House report

4637 N Marvine St

3 bd · 1 ba · 2 stories · 1,140 sqft · RSA5 · built 1925

Owner-occupied · assessed $182K · sold 1×. On the 4600 block of N Marvine St.

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What stands out

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History

Why it matters

2 L&I violations (2013); L&I violation (2014); Inspection failed ×2 (2014); 2 L&I violations (2015); Inspection failed ×2 (2015); 2 L&I violations (2016); L&I: 3 failed, 1 passed (2016); Inspection passed (2017); sold $175K (2021).

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Records to verify together

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Dated record flagAssessment/permit mismatch

The assessment jumped 219% in 2025, but no matching permit appears in the property timeline.

Evidence: assessment moved from $57,100 to $181,900 · no permit shown in 2024-2026

Limit: Not proof of unpermitted work; reassessment, corrected data, or a permit under another parcel can also explain it.

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What to do with this

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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.

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

$1,399/yr may be unclaimed

This home reads owner-occupied but shows no Homestead Exemption, which removes $100,000 from the taxable assessment (worth up to $1,399/yr). Applying through the City is free and takes minutes.

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
$182K
built 1925
Price / sq ft
$160
block $116 · above block
Appreciation
+192%
+10%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$183K
+10%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax / yr
$3K
1.4% effective
Jun 2022 tax snapshot
Gross yield
11.3%
≈$2K/mo rent
Times sold
1

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

$0$100K$200KBefore this chart — 2013: 2 L&I violations 2014: L&I violation 2014: Inspection failed ×2 2015: 2 L&I violations 2015: Inspection failed ×22016: 2 L&I violations 2016: L&I: 3 failed, 1 passed2017: Inspection passed2021: Sold $175K$182K201620222027
This houseBlock median & rangeSaleL&I violationPermitInspection

The paper trail

2 L&I violations (2013); L&I violation (2014); Inspection failed ×2 (2014); 2 L&I violations (2015); Inspection failed ×2 (2015); 2 L&I violations (2016); L&I: 3 failed, 1 passed (2016); Inspection passed (2017); sold $175K (2021).

  1. 2013 2 L&I violationsL&I
  2. 2014 L&I violationL&IInspection failed ×2L&I visit
  3. 2015 2 L&I violationsL&IInspection failed ×2L&I visit
  4. 2016 2 L&I violationsL&IL&I: 3 failed, 1 passedL&I visit
  5. 2017 Inspection passedL&I visit
  6. 2021 $175KSold

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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
1,140 sqft
livable area
Lot
1,200 sqft
Basement
Partial, finished
city code E
Heat
Undetermined
city code H
Central air
No
Exterior condition
Average
city code 4
Interior condition
New / rehabbed
city code 2
New / rehabbed
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 4637 N Marvine 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.

$182K
20%
6.875%
$2K/mo

When this house last sold (2021) a 30-year mortgage ran about 2.96% — 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

4637 N Marvine St sits on the 4600 block of N Marvine St. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.

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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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