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House report

3 N Christopher Columbus Blvd

1 bd · 1 ba · 1 story · 650 sqft · CMX3 · built 1982

Owner-occupied · assessed $186K (2026) · 2027 OPA assessment $204K. On the 0 block of N Chris Columbus Blvd.

Property summary

Assessment$185,6002026 OPA assessment · 2027: $203,500 Last sale—No sale value available Est. tax bill$1,198/year2026 OPA · Homestead-adjusted Tax delinquencyNo 2022 matchNot proof account is current Permits—Record unavailable Violations0 openNo historical match in fetched records

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Street view of 3 N Christopher Columbus Blvd
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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$1,198/year

2026 taxable assessment $85,600 × 1.3998%. Estimate—not a bill or account balance.

OPA also publishes a 2027 assessment of $203,500; 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 888061412
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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

This parcel did not match the June 2022 delinquency snapshot. That absence does not confirm the account is current today.

For a purchase, refinance, or closing, request the City’s official Property Payoff statement in Tax Center under “More options.”

What stands out

From the public record
Finding

Homestead exemption, mail goes elsewhere

Why it matters

The parcel claims the homestead exemption (owner lives here) while the tax bill mails to 3495 Hillside Dr, Huntingdon Valley Pa, 19006. Those two facts sit in tension on the record — there can be innocent reasons, but one of them is usually out of date.

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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
$185,600
2026 billed-year assessment · 2027: $203,500 · built 1982
Price / sq ft
$313
block $235 · above block
Appreciation
+16%
+1%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$204K
+1%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax bill / yr
$1,198
0.59% effective
Jun 2022 tax snapshot
No match
not proof the account is current
Gross yield
—
Times sold
0

Assessment vs. the block · every dated City record marked on the line

$0$250K$500K2016 OPA assessment: $176K2017 OPA assessment: $159K2018 OPA assessment: $159K2019 OPA assessment: $171K2020 OPA assessment: $182K2021 OPA assessment: $182K2022 OPA assessment: $182K2023 OPA assessment: $182K2024 OPA assessment: $182K2025 OPA assessment: $186K2026 OPA assessment: $186K2027 OPA assessment: $204K$204K2016201820202022202420262027
This propertyBlock median & range
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The property, on paper

The city assessor's field record — the physical spec sheet behind the assessed number.

Bedrooms
1
Bathrooms
1
Stories
1
Interior
650 sqft
livable area
Exterior condition
Average
city code 4
Interior condition
Average
city code 4
Quality grade
B
assessor's grade
Zoning
CMX3
city zoning code

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

Where the record looks off

Places where the city's own paperwork disagrees with itself. These are flags on the data — not problems with the property.

Homestead exemption, mail goes elsewhere

The parcel claims the homestead exemption (owner lives here) while the tax bill mails to 3495 Hillside Dr, Huntingdon Valley Pa, 19006. Those two facts sit in tension on the record — there can be innocent reasons, but one of them is usually out of date.

Run the numbers

What owning 3 N Christopher Columbus Blvd 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.

$204K
20%
6.875%
$1K/mo
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

3 N Christopher Columbus Blvd sits on the 0 block of N Chris Columbus Blvd. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.

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Where this comes from
Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 10, 2026, 3:35 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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