1016 Cottman Avenue

1016 Cottman Avenue in Philadelphia, PA was first built in 1925 and is 99 years old. This has been categorized as a unknown property type. For those interested in architecture, the building on the property was built in a unknown. There are a total of 2 floors. 1016 Cottman Avenue has 8,542 sqft of living area. This is typically the area of a building that is heated or air conditioned and does not include the garage, porch or basement square footage. The linear feet across the front of the lot is 700 ft and the linear feet between the front and back of the lot is 1,250. In total, the area measurement of the land is 8,750 square feet.

Learn more about the property and building on this page. Fun fact, did you know that buildings can move due to weather changes? That's why, the type of control joints used in the construction of your home is extremely important. Based on our data, we know that the home was built with unknown control joints. The condition of the building has been evaluated as unknown. The exterior walls of the home are made of unknown. Walk into the home itself and you'll find that it is currently being cooled with unknown. As for heating, the home is utilizing unknown. We've gathered and summarized the following transaction history in an effort to provide more transparency and up-to-date information for our users. According to our sources, 1016 Cottman Avenue sold most recently in Oct 16, 2014 for a total of $720,000. If you work out the math, that's approximately a cost of $84.29 per sqft. Before that, the property was also sold for $535,000 in Feb 15, 2005. There could be many factors that caused the property to sell at a higher price and increase in value. Tax-wise, the current owner is expected to pay close to $6,242 in taxes each year. 1016 Cottman Avenue was most recently assessed in 2023. During this assessment, the property's total value was estimated to be about $445,900. If we break it down further, the land itself was valued at $133,770. Improvements to the property, however, were assessed at a total of $312,130. The property's total market value has been marked the same as the total assessed value which is pretty typical. If possible, try to put down at least 20% towards the down payment during your home purchasing process. While you may be able to buy a home with less than a 20% down payment, your lender may then require you to pay for a private mortgage insurance (PMI). PMI protects the lenders and lowers their financial risk in case the borrower defaults. Generally, you'll need to pay more PMI when your total loan amount is higher. However, certain factor such as your credit score, loan type, loan term, and loan-to-value ratio can all impact your PMI as well.