2026 taxable assessment $122,800 × 1.3998%. Estimate—not a bill or account balance.
OPA also publishes a 2027 assessment of $143,700; it is not the 2026 billed-year value.
Mixed-use report
5608 Chew Ave
2,369 sqft · CMX1 · built 1900
Owner-occupied · assessed $123K (2026) · 2027 OPA assessment $144K · sold 3×. On the 5600 block of Chew Ave.
Property summary
Assessment$122,8002026 OPA assessment · 2027: $143,700
Last sale$265KRecorded 2024
Est. tax bill$1,719/year2026 taxable assessment × 1.3998%
Tax delinquency—Snapshot unavailable
Permits0Dated events in report
Violations0 openNo historical match in fetched records
“Open” reflects records available then historical records keep their source dates estimates are labeled
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OPA 8715173702026 taxable assessment equals the full assessed value.
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What stands out
From the public recordFrequently traded
Why it mattersTraded 3×: $40K in 2010 → $265K in 2024 (+563%).
View supporting records →Marked vacant, but it just sold
Why it mattersThe assessor's condition code says vacant, yet a $265,000 sale was recorded in 2024. One side of the record is stale — condition codes come from drive-by field visits that can lag years behind.
View supporting records →"Built 1900" is usually a placeholder
Why it mattersPhiladelphia records use 1900 as a stand-in when the real construction year was never documented. Treat the age as unknown, not as 120+ years.
View supporting records →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 1900: 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
$1,399/yr may be unclaimed
This home reads owner-occupied but shows no Homestead Exemption, which removes $100,000 from the taxable assessment (worth up to $1,399/yr). Applying through the City is free and takes minutes.
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 building 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
$122,800
2026 billed-year assessment · 2027: $143,700 · built 1900
Price / sq ft
$61
block $68 · below block
Appreciation
+74%
+5%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$144K
+5%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax bill / yr
$1,719
1.2% effective
Jun 2022 tax snapshot
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Gross yield
7.8%
≈$935/mo rent
Times sold
3
latest deed has shared-name parties
Assessment vs. the block · every dated City record marked on the line
This propertyBlock median & rangeDeed / sale
Deed / sale $265K
Every dated record3 events · scroll to browse
- Deed / saleDeed / sale $265K
- Deed / saleDeed / sale $125K
- Deed / saleDeed / sale $40K
The paper trail
Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $40K in 2010 → $265K in 2024 (+563%).
- 2008 5 L&I violationsL&I
- 2009 2 L&I violationsL&IL&I: 1 failed, 2 passedL&I visit
- 2010 $40KSoldInspection passedL&I visit
- 2012 2 L&I violationsL&I
- 2020 5 L&I violationsL&IInspection failedL&I visit
- 2022 Inspection passedL&I visit
- 2023 $125KSold
- 2024 $265KSold
Records behind the chart
Browse the source ledger
The chart above is the primary timeline. This drawer preserves every underlying dated row and its filed status for source-level review.
Browse 3 dated records deeds, permits, inspections, licenses, violations, certifications & appeals
- Recorded transfer$265K transfer
2024
- Recorded transfer$125K transfer
2023
- Recorded transfer$40K transfer
2010
What this record suggests
The dated deed and City-record sequence is assembled below. Read timing as a research lead, not proof of renovation, condition, or motive.
Flags: latest deed has shared-name parties — relationship unverified. Informational only — not investment advice or a consumer report (FCRA).
The property, on paper
The city assessor's field record — the physical spec sheet behind the assessed number.
Interior
2,369 sqft
livable area
Lot
1,840 sqft
Exterior condition
Vacant
city code 6
Vacant
Interior condition
Vacant
city code 6
Vacant
Quality grade
C
assessor's grade
ABCDE
Zoning
CMX1
city zoning code
OPA field-assessment attributes. Condition and grade are the assessor's codes, not an inspection.
Where the record looks off
Places where the city's own paperwork disagrees with itself. These are flags on the data — not problems with the property.
Marked vacant, but it just sold
The assessor's condition code says vacant, yet a $265,000 sale was recorded in 2024. One side of the record is stale — condition codes come from drive-by field visits that can lag years behind.
"Built 1900" is usually a placeholder
Philadelphia records use 1900 as a stand-in when the real construction year was never documented. Treat the age as unknown, not as 120+ years.
Run the numbers
What owning 5608 Chew Ave 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.
When this house last sold (2024) a 30-year mortgage ran about 6.72% — Freddie Mac's average that year.
Mortgage
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P&I · 30-yr fixed
All-in monthly
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+ taxes & insurance
Cash to close
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down + ~4% costs
Cash flow
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rent − all costs · /mo
Cap rate
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NOI ÷ price
Cash-on-cash
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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
5608 Chew Ave sits on the 5600 block of Chew Ave. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.
See the whole block →Next door: 5606 Chew Ave · 5610 Chew 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
- Imagery — Street photo © Google · Aerial © Esri, Maxar
Methodology & freshness
This report was assembled Jul 9, 2026, 4:51 PM 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. “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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