Improved
Why it mattersBought for $250K in 2019. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2026.
View supporting records →Commercial property report
7256 Castor Ave
1,500 sqft · CMX2 · built 1950
Store · Lambros Karazournias · assessed $382K. On the 7200 block of Castor Ave.
Property summary
Assessment$382KCity assessed value
Last sale$250KRecorded 2019
Est. annual tax$5K/yearAssessment × 1.3998%
Tax delinquencyNo 2022 matchNot proof account is current
Permits7Shown in this report
ViolationsNone openNo open L&I cases
What stands out
From the public recordWhat the record is signaling
Early patterns mined across this property's dated public records. Each flag shows what triggered it and where the inference stops.
Recent transition activity
The property has an unusually active paper trail worth monitoring for the next permit, inspection, deed, or listing.
Evidence: 7 permit events since 2023
Limit: Record activity alone does not establish that a sale or redevelopment is planned.
Transparent record rules, not a machine-learning forecast. A signal is a prompt to verify the cited record, not a prediction or allegation.
Commercial propertyProperty report
This is a store, recorded under the city's commercial category. The homeowner tools (rent estimate, homestead playbook) don't apply, so they're hidden. The full record and owner trail are below.
What it is
Store
Store 1 Sty Masonry
Owner
Karazournias Lambros
Tax standing
Assessed $382K
On the tax roll
$ / sq ft
$254
above the $130 median for 12,035 commercial parcels citywide
Corridor
Cottman and the Boulevard
city commercial corridor
Assessed value
$382K
City market value
Interior area
1,500 sqft
Lot size
2,133 sqft
Built
1950
Zoning
CMX2
Block context
7256 Castor Ave sits on the 7200 block of Castor Ave. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.
See the whole block →Next door: 7254 Castor Ave · 7258 Castor Ave
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
Available City datasets are queried from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com), then reports are cached and refreshed on a rolling schedule. Source dates vary: the parcel-level tax-delinquency snapshot is June 2022 and the separate detailed tax ledger ends in 2016, so neither establishes today’s balance. Other dossiers re-pull on view once stale, 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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Built 1950. Every deed, permit, L&I visit, tax bill and sale for this house — plus its whole block.
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What to catch on the way down.
On the way down: the story of the house, its paper trail drawn on the value chart, and run-the-numbers, a calculator seeded with this house's actual tax bill.
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