The Block Report

House report

4924 N Marvine St

2 stories · 1,870 sqft · RSA3 · built 1935

Owner-occupied · assessed $167K · sold 3×. On the 4900 block of N Marvine St.

Street view of 4924 N Marvine St
From the street — imagery © Google
From above — imagery © Esri, Maxar

Property summary

Assessment$167KCity assessed value Last sale$115KRecorded 2011 Est. annual tax$941/yearAssessment × 1.3998% Tax delinquency—Snapshot unavailable Permits4Shown in this report ViolationsNone openNo open L&I cases

What stands out

From the public record
Finding

Improved

Why it matters

Bought for $57K in 2008. Owner pulled a bathroom & kitchen remodel permit in 2025.

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What the record is signaling

Early patterns mined across this property's dated public records. Each flag shows what triggered it and where the inference stops.

watch signalRecent transition activity

The property has an unusually active paper trail worth monitoring for the next permit, inspection, deed, or listing.

Evidence: 3 permit events since 2023

Limit: Record activity alone does not establish that a sale or redevelopment is planned.

Transparent record rules, not a machine-learning forecast. A signal is a prompt to verify the cited record, 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 1935: 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 RSA3: one household by right

Single-family attached. 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.

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
$167K
built 1935
Price / sq ft
$89
block $89 · in line w/ block
Appreciation
+65%
+5%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$168K
+5%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax / yr
$941
0.56% effective
Jun 2022 tax snapshot
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Gross yield
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Times sold
3

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

$0$100K$200KBefore this chart — 2008: Sold $57K 2010: Sold $24K 2011: Sold $115K 2011: Use 2011: L&I violation 2012: L&I violation2022: 2 L&I violations2023: Roof Covering Replacement 2023: Wall Covering Replacement2024: 2 L&I violations2025: Bathroom & Kitchen Remodel$167K201620222027
This houseBlock median & rangeL&I violationPermit

The paper trail

Improved

Bought for $57K in 2008. Owner pulled a bathroom & kitchen remodel permit in 2025.

  1. 2008 $57KSold
  2. 2010 $24KSold
  3. 2011 $115KSoldUsePermitL&I violationL&I
  4. 2012 L&I violationL&I
  5. 2022 2 L&I violationsL&I
  6. 2023 Roof Covering ReplacementPermitWall Covering ReplacementPermit
  7. 2024 2 L&I violationsL&I
  8. 2025 Bathroom & Kitchen RemodelPermit

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.

Stories
2
Interior
1,870 sqft
livable area
Lot
1,932 sqft
Heat
Undetermined
city code H
Central air
No
Exterior condition
Below average
city code 5
Interior condition
Average
city code 4
Quality grade
C
assessor's grade
Zoning
RSA3
city zoning code

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

Run the numbers

What owning 4924 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.

$167K
20%
6.875%
$1K/mo

When this house last sold (2011) a 30-year mortgage ran about 4.45% — 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
—
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

4924 N Marvine St sits on the 4900 block of N Marvine St. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.

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Next door: 4922 N Marvine St  ·  4926 N Marvine St

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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