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Philadelphia1800 block of Germantown AveJuly 9, 2026

House report

1851-57 Germantown Ave

3 stories · 10,404 sqft · CMX2 · built 2019

Absentee individual · assessed $1.4M. On the 1800 block of Germantown Ave.

Street view of 1851-57 Germantown Ave
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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 $1,988/yr reflects a 10-year abatement. It jumps to about $19,879/yr in 2031 — $17,891/yr more. Price the full bill, not the current one.

If you own it

$1,321 in back taxes on record

Interest and penalties keep compounding until a Revenue payment agreement is in place — an owner-occupant agreement also stops the sheriff-sale track.

If you’re the landlord

No active rental license on file

If this property is rented, Philadelphia requires a Rental License (via eCLIPSE) — without it a landlord cannot legally collect rent or evict, and tenants can withhold. Licensing needs tax clearance and no open violations.

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 analyst below to dig into any number.

Assessed value
$1.4M
built 2019
Price / sq ft
$136
block $136 · in line w/ block
Appreciation
+628%
+20%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$1.4M
+20%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax / yr
$2K
0.14% effective, abated
Gross yield
—
Times sold
0

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

$0$1.0M$2.0MBefore this chart — 2013: Appeal withdrawn2016: 3 L&I violations incl EGRESS DEEMED UNSAFE2017: L&I violation2018: Demolished 2018: Addition 2018: Suppression2019: Electrical 2019: Administrative 2019: Plumbing 2019: Mechanical 2019: Plumbing 2019: Administrative$1.4M201620222027
This houseBlock median & rangeTeardownL&I violationPermit
The paper trailTorn down & rebuilt

demolished in 2018 and rebuilt (2018).

  1. 2013 Appeal withdrawnZoning
  2. 2016 3 L&I violations incl EGRESS DEEMED UNSAFEL&I
  3. 2017 L&I violationL&I
  4. 2018 DemolishedTeardownAdditionPermitSuppressionPermit
  5. 2019 ElectricalPermitAdministrativePermitPlumbingPermitMechanicalPermitPlumbingPermitAdministrativePermit

Flags: tax-abated — the bill lags real value · $1K back taxes · 2 zoning/board appeals on record. Informational only — not investment advice or a consumer report (FCRA).

The abatement clock

This house pays about $1,988/yr under a 10-year tax abatement. In 2031 the bill reaches its full ~$19,879/yr — a step up of $17,891/yr, 4 assessment years out. Drag the slider.

2016: ~$2,730/yr2017: ~$2,730/yr2018: ~$2,980/yr2021: ~$1,942/yr2022: ~$1,942/yr2023: ~$1,942/yr2024: ~$1,942/yr2025: ~$1,972/yr2026: ~$1,972/yr2027: ~$1,988/yr2028: ~$1,988/yr (projected)2029: ~$1,988/yr (projected)2030: ~$1,988/yr (projected)2031: ~$19,879/yr (projected)2032: ~$19,879/yr (projected)201620312032
2027~$1,988/yrfrom the record

now: ($1,420,100 assessed − $1,278,080 abated) × 1.3998% ≈ $1,988/yr 2031: $1,420,100 assessed × 1.3998% ≈ $19,879/yr Flat 100% exemption (pre-2022 program, started 2021), 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
3
Interior
10,404 sqft
livable area
Lot
3,896 sqft
Exterior condition
Newer construction
city code 1
Newer construction
Interior condition
Newer construction
city code 1
Newer construction
Quality grade
B
assessor's grade
Zoning
CMX2
city zoning code
Zoning appeals
2
withdrawn 2013

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

Run the numbers

What owning 1851-57 Germantown Ave 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.

$1.4M
20%
6.875%
$10K/mo

When this house last sold (2016) a 30-year mortgage ran about 3.65% — 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: 1831-49 Germantown Ave  ·  1848-52 Germantown Ave

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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