House report

4130 Pennsgrove St

Vacant · assessed $54K. On the 4100 block of Pennsgrove St.

Street view of 4130 Pennsgrove St
From the street — imagery © Google
From above — imagery © Esri, Maxar

Property summary

What stands out

From the public record
Finding

History

Why it matters

6 L&I violations (2007); 2 L&I violations (2013); 2 L&I violations (2023); 2 L&I violations (2026).

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Finding

No interior square footage on file

Why it matters

The record carries a $54K assessment but no livable area — the number square footage math is normally built on. Per-square-foot comparisons for this property aren't possible from the public record.

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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

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 own it

$3,426 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
$54K
Price / sq ft
block $121 ·
Appreciation
+792%
+22%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$55K
+22%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax / yr
$761
1.4% effective
Gross yield
Times sold
0

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

$0$250K$500KBefore this chart — 2007: 6 L&I violations 2013: 2 L&I violations2023: 2 L&I violations2026: 2 L&I violations$54K201620222027
This houseBlock median & rangeL&I violationPermit

The paper trail

6 L&I violations (2007); 2 L&I violations (2013); 2 L&I violations (2023); 2 L&I violations (2026).

  1. 2007 6 L&I violationsL&I
  2. 2013 2 L&I violationsL&I
  3. 2023 2 L&I violationsL&I
  4. 2026 2 L&I violationsL&I

Flags: $3K back taxes (1997–2016, $1K of it interest & penalties, lien filed). Informational only — not investment advice or a consumer report (FCRA).

Where the record looks off

Places where the city's own paperwork disagrees with itself. These are flags on the data — not problems with the property.

No interior square footage on file

The record carries a $54K assessment but no livable area — the number square footage math is normally built on. Per-square-foot comparisons for this property aren't possible from the public record.

Run the numbers

What owning 4130 Pennsgrove 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.

$54K
20%
6.875%
$700/mo

When this house last sold (2025) a 30-year mortgage ran about 6.6% — 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

4130 Pennsgrove St sits on the 4100 block of Pennsgrove St. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.

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Next door: 4128 Pennsgrove St  ·  4132 Pennsgrove 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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