Mixed-use report

437 N 63rd St

3,124 sqft · CMX2 · built 1925

Investor / LLC · assessed $234K · sold 3×. On the 400 block of N 63rd St.

Street view of 437 N 63rd St
From the street — imagery © Google
From above — imagery © Esri, Maxar

Property summary

What stands out

From the public record

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.

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.

Who's behind it

Highland Ave Properties L · corporate / LLC owner

• Owns 3 properties across Philadelphia under this name, assessed at $722K combined
• Tax bills mail to 18 S Highland Ave, Lansdowne PA, 19050 — outside Philadelphia

The investment read

How this building 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
$234K
built 1925
Price / sq ft
$75
block $90 · below block
Appreciation
+49%
+4%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$235K
+4%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax / yr
$3K
1.4% effective
Gross yield
-3414425.9%
≈$-667M/mo rent
Times sold
3

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

$0$125K$250KBefore this chart — 2006: Sold $150K 2006: L&I: 1 failed, 1 passed 2007: Sold $228K 2013: Sold $185K$234K201620222027
This houseBlock median & rangePermit

The paper trail

Traded 3×: $150K in 2006 → $185K in 2013 (+23%).

  1. 2006 $150KSoldL&I: 1 failed, 1 passedL&I visit
  2. 2007 $228KSold
  3. 2013 $185KSold

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.

Interior
3,124 sqft
livable area
Lot
3,125 sqft
Exterior condition
Average
city code 4
Interior condition
Average
city code 4
Quality grade
C
assessor's grade
Zoning
CMX2
city zoning code

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

Run the numbers

What owning 437 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.

$234K
20%
6.875%
$700/mo

When this house last sold (2013) a 30-year mortgage ran about 3.98% — 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

437 N 63rd St sits on the 400 block of N 63rd St. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.

See the whole block →

Next door: 439-41 N 63rd St  ·  443-45 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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