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Philadelphia9800 block of Bustleton AveJuly 9, 2026

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9870-80 Bustleton Ave

87,822 sqft · CA1 · built 1950

Absentee individual · assessed $12M. On the 9800 block of Bustleton Ave.

Street view of 9870-80 Bustleton 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 $23,213/yr reflects a 10-year abatement. It jumps to about $165,806/yr by 2026 — $142,593/yr more. Price the full bill, not the current one.

Built 1950: 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.

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
$12M
built 1950
Price / sq ft
$135
block $228 · below block
Appreciation
+3%
+0%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$12M
+0%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax / yr
$23K
0.2% effective, abated
Gross yield
—
Times sold
0

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

$0$10M$20MBefore this chart — 2007: 2 L&I violations2019: L&I violation2020: Addition and/or Alterations2021: Addition and/or Alteration 2021: Addition and/or Alterations2022: Addition and/or Alteration2025: Signs (Accessory / Non-Accessory) 2025: Signs (Accessory / Non-Accessory) 2025: Sign2026: Alterations$12M201620222027
This houseBlock median & rangeL&I violationPermit
The paper trailNew construction

built new under a 2020 permit (tax-abated).

  1. 2007 2 L&I violationsL&I
  2. 2019 L&I violationL&I
  3. 2020 Addition and/or AlterationsPermit
  4. 2021 Addition and/or AlterationPermitAddition and/or AlterationsPermit
  5. 2022 Addition and/or AlterationPermit
  6. 2025 Signs (Accessory / Non-Accessory)PermitSigns (Accessory / Non-Accessory)PermitSignPermit
  7. 2026 AlterationsPermit

Flags: tax-abated — the bill lags real value. Informational only — not investment advice or a consumer report (FCRA).

The abatement clock

This house pays about $23,213/yr under a 10-year tax abatement. By 2026 the bill reaches its full ~$165,806/yr — a step up of $142,593/yr. Drag the slider.

2016: ~$22,537/yr2017: ~$22,537/yr2018: ~$23,213/yr2019: ~$23,213/yr2020: ~$23,213/yr2021: ~$23,213/yr2022: ~$23,213/yr2023: ~$23,213/yr2024: ~$23,213/yr2025: ~$23,213/yr2026: ~$23,213/yr2027: ~$23,213/yr201620262027
2027~$23,213/yrfrom the record

now: ($11,845,000 assessed − $10,186,692 abated) × 1.3998% ≈ $23,213/yr 2026: $11,845,000 assessed × 1.3998% ≈ $165,806/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.

Interior
87,822 sqft
livable area
Lot
101,665 sqft
Exterior condition
Average
city code 4
Interior condition
Average
city code 4
Quality grade
B-
assessor's grade
Zoning
CA1
city zoning code

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

Run the numbers

What owning 9870-80 Bustleton 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.

$12M
20%
6.875%
$85K/mo

When this house last sold (1999) a 30-year mortgage ran about 7.44% — 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: 9858 Bustleton Ave  ·  9882-90 Bustleton 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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