2026 taxable assessment $66,900 × 1.3998%. Estimate—not a bill or account balance.
OPA also publishes a 2027 assessment of $126,000; it is not the 2026 billed-year value.
House report
4554 Worth St
4 bd · 1 ba · 2 stories · 1,138 sqft · ICMX · built 1925
Absentee individual · assessed $67K (2026) · 2027 OPA assessment $126K · sold 3×. On the 4500 block of Worth St.
Property summary
Assessment$66,9002026 OPA assessment · 2027: $126,000
Last sale$48KRecorded 2018
Est. tax bill$936/year2026 taxable assessment × 1.3998%
Tax delinquency$5KCity snapshot · Jun 2022
Permits3Every fetched City permit
Violations13 open23 historical across 6 cases
“Open” reflects records available then historical records keep their source dates estimates are labeled
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Property tax
The estimate, live balance, and back-tax record are different.
BlockReport can calculate the annual tax from the City’s taxable assessment. Payments, credits, interest, and a current amount due live separately in Philadelphia Tax Center.
A Tax Center balance is net of bills, payments, credits, interest, and adjustments. A credit—or an amount due—is not automatically “back taxes.”
OPA 2323940002026 taxable assessment equals the full assessed value.
Historical delinquency sources Record found
$5,262.69 was recorded for this parcel in Philadelphia's June 2022 delinquency snapshot for 2019–2021. That amount may have been paid, reduced, or increased since; it is not a current payoff figure.
$3,461.89 principal$493.03 interest$230.64 penalty$1,077.13 other charges
The snapshot’s 2022 context used $72,700 total assessment, $72,700 taxable, and $0 exempt/abated. Those historical fields can differ from today’s OPA exemption status.
For a purchase, refinance, or closing, request the City’s official Property Payoff statement in Tax Center under “More options.”
What stands out
From the public recordImproved
Why it mattersBought for $48K in 2018. Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2025.
View supporting records →Legal due diligence
What this record proves—and what it does not.
These checks are triggered by this property’s actual City rows. They identify the controlling document to verify; they do not declare a use legal, a building safe, or title clear.
4 resolve before relying
2 verify
Resolve before relyingZoning approval is not the occupancy fileAppeal #ZP-2024-005717: Completed · Granted; related permit ZP-2024-005717.
Why it mattersPhiladelphia says a zoning approval or Property Sales Certification can identify a use without proving that it was established under the Building Code. A change of use, unit count, exits, or fire rating can require a Building Permit and Certificate of Occupancy.
Verify nextVerify the lawful use, unit count, associated construction permits, and Certificate of Occupancy with L&I.
Open the controlling City guidance ↗Resolve before relyingA permit row needs file-level verification1 permit not marked completed: 1003832 (Expired). At least one row also carries a completion date, so the City fields conflict.
Why it mattersIssued work is not the same as approved final work. L&I uses final inspections and required certifications to close construction permits; expired, withdrawn, and completed are different City statuses.
Verify nextOpen the permit file and confirm final inspections, holds, and any resulting occupancy certificate.
Open the controlling City guidance ↗Resolve before relying13 open L&I violations23 violation rows are retained in the City ledger.
Why it mattersOpen notices can accrue fees, block permits or license renewal, and move to court or collection. Standard initial notices generally have a 30-day appeal window; unsafe or imminently-dangerous notices have a much shorter window.
Verify nextRead the notice—not only the summary status—and confirm reinspection, fees, and appeal posture with L&I.
Open the controlling City guidance ↗Resolve before relyingA dated tax balance needs a current payoff$5,262.69 was recorded in the City’s 2022-06 delinquency snapshot for 2019–2021.
Why it mattersThat is historical evidence, not today’s amount due. A current exemption, payment, credit, or assistance agreement can coexist with an older snapshot row.
Verify nextCheck period balances and request a dated Property Payoff statement for settlement.
Open the controlling City guidance ↗VerifyFailed inspections are dated events—not the current condition18 failed, 3 passed, and 2 CLOSED investigation outcomes are in the fetched history; the latest dated visit was FAILED on Jun 9, 2023.
Why it mattersA PASSED or FAILED value applies to that inspection visit. CLOSED is a separate source status; none of the three alone proves the parent permit or violation case closed—or describes today’s condition.
Verify nextOpen the parent case/permit for each material failure and confirm its later disposition.
Open the controlling City guidance ↗VerifyA historical business license is not current operating authorityVacant Residential Property / Lot #579422: Inactive
Why it mattersA license record proves the licensed activity existed at that time. An inactive or expired license does not establish that the business still operates—or that it may legally reopen under the same use.
