House report

725 E Girard Ave

4 bd · 2 ba · 3 stories · 1,615 sqft · CMX2 · built 1915

Owner-occupied · assessed $362K (2026) · 2027 OPA assessment $354K · sold 2×. On the 700 block of E Girard Ave.

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Estimated annual Real Estate Tax$3,667/year

2026 taxable assessment $262,000 × 1.3998%. Estimate—not a bill or account balance.

OPA also publishes a 2027 assessment of $353,700; 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 181354400
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Exemption classificationHomestead exemption

2026 OPA removes $100,000 from the taxable assessment through the owner-occupant exemption.

Historical delinquency sources No current conclusion

The June 2022 delinquency snapshot was not verifiably available in this cached report. No conclusion about a match—or today’s balance—can be drawn from that absence.

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What stands out

From the public record
Finding

Renovated & sold on

Why it matters

Bought for $210K in 2019, change of use permit in 2022, sold for $495K in 2023 (+136%).

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What to do with this

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If you’re buying

Built 1915: 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.

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
$362,000
2026 billed-year assessment · 2027: $353,700 · built 1915
Price / sq ft
$219
block $219 · in line w/ block
Appreciation
+66%
+5%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$355K
+5%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax bill / yr
$3,667
1.04% effective
Jun 2022 tax snapshot
Gross yield
6.2%
≈$2K/mo rent
Times sold
2
latest deed has shared-name parties

Assessment vs. the block · every dated City record marked on the line

$0$250K$500K2016 OPA assessment: $213K2017 OPA assessment: $213K2018 OPA assessment: $213K2019 OPA assessment: $256K2020 OPA assessment: $276K2021 OPA assessment: $276K2022 OPA assessment: $276K2023 OPA assessment: $310K2024 OPA assessment: $310K2025 OPA assessment: $362K2026 OPA assessment: $362K2027 OPA assessment: $354K2019 — Deed / sale $210K2022 — 2022-01-21: ZBA Permit Denial - Variance2023 — Deed / sale $495K$354K2016201820202022202420262027
This propertyBlock median & rangeDeed / saleAppeal
Deed / sale $495K
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Every dated record3 events · scroll to browse
  1. Deed / saleDeed / sale $495K
  2. AppealZBA Permit Denial - Variance
  3. Deed / saleDeed / sale $210K

The paper trail

Bought for $210K in 2019, change of use permit in 2022, sold for $495K in 2023 (+136%).

  1. 2014 PlumbingPermit
  2. 2019 $210KSold
  3. 2020 3 L&I violationsL&IInspection failedL&I visit
  4. 2022 Appeal grantedZoningChange of UsePermitAddition and/or AlterationPermitAlterationsPermitAddition and/or AlterationsPermitAddition and/or AlterationPermit
  5. 2023 $495KSoldInspection passedL&I visit

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Browse 3 dated records deeds, permits, inspections, licenses, violations, certifications & appeals
  1. Recorded transfer$495K transfer

    2023

  2. AppealZBA Permit Denial - Variance

    Appeal ZP-2021-007420 · Completed · Granted

    PERMIT FOR USE AS A SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSEHOLD LIVING TO AN EXISTING STRUCTURE

  3. Recorded transfer$210K transfer

    2019

What this record suggests

The dated deed and City-record sequence is assembled below. Read timing as a research lead, not proof of renovation, condition, or motive.

Flags: 1 zoning/board appeal on record · latest deed has shared-name parties — relationship unverified. 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
4
Bathrooms
2
Stories
3
Interior
1,615 sqft
livable area
Lot
899 sqft
Basement
Full, finished
city code A
Heat
Undetermined
city code H
Central air
Yes
Exterior condition
Average
city code 4
Interior condition
New / rehabbed
city code 2
New / rehabbed
Quality grade
C+
assessor's grade
Zoning
CMX2
city zoning code
Zoning appeals
1
Completed · Granted · 2022

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

Run the numbers

What owning 725 E Girard 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.

$495K
20%
6.875%
$2K/mo

When this house last sold (2023) a 30-year mortgage ran about 6.81% — 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 use this parcel's taxable assessment, not a live Tax Center balance.

Block context

725 E Girard Ave sits on the 700 block of E Girard Ave. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.

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Next door: 723 E Girard Ave  ·  727 E Girard Ave

Where this comes from

Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 9, 2026, 7:23 PM 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. “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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