House report

761 S 15th St

4 bd · 2 ba · 3 stories · 2,976 sqft · RM1 · built 2007

Owner-occupied · assessed $940K (2026) · 2027 OPA assessment $957K · sold 5×. On the 700 block of S 15th St.

Property summary

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The estimate, live balance, and back-tax record are different.

BlockReport can calculate the annual tax from the City’s taxable assessment. Payments, credits, interest, and a current amount due live separately in Philadelphia Tax Center.

Estimated annual Real Estate Tax$11,764/year

2026 taxable assessment $840,400 × 1.3998%. Estimate—not a bill or account balance.

OPA also publishes a 2027 assessment of $957,200; 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 301270210
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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

New construction

Why it matters

Bought for $1.6M in 2004, built new under a 2007 permit, sold for $705K in 2021.

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Records to verify together

Rule-based groupings across this property's dated public records. Each flag shows the records that belong in the same verification step and where the inference stops.

Dated record flagPost-purchase work pattern

A recorded purchase followed by 2 permit events matches the early part of a renovate-and-resell sequence.

Evidence: purchase recorded in 2021 · permit activity in 2024

Limit: This does not show that the property is listed or that a sale is planned.

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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
$940,400
2026 billed-year assessment · 2027: $957,200 · built 2007
Price / sq ft
$322
block $322 · in line w/ block
Appreciation
+82%
+6%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$960K
+6%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax bill / yr
$11,764
1.23% effective
Jun 2022 tax snapshot
Gross yield
-835771%
≈$-667M/mo rent
Times sold
5
latest deed has shared-name parties

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

$0$500K$1.0MBefore this chart — 2004: Land $1.6M 2007: Mechanical 2007: Electrical 2008: Plumbing 2008: Mechanical 2008: Land $440K 2008: L&I violation 2014: Sold $530K 2014: Sold $530K2021: Sold $705K2024: Wall Covering Replacement 2024: Wall Covering Replacement$957K2016201820202022202420262027
This houseBlock median & rangeSalePermit
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The paper trail

Bought for $1.6M in 2004, built new under a 2007 permit, sold for $705K in 2021.

  1. 2004 $1.6MLand buy
  2. 2007 MechanicalPermitElectricalPermit
  3. 2008 PlumbingPermitMechanicalPermit$440KLand buyL&I violationL&I
  4. 2014 $530KSold$530KSold
  5. 2021 $705KSold
  6. 2024 Wall Covering ReplacementPermitWall Covering ReplacementPermit

Every dated deed, permit, inspection, license, violation, certification, and appeal—together.

The timeline combines the report’s transfer history with every successfully fetched L&I and zoning row. A date or status is the City’s filed record, not a statement that the condition remains current; use the official file for live detail.

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Recorded owner
Individual owner on record
L&I district
OPA account
301270210

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.

  1. Recorded transfer$705K transfer

    2021

  2. Recorded transfer$530K transfer

    2014

  3. Land recordLand record

    2008

  4. Land recordLand record

    2004

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Permits and inspections

A permit is the City’s authorization and review pathway for construction or repair work. No fetched permit is not proof that no work ever happened.

L&I inspections are scheduled at defined stages; final inspection and required certifications are separate steps in closing out applicable work.

How construction and repair permits work ↗See City inspection stages by permit type ↗
Assessments and taxes

The OPA assessment is the City’s value on the tax roll—not an asking price, appraisal, or live account balance. The taxable assessment can differ from the full assessment because the City roll records exemptions or other treatment; the report keeps those fields separate.

Your annual estimate uses the taxable assessment. Payments, credits, interest, and the amount due are maintained separately in Tax Center.

How the Office of Property Assessment works ↗Philadelphia property-tax guidance ↗
Violations, cases, and status

L&I enforcement records can include warnings, notices, orders, inspections, and later resolution activity. A closed visit is still a historical record; it is not a missing event.

How L&I code enforcement works ↗City violation and order types ↗

Flags: 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
2,976 sqft
livable area
Lot
1,264 sqft
Basement
Full, finished
city code A
Heat
Forced hot air
city code A
Central air
Yes
Exterior condition
Above average
city code 3
Interior condition
Above average
city code 3
Quality grade
C+
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 761 S 15th St 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.

$957K
20%
6.875%
$700/mo

When this house last sold (2021) a 30-year mortgage ran about 2.96% — 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

761 S 15th St sits on the 700 block of S 15th St. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.

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Next door: 763 S 15th St  ·  757 S 15th St

Where this comes from

Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 9, 2026, 11:04 AM 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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