The Block Report

House report

5239 Larchwood Ave

3 bd · 1 ba · 2 stories · 1,312 sqft · RM1 · built 1925

Absentee individual · assessed $215K. On the 5200 block of Larchwood Ave.

Street view of 5239 Larchwood Ave
From the street — imagery © Google
From above — imagery © Esri, Maxar

Property summary

Assessment$215KCity assessed value Last sale$10KRecorded 1994 Est. annual tax$3K/yearAssessment × 1.3998% Tax delinquencyNo 2022 matchNot proof account is current Permits7Shown in this report ViolationsNone openNo open L&I cases

What stands out

From the public record

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 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

Construction next door (5238 Larchwood Ave, 2024)

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.

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
$215K
built 1925
Price / sq ft
$164
block $164 · in line w/ block
Appreciation
+190%
+10%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$216K
+10%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax / yr
$3K
1.4% effective
Jun 2022 tax snapshot
No match
not proof the account is current
Gross yield
—
Times sold
0

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

$0$125K$250K2021: Addition and/or Alteration 2021: Alterations 2021: Addition and/or Alteration 2021: Addition and/or Alteration2025: Alterations 2025: Addition and/or Alteration 2025: Addition and/or Alteration$215K201620222027
This houseBlock median & rangePermit

The paper trail

Improved

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

  1. 2021 Addition and/or AlterationPermitAlterationsPermitAddition and/or AlterationPermitAddition and/or AlterationPermit
  2. 2025 AlterationsPermitAddition and/or AlterationPermitAddition 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.

Bedrooms
3
Bathrooms
1
Stories
2
Interior
1,312 sqft
livable area
Lot
1,200 sqft
Exterior condition
Average
city code 4
Interior condition
Average
city code 4
Quality grade
C
assessor's grade
Zoning
RM1
city zoning code

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

Run the numbers

What owning 5239 Larchwood 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.

$215K
20%
6.875%
$2K/mo
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

5239 Larchwood Ave sits on the 5200 block of Larchwood Ave. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.

See the whole block →

Next door: 5237 Larchwood Ave  ·  5241 Larchwood Ave

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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