House report

1133 N 63rd St

5 bd · 3 ba · 3 stories · 3,000 sqft · RSA2 · built 1925

Owner-occupied · assessed $492K · sold 2×. On the 1100 block of N 63rd St.

Street view of 1133 N 63rd St
From the street — imagery © Google
From above — imagery © Esri, Maxar

Property summary

What stands out

From the public record
Finding

Renovated & sold on

Why it matters

Bought for $30K in 2015, major alteration permit in 2015, sold for $435K in 2021 (+1350%).

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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

Built 1925: 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.

Zoned RSA2: one household by right

Single-family (semi-detached). Converting to a duplex or apartments needs a use variance the zoning board rarely grants — Pennsylvania courts require a physical hardship of the lot itself, and economics alone do not qualify.

If you own it

$320 in back taxes on record

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

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 record to dig into any number.

Assessed value
$492K
built 1925
Price / sq ft
$164
block $116 · above block
Appreciation
+259%
+12%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$495K
+12%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax / yr
$5K
1.12% effective
Gross yield
2.9%
≈$1K/mo rent
Times sold
2

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

$0$250K$500KBefore this chart — 2013: 7 L&I violations 2013: L&I: 3 failed, 2 passed 2014: 2 L&I violations 2014: Inspection failed ×2 2015: Sold $30K 2015: Major alteration 2015: L&I violation 2015: L&I: 5 failed, 1 passed2017: 3 L&I violations 2017: L&I: 1 failed, 2 passed2021: Sold $435K 2021: Alterations$492K201620222027
This houseBlock median & rangeSaleL&I violationPermit

The paper trail

Bought for $30K in 2015, major alteration permit in 2015, sold for $435K in 2021 (+1350%).

  1. 2013 7 L&I violationsL&IL&I: 3 failed, 2 passedL&I visit
  2. 2014 2 L&I violationsL&IInspection failed ×2L&I visit
  3. 2015 $30KSoldMajor alterationPermitL&I violationL&IL&I: 5 failed, 1 passedL&I visit
  4. 2017 3 L&I violationsL&IL&I: 1 failed, 2 passedL&I visit
  5. 2021 $435KSoldAlterationsPermit

Flags: $320 back taxes (2014–2016, $5 of it interest & penalties, lien filed). Informational only — not investment advice or a consumer report (FCRA).

The house, on paper

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

Bedrooms
5
Bathrooms
3
Stories
3
Interior
3,000 sqft
livable area
Lot
6,000 sqft
Basement
Full, finished
city code A
Heat
Forced hot air
city code A
Central air
Yes
Exterior condition
New / rehabbed
city code 2
New / rehabbed
Interior condition
New / rehabbed
city code 2
New / rehabbed
Quality grade
B
assessor's grade
Zoning
RSA2
city zoning code

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

Run the numbers

What owning 1133 N 63rd 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.

$492K
20%
6.875%
$1K/mo

When this house last sold (2021) a 30-year mortgage ran about 2.96% — 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.

Block context

1133 N 63rd St sits on the 1100 block of N 63rd St. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.

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Next door: 1131 N 63rd St  ·  1135-37 N 63rd St

Where this comes from

Methodology & freshness

City datasets are fetched live from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and cached briefly. Dossiers re-pull automatically — on view once they're a few weeks old, plus a nightly rolling sweep — and citywide benchmarks recompute weekly. 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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