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Philadelphia600 block of S 3rd StJuly 9, 2026

House report

615 S 3rd St

4 stories · 4,390 sqft · CMX2 · built 1900

Investor / LLC · assessed $1.2M · sold 3×. On the 600 block of S 3rd St.

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The story of this houseAI · written from the public record

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 $8,395/yr reflects a 10-year abatement. It jumps to about $16,775/yr by 2026 — $8,380/yr more. Price the full bill, not the current one.

Built 1900: lead rules apply

Federal law requires a lead-paint disclosure at sale for any pre-1978 home. If it will be rented, Philadelphia also requires a lead-safe or lead-free certificate before a rental license can issue.

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 own it

Construction next door (616 S 3rd St, 2025)

Excavation deeper than 5 feet, or within 10 feet of an adjacent structure, legally requires the developer to survey neighboring homes first and give owners 10 days' written notice. Insist on the pre-construction survey — it is your evidence if cracks appear.

If you’re the landlord

Lead certificate is not optional

Built 1900: every rental unit needs a lead-safe or lead-free certificate on file with the City. Without one: fines up to $2,000/day per unit, tenants may withhold rent, courts can order rent refunded — and no eviction will stand.

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

Sagi Partners LLC · 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
$1.2M
built 1900
Price / sq ft
$273
block $226 · above block
Appreciation
+162%
+9%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$1.2M
+9%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax / yr
$8K
0.7% effective, abated
Gross yield
Times sold
3
kept in the family

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

$0$1.0M$2.0M2018: Sold $720K2021: New construction, addition, GFA change 2021: Appeal granted with conditions 2021: Appeal approved 2021: Addition and/or Alteration2022: Addition and/or Alteration2023: New Construction 2023: Alterations 2023: Alterations 2023: Addition and/or Alterations2025: L&I violation 2025: Alterations$1.2M201620222027
This houseBlock median & rangeSaleL&I violationZoningPermit
The paper trail

built new under a 2021 permit (tax-abated), sold for $720K in 2018.

  1. 2018 $720KSold
  2. 2021 New construction, addition, GFA changePermitAppeal granted with conditionsZoningAppeal approvedZoningAddition and/or AlterationPermit
  3. 2022 Addition and/or AlterationPermit
  4. 2023 New ConstructionPermitAlterationsPermitAlterationsPermitAddition and/or AlterationsPermit
  5. 2025 L&I violationL&IAlterationsPermit

Flags: tax-abated — the bill lags real value · active rental license · 2 zoning/board appeals on record · long-held within one family. Informational only — not investment advice or a consumer report (FCRA).

The abatement clock

This house pays about $8,395/yr under a 10-year tax abatement. By 2026 the bill reaches its full ~$16,775/yr — a step up of $8,380/yr. Drag the slider.

2016: ~$6,131/yr2017: ~$6,131/yr2018: ~$8,311/yr2019: ~$8,362/yr2020: ~$8,445/yr2021: ~$8,445/yr2022: ~$8,445/yr2023: ~$4,755/yr2024: ~$7,133/yr2025: ~$8,302/yr2026: ~$8,302/yr2027: ~$8,395/yr201620262027
2027~$8,395/yrfrom the record

now: ($1,198,400 assessed − $598,671 abated) × 1.3998% ≈ $8,395/yr 2026: $1,198,400 assessed × 1.3998% ≈ $16,775/yr Flat 100% exemption (pre-2022 program, started 2016), 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.

Stories
4
Interior
4,390 sqft
livable area
Lot
1,716 sqft
Exterior condition
New / rehabbed
city code 2
New / rehabbed
Interior condition
New / rehabbed
city code 2
New / rehabbed
Quality grade
C
assessor's grade
Zoning
CMX2
city zoning code
Zoning appeals
2
approved 2021

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

Run the numbers

What owning 615 S 3rd 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.

$1.2M
20%
6.875%
$9K/mo

When this house last sold (2018) a 30-year mortgage ran about 4.54% — 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).

Next door: 613 S 3rd St  ·  617 S 3rd 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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