The Block Report

House report

2601 Croydon St

3 bd · 1 ba · 2 stories · 1,368 sqft · RSA5 · built 1950

Absentee individual · assessed $271K · sold 2×. On the 2600 block of Croydon St.

Street view of 2601 Croydon St
From the street — imagery © Google
From above — imagery © Esri, Maxar

Property summary

Assessment$271KCity assessed value Last sale$253KRecorded 2023 Est. annual tax$4K/yearAssessment × 1.3998% Tax delinquency—Snapshot unavailable Permits1Shown in this report ViolationsNone openNo open L&I cases

What stands out

From the public record
Finding

Improved

Why it matters

Bought for $200K in 2019. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2024.

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What the record is signaling

Early patterns mined across this property's dated public records. Each flag shows what triggered it and where the inference stops.

watch signalPost-purchase work pattern

A recorded purchase followed by 1 permit event matches the early part of a renovate-and-resell sequence.

Evidence: purchase recorded in 2023 · permit activity in 2024

Limit: This does not show that the property is listed or that a sale is planned.

Transparent record rules, not a machine-learning forecast. A signal is a prompt to verify the cited record, not a prediction or allegation.

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 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.

Zoned RSA5: one household by right

Single-family rowhouse (the classic Philly row). 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’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 record to dig into any number.

Assessed value
$271K
built 1950
Price / sq ft
$198
block $196 · in line w/ block
Appreciation
+70%
+5%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$271K
+5%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax / yr
$4K
1.4% effective
Jun 2022 tax snapshot
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Gross yield
-2957486.1%
≈$-667M/mo rent
Times sold
2

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

$0$250K$500K2019: Sold $200K2023: Sold $253K2024: 2 L&I violations 2024: Inspection failed ×2 2024: Addition and/or Alteration2025: Inspection passed$271K201620222027
This houseBlock median & rangeSaleL&I violationInspection

The paper trail

Improved

Bought for $200K in 2019. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2024.

  1. 2019 $200KSold
  2. 2023 $253KSold
  3. 2024 2 L&I violationsL&IInspection failed ×2L&I visitAddition and/or AlterationPermit
  4. 2025 Inspection passedL&I visit

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
3
Bathrooms
1
Stories
2
Interior
1,368 sqft
livable area
Lot
3,856 sqft
Basement
Full, semi-finished
city code B
Heat
Hot water / radiators
city code B
Central air
No
Exterior condition
Average
city code 4
Interior condition
Average
city code 4
Quality grade
C
assessor's grade
Zoning
RSA5
city zoning code

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

Run the numbers

What owning 2601 Croydon 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.

$253K
20%
6.875%
$700/mo

When this house last sold (2023) a 30-year mortgage ran about 6.81% — 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

2601 Croydon St sits on the 2600 block of Croydon St. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.

See the whole block →

Next door: 2603 Croydon St  ·  2605 Croydon St

Where this comes from

Methodology & freshness

Available City datasets are queried from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com), then reports are cached and refreshed on a rolling schedule. Source dates vary: the parcel-level tax-delinquency snapshot is June 2022 and the separate detailed tax ledger ends in 2016, so neither establishes today’s balance. Other dossiers re-pull on view once stale, 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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