House report

5511 Chancellor St

3 bd · 1 ba · 2 stories · 1,302 sqft · RM1 · built 1925

Absentee individual · assessed $144K (2026) · 2027 OPA assessment $147K · sold 2×. On the 5500 block of Chancellor St.

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The estimate, live balance, and back-tax record are different.

BlockReport can calculate the annual tax from the City’s taxable assessment. Payments, credits, interest, and a current amount due live separately in Philadelphia Tax Center.

Estimated annual Real Estate Tax$2,012/year

2026 taxable assessment $143,700 × 1.3998%. Estimate—not a bill or account balance.

OPA also publishes a 2027 assessment of $147,400; it is not the 2026 billed-year value.

Official current account balanceCheck live

A Tax Center balance is net of bills, payments, credits, interest, and adjustments. A credit—or an amount due—is not automatically “back taxes.”

OPA 604044400
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Exemption classificationNo exemption shown

2026 taxable assessment equals the full assessed value.

Historical delinquency sources No current conclusion

This parcel did not match the June 2022 delinquency snapshot. That absence does not confirm the account is current today.

For a purchase, refinance, or closing, request the City’s official Property Payoff statement in Tax Center under “More options.”

What stands out

From the public record
Finding

New construction

Why it matters

Bought for $11K in 2014, built new under a 2018 permit, sold for $55K in 2017.

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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.

If you’re the landlord

If it is rented, verify the Rental License

The fetched license records do not show an active Rental License. Ownership type or a tax mailing address does not prove that tenants occupy the property; if it is rented, verify the current license and legal occupancy in eCLIPSE.

Derived from the fetched property records and linked City guidance as of 2026. Assessment treatment is not a substitute for an exemption approval, live balance, title report, license, occupancy certificate, or inspection. 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
$143,700
2026 billed-year assessment · 2027: $147,400 · built 1925
Price / sq ft
$113
block $113 · in line w/ block
Appreciation
+99%
+7%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$148K
+7%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax bill / yr
$2,012
1.36% effective
Jun 2022 tax snapshot
No match
not proof the account is current
Gross yield
-5427408.4%
≈$-667M/mo rent
Times sold
2

Assessment vs. the block · every dated City record marked on the line

$0$100K$200K$144K201120142017202020232026
Assessment lineBlock median & rangeAssessmentDeed / saleL&I violationPermitInspectionLicense

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Every dated record12 events · exact dates, newest first
  1. PermitAlterations
  2. PermitNew Construction
  3. PermitInterior Non-Load-Bearing Wall Demo.
  4. LicenseRental
  5. Deed / saleDeed / sale $55K
  6. LicenseRental
  7. Deed / saleDeed / sale $11K
  8. InspectionPRECOURT (likely: pre-court compliance inspection)
  9. InspectionPRECOURT (likely: pre-court compliance inspection)
  10. InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
  11. LicenseRental
  12. L&I violationINT S-CLEAN/MAINT SANI, OWNER

The paper trail

Bought for $11K in 2014, built new under a 2018 permit, sold for $55K in 2017.

  1. 2011 L&I violationL&IL&I: 4 failed, 2 passedL&I visit
  2. 2012 Inspection passedL&I visit
  3. 2014 $11KSold
  4. 2017 $55KSold
  5. 2018 Interior Non-Load-Bearing Wall Demo.PermitInterior Non-Load-Bearing Wall Demo.PermitNew ConstructionPermit
  6. 2021 AlterationsPermit

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Browse 13 dated records deeds, permits, inspections, licenses, violations, certifications & appeals
  1. PermitAlterations

    Permit PP-2021-018723 · Expired

    Replacement of 40 gallon gas water heater

  2. PermitNew Construction

    Permit 929804 · Expired

    INSTALL 92% EFF GAS HEATER IN BASEMENT 90,000 BTU 3 TON AC UNIT 13 SEER 1.3 COIL 12 SEER SUPPLY WITH DUCTWORK HEATER IN BASEMENT

  3. PermitInterior Non-Load-Bearing Wall Demo.

    Permit 923635 · Expired

    SFD) REPLACING FRAME WORK THROUGHOUT THE MAIN FLOOR AND THE SECOND FLOOR, REPLACING THE STAIRS TO THE SECOND FLOOR.

  4. PermitInterior Non-Load-Bearing Wall Demo.

    Permit 915121 · Expired

    EZ INTERIOR DEMOLITION- FOR THE COMPLETE INTERIOR DEMO OF ALL NON BEARING PARTITIONS AND CEILING COVERING as per attached standard. Deviations from these standards require submission of construction and site plans.

  5. LicenseRental

    License 753489 · Inactive

    Allen Carroll · Expires 2020-10-03 · Inactive 2020-12-02

  6. Recorded transfer$55K transfer

    2017

  7. LicenseRental

    License 660561 · Inactive

    PLUSH INC (LONNIE STATON) · Expires 2017-04-30 · Inactive 2017-06-29

  8. Recorded transfer$11K transfer

    2014

  9. InvestigationPRECOURT (likely: pre-court compliance inspection)

    Case 266605 · PASSED

    A follow-up before or during enforcement escalation; confirm the case sequence in the City file. The cited inspection visit was marked passed.

  10. InvestigationPRECOURT (likely: pre-court compliance inspection)

    Case 266605 · FAILED

    A follow-up before or during enforcement escalation; confirm the case sequence in the City file. The cited inspection visit was marked failed; later rows may show follow-up or resolution.

  11. InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

    Case 266605 · CLOSED

    A legacy L&I inspection label. The unit inspected housing for property-maintenance, fire-prevention, and related code compliance; the separate status says how that visit ended. City marked the record closed; open the case for the closing reason.

  12. LicenseRental

    License 532394 · Inactive

    ELIZABETH ANN ADDERLEY (EAGA COMPANY LLC AGT) · Expires 2013-02-28

  13. ViolationINT S-CLEAN/MAINT SANI, OWNER

    Case 266605 · Violation 2322403 · COMPLIED

    City marked this violation complied with; check the resolution date and live case for what was accepted.

What this record suggests

The City file documents 4 permits touching plumbing. Status needs checking in the official file; that documents the filing, not the present quality of the work.

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The property, on paper

The city assessor's field record — the physical spec sheet behind the assessed number.

Bedrooms
3
Bathrooms
1
Stories
2
Interior
1,302 sqft
livable area
Lot
1,072 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 5511 Chancellor 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.

$147K
20%
6.875%
$700/mo

When this house last sold (2017) a 30-year mortgage ran about 3.99% — 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 use this parcel's taxable assessment, not a live Tax Center balance.

Block context

5511 Chancellor St sits on the 5500 block of Chancellor St. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.

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Next door: 5509 Chancellor St  ·  5513 Chancellor St

Where this comes from

Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 10, 2026, 6:12 AM ET. Available City datasets are queried from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and the cited City ArcGIS feeds; record queries paginate rather than silently taking a first page. For this property: Permits: queried · Violations: queried · Investigations: queried · Appeals: queried · Licenses: queried · Building certifications: queried. “Unavailable” means the source query failed or was not supplied, not “no record.” Reports re-pull on view after seven days and on an overnight rolling schedule; citywide benchmarks recompute weekly. Source dates still govern: the parcel-level tax-delinquency snapshot is June 2022 and the separate detailed tax ledger ends in 2016, so neither establishes today’s balance. The live balance and date-effective payoff must be verified in Tax Center. AI-written passages are grounded in the assembled record and rejected if they state a number the record does not hold.

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