Verify nextIf business income matters, verify the current tenant, use registration, and active license in eCLIPSE.
Open the controlling City guidance ↗Closing file: checks no public-record summary can replace5 documents/searches to assign before settlement
Property Sales Certification
The seller must obtain Philadelphia’s certificate showing the base zoning, last use in the zoning record, and open violations. The City warns that it does not prove Building Code occupancy or show zoning overlays.
Next: Obtain the fresh certificate and compare it with the CO, permits, and Atlas overlays.
Official guidance ↗Date-effective City Property Payoff
The Tax Center Property Payoff covers Real Estate Tax, Commercial Trash, and L&I abatement-work invoices. Philadelphia says it does not include business-tax debts or liens, water and sewer charges, or fines for code violations.
Next: Request the City statement effective through settlement; read every period and invoice.
Official guidance ↗Professional title and water-lien searches
OPA ownership, deed summaries, and a zero tax balance are not clear title. Mortgages, judgments, municipal claims, water liens, easements, heirs, and other encumbrances require separate searches.
Next: Use a Pennsylvania lawyer/title company and obtain owner’s title insurance; order the separate water search/payoff.
Official guidance ↗Separate water-lien guidance ↗Seller-specific tax relief is not the buyer’s bill
LOOP and low-income or senior Real Estate Tax freezes depend on the qualifying owner and continued program eligibility; a buyer cannot assume the seller’s capped or frozen bill continues. A separately verified property abatement often remains with the property for its remaining term, but program-specific new-owner filing, use, and tax-compliance conditions still must be confirmed—not inferred from the reduced assessment alone.
Next: Have Revenue or OPA identify every current benefit, model the buyer’s bill without seller-specific relief, and confirm any verified abatement in writing.
Official guidance ↗Separate water-lien guidance ↗Seller disclosure and independent inspections
For a covered Pennsylvania residential transfer, obtain the statutory seller disclosure. It reports the seller’s knowledge; it is not a warranty, title search, code review, or substitute for inspections. Because OPA dates this building before 1978, separately obtain the required federal/City lead disclosures and any test results.
Next: Have the agreement and disclosure reviewed for this transaction’s coverage and exceptions.
Official guidance ↗Informational only—not a legal opinion, title report, code inspection, tax payoff, or substitute for a Pennsylvania lawyer, title company, inspector, or tax professional.
Records to verify together
Rule-based groupings across this property's dated public records. Each flag shows the records that belong in the same verification step and where the inference stops.
Records to verify together
Several independent, separately dated records stack up here and deserve prompt verification.
Evidence: 13 open L&I violations · $5,263 appeared in the City's June 2022 delinquency snapshot · failed L&I inspection activity in 2021, 2022, 2023
Limit: A screening signal, not a foreclosure prediction. Tax entries are historical and must be verified with Philadelphia Revenue.
Recent transition activity
The property has an unusually active paper trail worth monitoring for the next permit, inspection, deed, or listing.
Evidence: 2 permit events since 2023 · 1 zoning/board appeal since 2023
Limit: Record activity alone does not establish that a sale or redevelopment is planned.
Assessment/permit mismatch
The assessment jumped 88% in 2027, but no matching permit appears in the property timeline.
Evidence: assessment moved from $66,900 to $126,000 · no permit shown in 2026-2028
Limit: Not proof of unpermitted work; reassessment, corrected data, or a permit under another parcel can also explain it.
Transparent record rules, not a score or forecast. Each flag is a prompt to verify the cited records, 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 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 own it
13 open violations: the clock matters
Most L&I appeals must be filed within 30 days; unsafe or imminently dangerous orders can carry a shorter deadline. Unresolved notices can lead to fees, court enforcement, City abatement work, and liens. Read the dated notice and verify its current status with L&I.
$5,263 in the June 2022 delinquency snapshot
The City recorded this amount in June 2022. It may since have been paid, reduced, or increased; verify the current balance directly with Philadelphia Revenue.
If you’re the landlord
If it is rented, verify the Rental License
The fetched license records do not show an active Rental License. Ownership type or a tax mailing address does not prove that tenants occupy the property; if it is rented, verify the current license and legal occupancy in eCLIPSE.
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: 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
$66,900
2026 billed-year assessment · 2027: $126,000 · built 1925
Price / sq ft
$111
block $106 · in line w/ block
Appreciation
-9%
-1%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$126K
-1%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax bill / yr
$936
0.74% effective
Jun 2022 tax snapshot
$5K
recorded then · verify current
Gross yield
10%
≈$1K/mo rent
Times sold
3
Value vs. the block, over time — sales, permits & L&I events marked on the line
This houseBlock median & rangeSaleL&I violationZoningPermitInspection
The paper trail
ImprovedBought for $48K in 2018. Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2025.
