPLETED Completed Feb 27, 2016
INTERIOR ALTERATIONS - SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING - APPLICANT AGREES TO LIMIT THE CONSTRUCTION TO COMPLY WITH EZ PERMIT STANDARD FOR INTERIOR ALTERATIONS. SEPARATE PERMITS REQUIRED FOR PLUMBING, ELECTRIC AND HVAC.
ElectricalPermit 601407
Apr 8, 2015 COMPLETED Completed Oct 30, 2015
TOTAL REWIRE OF THE 1ST FLOOR AND BASEMENT - INSTALL NEW WIRING FOR LUMINAIRES AND RECEPTACLES - INSTALLATION WILL COMPLY WITH THE 2008 NEC AND THE 2009 IRC
Violation cases13 individual violation records; resolved history remains visible3
Case 450113CLOSED
STANDARD · Opened Aug 28, 2014 · completed Jun 1, 2015
- ELEC-CABLES/WIRES LOOSE-RESViolation 3404275Aug 26, 2014 COMPLIED
- INT S-FLOOR REPAIRViolation 3404272Aug 26, 2014 COMPLIED
- INT S-CEILING REPAIR/MAINT SANViolation 3404273Aug 26, 2014 COMPLIED
- UNFIT PROP STANDARDViolation 3404274Aug 26, 2014 COMPLIED
Case CF-2021-044606CLOSED
NOTICE OF VIOLATION · Opened May 26, 2021 · completed Jul 2, 2021
- NEW USEViolation VI-2021-032918May 26, 2021 COMPLIED
Case CF-2025-010950CLOSED
NOTICE OF VIOLATION · Opened Feb 20, 2025 · completed Mar 6, 2026
- NEW USE OCCUPIED PRIOR TO COViolation VI-2025-008571Feb 20, 2025 COMPLIED
- NEW USEViolation VI-2025-008572Feb 20, 2025 COMPLIED
- UNFIT STRUCTUREViolation VI-2025-008573Feb 20, 2025 COMPLIED
- MECHANICAL- HEATING RESIDENTIAL TEMPViolation VI-2025-008574Feb 20, 2025 COMPLIED
- ELECTRICAL- HAZARDViolation VI-2025-008575Feb 20, 2025 COMPLIED
- SMOKE ALARM LOCATION Violation VI-2025-008576Feb 20, 2025 COMPLIED
- FIRE EXTINGUISHERS Violation VI-2025-008577Feb 20, 2025 COMPLIED
- PROHIBITED OCCUPANCYViolation VI-2025-008578Feb 20, 2025 COMPLIED
InvestigationsEvery inspector visit, including CLOSED outcomes10
HCEU INSPCase 450113
Jul 31, 2014 FAILED
HCEU INSPCase 450113
Nov 24, 2014 CLOSED
HCEU INSPCase 450113
Nov 24, 2014 FAILED
PRECOURTCase 450113
May 4, 2015 PASSED
L&I investigationCase CF-2021-044606
May 26, 2021 FAILED
L&I investigationCase CF-2021-044606
May 27, 2021 FAILED
L&I investigationCase CF-2021-044606
Jul 2, 2021 PASSED
L&I investigationCase CF-2025-010950
Feb 20, 2025 FAILED
L&I investigationCase CF-2025-010950
Nov 17, 2025 FAILED
L&I investigationCase CF-2025-010950
Mar 6, 2026 PASSED
Building certificationsInspection result and filed expiration date by L&I building ID0
No building certifications matched this parcel in the fetched City dataset.
Business licensesHistorical and active licenses are both retained2
RentalLicense 542193
HERMITE RESILIEN
Revenue code 3202 · First issued Aug 22, 2011 Inactive Expiration Feb 28, 2015 Inactive Apr 29, 2015
RentalLicense 871482
Alexis Crespo-cruz (Alexis crespo)
Revenue code 3202 · First issued Jun 23, 2021 Inactive Expiration Jun 22, 2025 Inactive Aug 21, 2025
AppealsApplication status and decision are separate City fields1
LIRB Violation AppealAppeal HA-2025-000754
Nov 19, 2025 Closed Complete
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City of Philadelphia OPA, L&I and Zoning Board records, shown as filed. A CLOSED investigation is an outcome label, not a missing visit; an appeal's application status and decision may differ.
Legal due diligence
What this record proves—and what it does not.
These checks are triggered by this property’s actual City rows. They identify the controlling document to verify; they do not declare a use legal, a building safe, or title clear.
1 resolve before relying
1 verify
1 favorable dated record
Resolve before relyingZoning approval is not the occupancy fileThe history also contains “NEW USE.”
Why it mattersPhiladelphia says a zoning approval or Property Sales Certification can identify a use without proving that it was established under the Building Code. A change of use, unit count, exits, or fire rating can require a Building Permit and Certificate of Occupancy.
Verify nextVerify the lawful use, unit count, associated construction permits, and Certificate of Occupancy with L&I.
Open the controlling City guidance ↗VerifyFailed inspections are dated events—not the current condition6 failed, 3 passed, and 1 CLOSED investigation outcome are in the fetched history; the latest dated visit was PASSED on Mar 6, 2026.
