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Philadelphia5500 block of Devon StJuly 9, 2026

House report

5541-43 Devon St

5 bd · 1 ba · 3 stories · 1,920 sqft · RM1 · built 1925

Investor / LLC · assessed $132K · sold 3×. On the 5500 block of Devon St.

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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’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

$1,132 in back taxes on record

Interest and penalties keep compounding until a Revenue payment agreement is in place — 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

Four Five Paul LLC · corporate / LLC owner

• Owns 2 properties across Philadelphia under this name, assessed at $260K 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
$132K
built 1925
Price / sq ft
$69
block $108 · below block
Appreciation
+89%
+6%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$132K
+6%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax / yr
$2K
1.4% effective
Gross yield
—
Times sold
3

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

$0$100K$200KBefore this chart — 2003: Sold $45K 2010: Plumbing 2014: Plumbing2018: Sold $50K2021: L&I violation2022: L&I violation2023: Sold $54K2025: Change of Use$132K201620222027
This houseBlock median & rangeSaleL&I violationPermit
The paper trailImproved

Bought for $45K in 2003. Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2025.

  1. 2003 $45KSold
  2. 2010 PlumbingPermit
  3. 2014 PlumbingPermit
  4. 2018 $50KSold
  5. 2021 L&I violationL&I
  6. 2022 L&I violationL&I
  7. 2023 $54KSold
  8. 2025 Change of UsePermit

Flags: $1K back taxes. 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
5
Bathrooms
1
Stories
3
Interior
1,920 sqft
livable area
Lot
3,840 sqft
Basement
Full
city code D
Heat
Forced hot air
city code A
Central air
No
Exterior condition
Average
city code 4
Interior condition
Below average
city code 5
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 5541-43 Devon St 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.

$54K
20%
6.875%
$950/mo

When this house last sold (2023) a 30-year mortgage ran about 6.81% — 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: 5539 Devon St  ·  5537 Devon St

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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