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Philadelphia4500 block of Castor AveJuly 9, 2026

House report

4510 Castor Ave

4,895 sqft · CMX2 · built 1980

Investor / LLC · assessed $686K. On the 4500 block of Castor Ave.

Street view of 4510 Castor Ave
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Reading this house's deeds, permits and assessments…

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 own it

Construction next door (4501 Castor Ave, 2025)

Excavation deeper than 5 feet, or within 10 feet of an adjacent structure, legally requires the developer to survey neighboring homes first and give owners 10 days' written notice. Insist on the pre-construction survey — it is your evidence if cracks appear.

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

Wawa INC · corporate / LLC owner

• Owns 6 properties across Philadelphia under this name, assessed at $12M combined

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 analyst below to dig into any number.

Assessed value
$686K
built 1980
Price / sq ft
$140
block $140 · in line w/ block
Appreciation
+19%
+2%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$687K
+2%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax / yr
$10K
1.4% effective
Gross yield
Times sold
0

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

$0$500K$1.0M2024: Addition and/or Alteration 2024: Addition and/or Alterations 2024: Signs (Accessory / Non-Accessory) 2024: Addition and/or Alteration2025: Addition and/or Alteration 2025: Alterations 2025: Sign 2025: Addition and/or Alteration$686K201620222027
This houseBlock median & rangePermit
The paper trail

Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025.

  1. 2024 Addition and/or AlterationPermitAddition and/or AlterationsPermitSigns (Accessory / Non-Accessory)PermitAddition and/or AlterationPermit
  2. 2025 Addition and/or AlterationPermitAlterationsPermitSignPermitAddition and/or AlterationPermit

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
4,895 sqft
livable area
Lot
18,500 sqft
Exterior condition
Average
city code 4
Interior condition
Average
city code 4
Quality grade
B-
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 4510 Castor Ave 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.

$686K
20%
6.875%
$5K/mo

When this house last sold (1990) a 30-year mortgage ran about 10.13% — 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.

Next door: 4516 Castor Ave  ·  4524 Castor Ave

Where this comes from

City datasets are fetched live from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and cached briefly. 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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