House report

550 E Woodlawn St

2 stories · 1,472 sqft · RSA3 · built 1925

Owner-occupied · assessed $171K (2026) · 2027 OPA assessment $169K · sold 1×. On the 500 block of E Woodlawn St.

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Property summary

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Estimated annual Real Estate Tax$997/year

2026 taxable assessment $71,200 × 1.3998%. Estimate—not a bill or account balance.

OPA also publishes a 2027 assessment of $168,900; it is not the 2026 billed-year value.

Official current account balanceCheck live

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OPA 122082200
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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

The June 2022 delinquency snapshot was not verifiably available in this cached report. No conclusion about a match—or today’s balance—can be drawn from that absence.

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What stands out

From the public record
Finding

Improved

Why it matters

Bought for $58K in 2003. Owner pulled a addition and/or alterations permit in 2025.

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What to do with this

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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 RSA3: one household by right

Single-family attached. 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.

Derived from the fetched property records and linked City guidance as of 2026. Assessment treatment is not a substitute for an exemption approval, live balance, title report, license, occupancy certificate, or inspection. Informational only — not legal, tax, or investment advice.

The investment read

How this house has moved and where it's pointed: every fetched annual City assessment, charted against its block and ZIP; appreciation includes the full-period compound rate and the latest year-over-year change. The 5-year figure simply extends that historical pace. Yield estimates rent-vs-price from area rents. Ask the record to dig into any number.

Assessed value
$171,200
2026 billed-year assessment · 2027: $168,900 · built 1925
Price / sq ft
$115
block $115 · in line w/ block
Appreciation
+93%
+6%/yr since 2016 · 2027 -1% vs 2026
In 5 years (~2032)
~$228K
+6%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax bill / yr
$997
0.59% effective
Jun 2022 tax snapshot
Gross yield
9.9%
≈$1K/mo rent
Times sold
1

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

$0$125K$250KZIP 19144 median$169K2003200720112015201920232027
Property assessmentBlock median & rangeZIP 19144 medianAssessmentDeed / sale

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Every dated record1 event · exact dates, newest first
  1. Deed / saleDeed / sale $58K

The paper trail

Bought for $58K in 2003. Owner pulled a addition and/or alterations permit in 2025.

  1. 2003 $58KSold
  2. 2021 Addition and/or AlterationPermit
  3. 2025 Addition and/or AlterationsPermit

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  1. Recorded transfer$58K transfer

    2003

What this record suggests

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The property, on paper

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

Stories
2
Interior
1,472 sqft
livable area
Lot
1,983 sqft
Exterior condition
Average
city code 4
Interior condition
Average
city code 4
Quality grade
C
assessor's grade
Zoning
RSA3
city zoning code

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

Run the numbers

What owning 550 E Woodlawn St 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.

$169K
20%
6.875%
$1K/mo

When this house last sold (2003) a 30-year mortgage ran about 5.83% — 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 use this parcel's taxable assessment, not a live Tax Center balance.

Block context

550 E Woodlawn St sits on the 500 block of E Woodlawn St. 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, 3:38 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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