History
Why it matters2 L&I violations (2013); 2 L&I violations (2014); 2 L&I violations (2015); 2 L&I violations (2018).
View supporting records →Commercial property report
7717 Castor Ave
1 story · 2,550 sqft · CMX1 · built 1963
Offices · Franklin Bina Esther · assessed $308K. On the 7700 block of Castor Ave.
Property summary
Assessment$308KCity assessed value
Last sale—No sale value available
Est. annual tax$4K/yearAssessment × 1.3998%
Tax delinquencyNo 2022 matchNot proof account is current
Permits0Shown 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.
Assessment/permit mismatch
The assessment jumped 45% in 2023, but no matching permit appears in the property timeline.
Evidence: assessment moved from $256,800 to $373,300 · no permit shown in 2022-2024
Limit: Not proof of unpermitted work; reassessment, corrected data, or a permit under another parcel can also explain it.
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 offices, recorded under the city's offices 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
Offices
Off Bld N/Com W/Pkg Mason
Owner
Franklin Bina Esther
Tax standing
Assessed $308K
On the tax roll
$ / sq ft
$121
below the $143 median for 882 offices parcels citywide
Corridor
Castor and Glendale
city commercial corridor
Assessed value
$308K
City market value
Interior area
2,550 sqft
Lot size
5,003 sqft
Stories
1
Built
1963
Zoning
CMX1
Block context
7717 Castor Ave sits on the 7700 block of Castor Ave. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.
See the whole block →Next door: 7719 Castor Ave · 7713 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 1963. 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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