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Philadelphia5400 block of Chester AveJuly 9, 2026

House report

5420 Chester Ave

2,920 sqft · CMX2 · built 1983

Investor / LLC · assessed $190K. On the 5400 block of Chester Ave.

Street view of 5420 Chester 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

$5,375 in back taxes on record

Interest and penalties keep compounding until a Revenue payment agreement is in place, and a lien is already filed — an owner-occupant agreement also stops the sheriff-sale track.

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

Ms Home Sweet Home INC · corporate / LLC owner

• Owns 7 properties across Philadelphia under this name, assessed at $839K combined

PA corporate registry ↗OpenCorporates ↗City record ↗

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
$190K
built 1983
Price / sq ft
$65
block $82 · below block
Appreciation
+51%
+4%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$190K
+4%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax / yr
$3K
1.4% effective
Gross yield
—
Times sold
0

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

$0$125K$250KBefore this chart — 2007: 9 L&I violations2018: 8 L&I violations2023: 2 L&I violations incl UNSAFE STRUCTURE2025: 2 L&I violations2026: Commercial Make Safe Permit$190K201620222027
This houseBlock median & rangeL&I violationPermit
The paper trailImproved

Owner pulled a commercial make safe permit permit in 2026.

  1. 2007 9 L&I violationsL&I
  2. 2018 8 L&I violationsL&I
  3. 2023 2 L&I violations incl UNSAFE STRUCTUREL&I
  4. 2025 2 L&I violationsL&I
  5. 2026 Commercial Make Safe PermitPermit

Flags: $5K back taxes (2014–2016, $439 of it interest & penalties, lien filed). 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
2,920 sqft
livable area
Lot
2,120 sqft
Exterior condition
Average
city code 4
Interior condition
Average
city code 4
Quality grade
C
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 5420 Chester 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.

$34K
20%
6.875%
$1K/mo

When this house last sold (2025) a 30-year mortgage ran about 6.6% — 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: 5418 Chester Ave  ·  5422 Chester 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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