- 2015 4 L&I violationsL&I
- 2018 $48KSold
- 2019 17 L&I violationsL&IInterior Non-Load-Bearing Wall Demo.Permit
- 2020 L&I violationL&IInspection failed ×4L&I visit
- 2021 Inspection failed ×4L&I visit
- 2022 Inspection failedL&I visit
- 2023 Addition and/or AlterationPermitInspection failed ×2L&I visit
- 2025 Change of UsePermit
- 2026 Appeal grantedZoning
City record timeline
Every dated deed, permit, inspection, license, violation, certification, and appeal—together.
The timeline combines the report’s transfer history with every successfully fetched L&I and zoning row. A date or status is the City’s filed record, not a statement that the condition remains current; use the official file for live detail.
- Recorded owner
- Individual owner on record Individual name redacted · official City record ↗
- L&I district
- EAST
- OPA account
- 232394000
- AppealZBA Permit Denial - Variance
Appeal ZP-2024-005717 · Completed · Granted
Related permit ZP-2024-005717 · Permit for a single-family household living in an existing structure.
- PermitChange of Use
Permit ZP-2024-005717 · Issued
Residential - Household Living - Single-Family
- InvestigationL&I investigation
Case 696555 · FAILED
- PermitAddition and/or Alteration
Permit RP-2023-001921 · Completed
EZ PERMIT STANDARDS ALTERATIONS- For alterations to an Existing One Family Dwelling as per attached standard. Deviations from this standard will result in permit revocation and require submission of construction plans. STRUCTURAL ALTERATION OR REPAIR IS EXPRESSLY PROHIBITED UNDER THIS PERMIT. PROHIBITED STRUCTURAL WORK INCLUDES ANY MODIFICATION TO EXTERIOR WALLS, PARTY WALLS, FLOOR/ROOF FRAMING OR FOUNDATIONS; UNDERPINNING AND EXCAVATIONS (I.E. DIGGING IN BASEMENT). NO WORK PERMITTED IN THE BASEMENT
- InvestigationL&I investigation
Case CF-2020-000633 · FAILED
- ViolationEXTERIOR STUCCO
Case CF-2020-000633 · Violation VI-2020-000993 · CLOSED
- InvestigationVAC INSP
Case 714808 · PASSED
- ViolationVACANT PROPERTIES-GENERAL
Case 714808 · Violation 5236559 · COMPLIED
- ViolationEXTERIOR AREA SANITATION
Case 714808 · Violation 5236558 · COMPLIED
- InvestigationVAC INSP
Case 714808 · FAILED
- InvestigationBP_BLDG
Case 696555 · CLOSED
- PermitInterior Non-Load-Bearing Wall Demo.
Permit 1003832 · Expired
For alterations to an Existing One Family Dwelling as per attached standard. Deviations from this standard will result in permit revocation and require submission of construction plans. STRUCTURAL ALTERATION OR REPAIR IS EXPRESSLY PROHIBITED UNDER THIS PERMIT. PROHIBITED STRUCTURAL WORK INCLUDES ANY MODIFICATION TO EXTERIOR WALLS, PARTY WALLS, FLOOR/ROOF FRAMING OR FOUNDATIONS; UNDERPINNING AND EXCAVATIONS (I.E. DIGGING IN BASEMENT). *CONTRACTOR HAS NO EMPLOYEES PER NOTARIZED LETTER* THIS PERMIT PARTIALLY RESOLVES CASE #696555 FOR WORK INSTALLED WITH OUT PERMITS.
