Property report

5506 Thomas Ave

3 bd · 1 ba · 1 story · 1,350 sqft · RSA5 · built 1920

House · Philadelphia Housing Auth · tax-exempt. On the 5500 block of Thomas Ave.

Property summary

Assessment$146KCity assessed value Last sale$9KRecorded 1975 · later nominal deed Est. annual tax$0/yearTax-exempt assessment Tax delinquencyNo 2022 matchNot proof account is current Permits5Dated events in report ViolationsNone openNone open when assembled

Report assembled Jul 10, 2026 “Open” reflects records available then historical records keep their source dates estimates are labeled

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Finding

New construction

Why it matters

built new under a 2010 permit (tax-abated).

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Not a houseProperty report

This is a house, not a home, and it pays no property tax. BlockReport's value, tax and investment tools are for residential parcels, so they're hidden here. The full public record is still below, and the analyst can answer anything about it.

What it is

House

Row 2 Sty Masonry

Owner

Philadelphia Housing Auth

Public / institutional

Tax standing

Tax-exempt

Pays no property tax

$ / sq ft

$108

assessed value ÷ interior sqft

Assessed value

$146K

City market value

Interior area

1,350 sqft

Lot size

1,200 sqft

Stories

Built

1920

Zoning

RSA5

Who's behind it

Philadelphia Housing Auth · corporate / LLC owner

• Owns 4773 properties across Philadelphia under this name, assessed at $1.4B combined
• Tax bills mail to 2013 Ridge Ave, Philadelphia PA, 19121

PA corporate registry ↗OpenCorporates ↗City record ↗

Block context

5506 Thomas Ave sits on the 5500 block of Thomas Ave. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.

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Next door: 5504 Thomas Ave · 5508 Thomas Ave

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

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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About this data & fine print

Answers are generated by an AI agent querying available City of Philadelphia open data at the moment you ask: OPA property assessments, Recorder of Deeds transfer records, L&I permits, violations & licenses, dated Dept. of Revenue tax records, Zoning Board appeals, Police incident reports, Philly311 requests, and School District of Philadelphia catchment and school data.

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Property-level tax data is historical: the delinquency snapshot is dated June 2022 and the separate detailed ledger ends in 2016. Neither shows what is owed today; verify a current balance with Philadelphia Revenue.

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