Why it mattersA PASSED or FAILED value applies to that inspection visit. CLOSED is a separate source status; none of the three alone proves the parent permit or violation case closed—or describes today’s condition.
Verify nextOpen the parent case/permit for each material failure and confirm its later disposition.
Open the controlling City guidance ↗Favorable dated recordNo open violation; closed history remains relevantThe fetched record shows 0 open and 13 historical violations across 3 cases.
Why it mattersA closed case is materially better than an open one, but it does not by itself prove that every altered use, unit, or concealed condition matches today’s approvals.
Verify nextUse the closed cases to target the inspection and occupancy-file review.
Open the controlling City guidance ↗Closing file: checks no public-record summary can replace5 documents/searches to assign before settlement
Property Sales Certification
The seller must obtain Philadelphia’s certificate showing the base zoning, last use in the zoning record, and open violations. The City warns that it does not prove Building Code occupancy or show zoning overlays.
Next: Obtain the fresh certificate and compare it with the CO, permits, and Atlas overlays.
Official guidance ↗Date-effective City Property Payoff
The Tax Center Property Payoff covers Real Estate Tax, Commercial Trash, and L&I abatement-work invoices. Philadelphia says it does not include business-tax debts or liens, water and sewer charges, or fines for code violations.
Next: Request the City statement effective through settlement; read every period and invoice.
Official guidance ↗Professional title and water-lien searches
OPA ownership, deed summaries, and a zero tax balance are not clear title. Mortgages, judgments, municipal claims, water liens, easements, heirs, and other encumbrances require separate searches.
Next: Use a Pennsylvania lawyer/title company and obtain owner’s title insurance; order the separate water search/payoff.
Official guidance ↗Separate water-lien guidance ↗Seller-specific tax relief is not the buyer’s bill
LOOP and low-income or senior Real Estate Tax freezes depend on the qualifying owner and continued program eligibility; a buyer cannot assume the seller’s capped or frozen bill continues. A separately verified property abatement often remains with the property for its remaining term, but program-specific new-owner filing, use, and tax-compliance conditions still must be confirmed—not inferred from the reduced assessment alone.
Next: Have Revenue or OPA identify every current benefit, model the buyer’s bill without seller-specific relief, and confirm any verified abatement in writing.
Official guidance ↗Separate water-lien guidance ↗Seller disclosure and independent inspections
For a covered Pennsylvania residential transfer, obtain the statutory seller disclosure. It reports the seller’s knowledge; it is not a warranty, title search, code review, or substitute for inspections. Because OPA dates this building before 1978, separately obtain the required federal/City lead disclosures and any test results.
Next: Have the agreement and disclosure reviewed for this transaction’s coverage and exceptions.
Official guidance ↗Informational only—not a legal opinion, title report, code inspection, tax payoff, or substitute for a Pennsylvania lawyer, title company, inspector, or tax professional.
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 1946: 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
$1,399/yr may be unclaimed
This home reads owner-occupied but shows no Homestead Exemption, which removes $100,000 from the taxable assessment (worth up to $1,399/yr). Applying through the City is free and takes minutes.
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 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
$109,900
2026 billed-year assessment · 2027: $121,500 · built 1946
Price / sq ft
$95
block $93 · in line w/ block
Appreciation
+109%
+8%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$122K
+8%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax bill / yr
$1,538
1.27% effective
Jun 2022 tax snapshot
No match
not proof the account is current
Gross yield
11.1%
≈$1K/mo rent
Times sold
2
Value vs. the block, over time — sales, permits & L&I events marked on the line
This houseBlock median & rangeSaleL&I violationPermitInspection
The paper trail
Renovated & sold onBought for $11K in 2006, alteration permit in 2015, sold for $75K in 2016 (+576%).
- 2006 $11KSold
- 2014 4 L&I violationsL&I
- 2015 AlterationPermitElectricalPermitInspection passedL&I visit
- 2016 $75KSold
- 2021 L&I violationL&IL&I: 2 failed, 1 passedL&I visit
- 2025 8 L&I violationsL&IInspection failed ×2L&I visitAppeal completeZoning
- 2026 Inspection passedL&I visit
Flags: 1 zoning/board appeal 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.
Bedrooms
3
Bathrooms
1
Stories
2
Interior
1,280 sqft
livable area
Lot
1,154 sqft
Basement
Full
city code D
Heat
Undetermined
city code H
Central air
No
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
RSA5
city zoning code
Zoning appeals
1
Closed · Complete · 2025
OPA field-assessment attributes. Condition and grade are the assessor's codes, not an inspection.
Run the numbers
What owning 718 W Butler 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.
When this house last sold (2016) a 30-year mortgage ran about 3.65% — 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 use this parcel's taxable assessment, not a live Tax Center balance.
Block context
718 W Butler St sits on the 700 block of W Butler St. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.
See the whole block →Next door: 716 W Butler St · 720 W Butler St
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
This report was assembled Jul 10, 2026, 5:28 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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