House report

6017 Lansdowne Ave

6 bd · 3 ba · 2 stories · 1,362 sqft · CMX2 · built 1920

Absentee individual · assessed $361K · sold 3×. On the 6000 block of Lansdowne Ave.

Street view of 6017 Lansdowne Ave
From the street — imagery © Google
From above — imagery © Esri, Maxar

Property summary

What stands out

From the public record
Finding

Renovated & sold on

Why it matters

Bought for $40K in 2016, use permit in 2018, sold for $355K in 2024 (+788%).

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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 1920: 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

Lead certificate is not optional

Built 1920: every rental unit needs a lead-safe or lead-free certificate on file with the City. Without one: fines up to $2,000/day per unit, tenants may withhold rent, courts can order rent refunded — and no eviction will stand.

Licensed rental — keep it that way

Renewal requires city tax clearance and zero open L&I violations on the property. A lapsed license suspends the right to collect rent or evict.

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
$361K
built 1920
Price / sq ft
$265
block $65 · above block
Appreciation
+526%
+18%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$364K
+18%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax / yr
$5K
1.4% effective
Gross yield
Times sold
3
licensed rental

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

$0$250K$500KBefore this chart — 2009: 8 L&I violations 2012: 10 L&I violations2016: Sold $40K2017: Appeal granted2018: Use2022: Sold $125K2023: 5 L&I violations 2023: Addition and/or Alteration2024: Alterations 2024: Addition and/or Alterations 2024: Addition and/or Alteration 2024: Sold $355K$361K201620222027
This houseBlock median & rangeSaleL&I violationZoningPermit

The paper trail

Bought for $40K in 2016, use permit in 2018, sold for $355K in 2024 (+788%).

  1. 2009 8 L&I violationsL&I
  2. 2012 10 L&I violationsL&I
  3. 2016 $40KSold
  4. 2017 Appeal grantedZoning
  5. 2018 UsePermit
  6. 2022 $125KSold
  7. 2023 5 L&I violationsL&IAddition and/or AlterationPermit
  8. 2024 AlterationsPermitAddition and/or AlterationsPermitAddition and/or AlterationPermit$355KSold

Flags: active rental license · 1 zoning/board appeal on record. 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
6
Bathrooms
3
Stories
2
Interior
1,362 sqft
livable area
Lot
1,425 sqft
Basement
Full
city code D
Heat
Forced hot air
city code A
Central air
Yes
Exterior condition
Average
city code 4
Interior condition
New / rehabbed
city code 2
New / rehabbed
Zoning
CMX2
city zoning code
Zoning appeals
1
granted 2017

OPA field-assessment attributes. Condition and grade are the assessor's codes, not an inspection.

Run the numbers

What owning 6017 Lansdowne Ave 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.

$355K
20%
6.875%
$3K/mo

When this house last sold (2024) a 30-year mortgage ran about 6.72% — 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

6017 Lansdowne Ave sits on the 6000 block of Lansdowne Ave. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.

See the whole block →

Next door: 6015 Lansdowne Ave  ·  6019 Lansdowne Ave

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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