House report

719 S Frazier St

3 bd · 1 ba · 2 stories · 983 sqft · RSA5 · built 1925

Owner-occupied · assessed $121K · sold 1×. On the 700 block of S Frazier St.

Street view of 719 S Frazier St
From the street — imagery © Google
From above — imagery © Esri, Maxar

Property summary

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

The tax bill is temporary

Today's $288/yr reflects a 10-year abatement. It steps up every year and reaches about $1,688/yr in 2033 — $1,400/yr more. Price the full bill, not the current one.

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

When the abatement ends, file for Homestead

An abated home cannot also take the Homestead Exemption. From 2033 it can — knocking about $1,400/yr off the full bill.

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.

$7,605 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 record to dig into any number.

Assessed value
$121K
built 1925
Price / sq ft
$123
block $120 · in line w/ block
Appreciation
+131%
+8%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$121K
+8%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax / yr
$288
0.24% effective, abated
Gross yield
11%
≈$1K/mo rent
Times sold
1
kept in the family

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

$0$100K$200KBefore this chart — 2009: L&I violation 2009: Inspection failed 2010: Inspection passed2017: Sold $52K2018: L&I violation 2018: L&I: 1 failed, 1 passed 2018: Electrical2019: Plumbing 2019: Roof Covering Replacement2024: L&I violation 2024: Inspection failed$121K201620222027
This houseBlock median & rangeSaleL&I violationPermit

The paper trail

built new under a 2018 permit (tax-abated), sold for $52K in 2017.

  1. 2009 L&I violationL&IInspection failedL&I visit
  2. 2010 Inspection passedL&I visit
  3. 2017 $52KSold
  4. 2018 L&I violationL&IL&I: 1 failed, 1 passedL&I visitElectricalPermit
  5. 2019 PlumbingPermitRoof Covering ReplacementPermit
  6. 2024 L&I violationL&IInspection failedL&I visit

Flags: tax-abated — the bill lags real value · 1 open L&I violation · $8K back taxes (2008–2015, $3K of it interest & penalties, lien filed) · long-held within one family. Informational only — not investment advice or a consumer report (FCRA).

The abatement clock

This house pays about $288/yr under a 10-year tax abatement that steps down every year. In 2033 the bill reaches its full ~$1,688/yr — a step up of $1,400/yr, 6 assessment years out. Drag the slider.

2016: ~$311/yr2017: ~$311/yr2018: ~$311/yr2019: ~$256/yr2020: ~$217/yr2021: ~$217/yr2022: ~$217/yr2023: ~$0/yr2024: ~$0/yr2025: ~$232/yr2026: ~$232/yr2027: ~$288/yr2028: ~$521/yr (projected)2029: ~$755/yr (projected)2030: ~$988/yr (projected)2031: ~$1,221/yr (projected)2032: ~$1,455/yr (projected)2033: ~$1,688/yr (projected)2034: ~$1,688/yr (projected)201620332034
2027~$288/yrfrom the record

now: ($120,600 assessed − $100,026 abated) × 1.3998% ≈ $288/yr 2033: $120,600 assessed × 1.3998% ≈ $1,688/yr The abated slice shrinks ~10% a year (post-2022 program, started 2023) — reassessments move both lines. After expiry an owner-occupant can claim the Homestead Exemption (~$1,400/yr off); an abated home can't hold both.

The house, on paper

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

Bedrooms
3
Bathrooms
1
Stories
2
Interior
983 sqft
livable area
Lot
967 sqft
Basement
Full
city code D
Exterior condition
Average
city code 4
Interior condition
Average
city code 4
Quality grade
C
assessor's grade
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 719 S Frazier 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.

$121K
20%
6.875%
$1K/mo

When this house last sold (2017) a 30-year mortgage ran about 3.99% — 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 (with the abatement toggle above).

Block context

719 S Frazier St sits on the 700 block of S Frazier St. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.

See the whole block →

Next door: 717 S Frazier St  ·  721 S Frazier St

Where this comes from

Methodology & freshness

City datasets are fetched live from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and cached briefly. Dossiers re-pull automatically — on view once they're a few weeks old, plus a nightly rolling sweep — 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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