The Block Report

House report

5931 N Marvine St

Vacant · assessed $37K · sold 2×. On the 5900 block of N Marvine St.

Street view of 5931 N Marvine St
From the street — imagery © Google
From above — imagery © Esri, Maxar

Property summary

Assessment$37KCity assessed value Last sale$115KRecorded 2006 Est. taxes$524/yearAnnual city record Permits0Shown in this report ViolationsNone openNo open L&I cases

What stands out

From the public record

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

Zoned RSA5: one household by right

Single-family rowhouse (the classic Philly row). Converting to a duplex or apartments needs a use variance the zoning board rarely grants — Pennsylvania courts require a physical hardship of the lot itself, and economics alone do not qualify.

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.

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
$37K
Price / sq ft
—
block $146 ·
Appreciation
+65%
+5%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$37K
+5%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax / yr
$524
1.4% effective
Gross yield
—
Times sold
2

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

$0$125K$250KBefore this chart — 2001: Sold $114K 2006: Sold $115K2018: 2 L&I violations2023: L&I violation2024: L&I violation2025: 2 L&I violations$37K201620222027
This houseBlock median & rangeL&I violationPermit

The paper trail

Traded

Traded 2×: $114K in 2001 → $115K in 2006 (+1%).

  1. 2001 $114KSold
  2. 2006 $115KSold
  3. 2018 2 L&I violationsL&I
  4. 2023 L&I violationL&I
  5. 2024 L&I violationL&I
  6. 2025 2 L&I violationsL&I

Informational only — not investment advice or a consumer report (FCRA).

Run the numbers

What owning 5931 N Marvine 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.

$37K
20%
6.875%
$700/mo

When this house last sold (2006) a 30-year mortgage ran about 6.41% — 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.

Block context

5931 N Marvine St sits on the 5900 block of N Marvine St. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.

See the whole block →

Next door: 5935-39 N Marvine St  ·  5925 N Marvine St

Where this comes from

Methodology & freshness

City datasets are fetched live from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and cached briefly. Dossiers re-pull automatically — on view once they're a few weeks old, plus a nightly rolling sweep — 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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