Improved
Why it mattersBought for $400K in 2006. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2020.
View supporting records →House report
6164-66 Ridge Ave
3,383 sqft · CMX2.5 · built 1960
Owner-occupied · assessed $549K · sold 3×. On the 6100 block of Ridge Ave.
Property summary
Assessment$549KCity assessed value
Last sale$900KRecorded 2017
Est. taxes$8K/yearAnnual city record
Permits8Shown in this report
Violations5Open L&I cases
What stands out
From the public recordWhat 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 1960: 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.
5 open violations: the clock matters
L&I appeals must be filed within 30 days — just 6 days if a property is designated UNSAFE or IMMINENTLY DANGEROUS. Left unresolved, the city can do the work itself, bill the owner (routinely $50,000+ on a rowhouse), lien the property, and add court fines of $300+/day.
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
$549K
built 1960
Price / sq ft
$162
block $148 · above block
Appreciation
+30%
+2%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$550K
+2%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax / yr
$8K
1.4% effective
Gross yield
—
Times sold
3
Value vs. the block, over time — sales, permits & L&I events marked on the line
This houseBlock median & rangeSaleL&I violationPermit
The paper trail
ImprovedBought for $400K in 2006. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2020.
- 2006 $400KSold
- 2016 $650KSold
- 2017 $900KSold
- 2018 MechanicalPermitAddition and/or AlterationPermit
- 2019 PlumbingPermitMechanicalPermitElectricalPermitSuppressionPermitPlumbingPermit
- 2020 Addition and/or AlterationPermit
- 2025 5 L&I violationsL&I
Flags: 5 open L&I violations. 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.
Interior
3,383 sqft
livable area
Lot
3,617 sqft
Exterior condition
Above average
city code 3
Above averageBelow average
Interior condition
Above average
city code 3
Above averageBelow average
Quality grade
C
assessor's grade
ABCDE
Zoning
CMX2.5
city zoning code
OPA field-assessment attributes. Condition and grade are the assessor's codes, not an inspection.
Run the numbers
What owning 6164-66 Ridge 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.
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 from this parcel's record.
Block context
6164-66 Ridge Ave sits on the 6100 block of Ridge Ave. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.
See the whole block →Next door: 6162 Ridge Ave · 6160 Ridge 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
- Back taxes & liens — Real Estate Tax Balances, Dept. of 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
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.
First time here?
This is 6164-66 Ridge Ave,
on paper.
Built 1960. Every deed, permit, L&I visit, tax bill and sale for this house — plus its whole block.
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Three taps, you're oriented
What to catch on the way down.
On the way down: the story of the house, its paper trail drawn on the value chart, and run-the-numbers, a calculator seeded with this house's actual tax bill.
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