House report

736 Bainbridge St

5 bd · 3 stories · 3,000 sqft · RM1 · built 2017

Owner-occupied · assessed $1.5M · sold 1×. On the 700 block of Bainbridge St.

Street view of 736 Bainbridge St
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From above — imagery © Esri, Maxar

Property summary

What stands out

From the public record
Finding

New construction

Why it matters

built new under a 2014 permit (tax-abated), sold for $1.4M in 2017.

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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 $5,697/yr reflects a 10-year abatement. It jumps to about $21,365/yr in 2028 — $15,668/yr more. Price the full bill, not the current one.

If you own it

When the abatement ends, file for Homestead

An abated home cannot also take the Homestead Exemption. From 2028 it can — knocking about $1,400/yr off the full bill.

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
$1.5M
built 2017
Price / sq ft
$509
block $426 · above block
Appreciation
+5%
+1%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$1.5M
+1%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax / yr
$6K
0.37% effective, abated
Gross yield
1.2%
≈$2K/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$1.0M$2.0MBefore this chart — 2014: New construction 2014: Suppression 2014: Plumbing 2015: L&I violation 2015: Inspection failed2016: Plumbing 2016: Electrical 2016: Mechanical 2016: Suppression 2016: Plumbing 2016: Inspection passed2017: Sold $1.4M$1.5M201620222027
This houseBlock median & rangeSalePermit

The paper trail

built new under a 2014 permit (tax-abated), sold for $1.4M in 2017.

  1. 2014 New constructionPermitSuppressionPermitPlumbingPermit
  2. 2015 L&I violationL&IInspection failedL&I visit
  3. 2016 PlumbingPermitElectricalPermitMechanicalPermitSuppressionPermitPlumbingPermitInspection passedL&I visit
  4. 2017 $1.4MSold

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

The abatement clock

This house pays about $5,697/yr under a 10-year tax abatement. In 2028 the bill reaches its full ~$21,365/yr — a step up of $15,668/yr, 1 assessment year out. Drag the slider.

2018: ~$5,818/yr2019: ~$5,816/yr2020: ~$6,303/yr2021: ~$6,303/yr2022: ~$6,303/yr2023: ~$4,273/yr2024: ~$4,273/yr2025: ~$4,273/yr2026: ~$4,273/yr2027: ~$5,697/yr2028: ~$21,365/yr (projected)2029: ~$21,365/yr (projected)201820282029
2027~$5,697/yrfrom the record

now: ($1,526,300 assessed − $1,119,313 abated) × 1.3998% ≈ $5,697/yr 2028: $1,526,300 assessed × 1.3998% ≈ $21,365/yr Flat 100% exemption (pre-2022 program, started 2018), then the cliff — 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
5
Stories
3
Interior
3,000 sqft
livable area
Lot
1,363 sqft
Basement
Partial, finished
city code E
Heat
Forced hot air
city code A
Central air
Yes
Garage
1 space
Exterior condition
Above average
city code 3
Interior condition
Above average
city code 3
Quality grade
B-
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 736 Bainbridge 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.

$1.5M
20%
6.875%
$2K/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

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

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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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