- ViolationPENALTY- NO ELEC PERM INFO
Case 696555 · Violation 211968366 · OPEN
- ViolationPENALTY- NO BLDG PERM INFO
Case 696555 · Violation 211967895 · OPEN
- ViolationCONTRACTOR & BP LIC NEEDED
Case 696555 · Violation 211968374 · OPEN
- ViolationCHANGE IN OCCUPANCY
Case 696555 · Violation 211968365 · OPEN
- ViolationDEBRIS REMOVE - CONSTR
Case 696555 · Violation 211968375 · OPEN
- ViolationPERMB- ALTER REPAIR INT PART
Case 696555 · Violation 211968376 · OPEN
- ViolationSWO- CONSTR W/O BLDG PERMIT
Case 696555 · Violation 211968371 · OPEN
- ViolationPERME- ALTER ELEC INSTALLATION
Case 696555 · Violation 211968367 · OPEN
- ViolationPERMP- ALTER/REPAIR/REPL PLUMB
Case 696555 · Violation 211968377 · OPEN
- ViolationPERME- INST/REPL/REPAIR WIRE
Case 696555 · Violation 211968373 · OPEN
- ViolationPENALTY- NO PLUMB PERM INFO
Case 696555 · Violation 211968372 · OPEN
- ViolationPERMB- CONST MASONRY FENCE
Case 696555 · Violation 211968370 · OPEN
- ViolationPERMB- APPL EXT STUCCO
Case 696555 · Violation 211968368 · OPEN
- InvestigationBP_BLDG
Case 684810 · PASSED
- InvestigationBP_BLDG
Case 684810 · FAILED
- InvestigationVAC INSP
Case 672832 · CLOSED
- InvestigationVAC INSP
Case 672832 · FAILED
- ViolationVACANT PROPERTIES-GENERAL
Case 672832 · Violation 4982180 · CLOSEDCASE
- ViolationEXTERIOR AREA SANITATION
Case 672832 · Violation 4982179 · CLOSEDCASE
- Recorded transfer$48K transfer
2018
- LicenseRental
License 664374 · Inactive
LOUIS M BOCCHICCHIO · Expires 2019-05-31 · Inactive 2019-07-30
- ViolationCLIP VIOLATION NOTICE
Case 477155 · Violation 3538074 · COMPLIED
- ViolationVEHICLES UNREGISTERED
Case 477155 · Violation 3538077 · COMPLIED
- ViolationRUBBISH/GARBAGE EXTERIOR-OWNER
Case 477155 · Violation 3538076 · COMPLIED
- ViolationLICENSE - RENTAL PROPERTY
Case 477155 · Violation 3538075 · COMPLIED
- LicenseVacant Residential Property / Lot
License 579422 · Inactive
FEDERAL HOME LOAN MORTGAGE CORPORATION (C/O: RE/MAX PRIME REAL ESTATE) · Expires 2013-02-28
- InvestigationBC INSP
Case 224735 · PASSED
- ViolationCAL PROHIBITED CONDUCT
Case 224735 · Violation 1569343 · COMPLIED
- InvestigationBC INSP
Case 224735 · FAILED
Flags: 13 open L&I violations · $5K recorded in the June 2022 delinquency snapshot — verify current balance · 1 zoning/board appeal on record. Informational only — not investment advice or a consumer report (FCRA).
The property, on paper
The city assessor's field record — the physical spec sheet behind the assessed number.
Bedrooms
4
Bathrooms
1
Stories
2
Interior
1,138 sqft
livable area
Lot
2,165 sqft
Exterior condition
Average
city code 4
Above averageBelow average
Interior condition
Average
city code 4
Above averageBelow average
Quality grade
C
assessor's grade
ABCDE
Zoning
ICMX
city zoning code
Zoning appeals
1
Completed · Granted · 2026
OPA field-assessment attributes. Condition and grade are the assessor's codes, not an inspection.
Run the numbers
What owning 4554 Worth 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.
When this house last sold (2018) a 30-year mortgage ran about 4.54% — Freddie Mac's average that year.
Mortgage
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P&I · 30-yr fixed
All-in monthly
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+ taxes & insurance
Cash to close
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down + ~4% costs
Cash flow
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rent − all costs · /mo
Cap rate
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NOI ÷ price
Cash-on-cash
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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
4554 Worth St sits on the 4500 block of Worth St. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.
See the whole block →Next door: 4552 Worth St · 4520-40 Worth St
Where this comes from
- Assessment, spec sheet & owner — OPA Property Assessments, Office of Property Assessment
- Sales & deed history — Realty Transfer Tax records, Recorder of Deeds
- Permits, violations & inspections — L&I Property History · Atlas
- Tax delinquency snapshot · June 2022 — Real Estate Tax Delinquencies, Dept. of Revenue
- Historical tax ledger & liens · through 2016 — Real Estate Tax Balances, Dept. of Revenue
- Current property-tax balance — Verify with Philadelphia Revenue
- Zoning appeals — L&I & Zoning Board appeals
- Neighborhood income & rents — US Census ACS 5-year estimates
- Historical mortgage rates — Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey, annual averages
- Imagery — Street photo © Google · Aerial © Esri, Maxar
Methodology & freshness
This report was assembled Jul 10, 2026, 8:14 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. For this property: Permits: queried · Violations: queried · Investigations: queried · Appeals: queried · Licenses: queried · Building certifications: queried. “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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