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Philadelphia700 block of W Berks StJuly 9, 2026

House report

730 W Berks St

3 stories · 41,144 sqft · RM1 · built 2022

Investor / LLC · assessed $827K. On the 700 block of W Berks St.

Street view of 730 W Berks St
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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

The tax bill is temporary

Today's $2,895/yr reflects a 10-year abatement. It steps up every year and reaches about $11,579/yr in 2033 — $8,684/yr more. Price the full bill, not the current one.

The last transfer was not a sale

The most recent recorded deed moved for nominal consideration, within one family. That is where tangled-title problems live — budget a real title search. (Occupants untangling an inherited deed can get help from the city's Tangled Title Fund.)

If you’re the landlord

Licensed rental — keep it that way

Renewal requires city tax clearance and zero open L&I violations on the property. A lapsed license suspends the right to collect rent or evict.

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.

Who's behind it

Berks Senior Living LP · corporate / LLC owner

• Holds an active rental license for this address
• The last transfer was a nominal/family deed, not an open-market sale

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
$827K
built 2022
Price / sq ft
$20
block $240 · below block
Appreciation
+318%
+33%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$841K
+33%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax / yr
$3K
0.35% effective, abated
Gross yield
Times sold
0
kept in the family

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

$0$500K$1.0M2020: 2 L&I violations2022: New Construction 2022: New Construction 2022: New Construction or Additions 2022: New Construction 2022: Sitework with Onsite Utility Services 2022: New Construction 2022: New Construction2025: Parking Only 2025: 2 L&I violations$827K201620222027
This houseBlock median & rangeL&I violationPermit
The paper trail

built new under a 2022 permit (tax-abated).

  1. 2020 2 L&I violationsL&I
  2. 2022 New ConstructionPermitNew ConstructionPermitNew Construction or AdditionsPermitNew ConstructionPermitSitework with Onsite Utility ServicesPermitNew ConstructionPermitNew ConstructionPermit
  3. 2025 Parking OnlyPermit2 L&I violationsL&I

Flags: tax-abated — the bill lags real value · active rental license · long-held within one family. Informational only — not investment advice or a consumer report (FCRA).

The abatement clock

This house pays about $2,895/yr under a 10-year tax abatement that steps down every year. In 2033 the bill reaches its full ~$11,579/yr — a step up of $8,684/yr, 6 assessment years out. Drag the slider.

2022: ~$2,772/yr2023: ~$2,772/yr2024: ~$2,772/yr2025: ~$2,895/yr2026: ~$2,895/yr2027: ~$2,895/yr2028: ~$4,342/yr (projected)2029: ~$5,790/yr (projected)2030: ~$7,237/yr (projected)2031: ~$8,684/yr (projected)2032: ~$10,132/yr (projected)2033: ~$11,579/yr (projected)2034: ~$11,579/yr (projected)202220332034
2027~$2,895/yrfrom the record

now: ($827,200 assessed − $620,385 abated) × 1.3998% ≈ $2,895/yr 2033: $827,200 assessed × 1.3998% ≈ $11,579/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.

Stories
3
Interior
41,144 sqft
livable area
Lot
47,983 sqft
Exterior condition
Newer construction
city code 1
Newer construction
Interior condition
Newer construction
city code 1
Newer construction
Quality grade
A
assessor's grade
Zoning
RM1
city zoning code

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

Run the numbers

What owning 730 W Berks 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.

$827K
20%
6.875%
$6K/mo
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).

Next door: 716 W Berks St  ·  714 W Berks St

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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