Torn down & rebuilt
Why it mattersdemolished in 2018 and rebuilt (2019).
View supporting records →House report
6168-72 Ridge Ave
3,759 sqft · CMX2.5
Investor / LLC · assessed $530K. On the 6100 block of Ridge Ave.
Property summary
Assessment$530KCity assessed value
Last sale—No sale value available
Est. taxes$7K/yearAnnual city record
Permits8Shown in this report
ViolationsNone openNo open 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
The last transfer was not a sale
The most recent recorded deed moved for nominal consideration, within one family. That is where tangled-title problems live — budget a real title search. (Occupants untangling an inherited deed can get help from the city's Tangled Title Fund.)
If you own it
Construction next door (6174 Ridge Ave, 2024)
Excavation deeper than 5 feet, or within 10 feet of an adjacent structure, legally requires the developer to survey neighboring homes first and give owners 10 days' written notice. Insist on the pre-construction survey — it is your evidence if cracks appear.
If you’re the landlord
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.
Who's behind it
Roxborough Development Co · corporate / LLC owner
• Owns 2 properties across Philadelphia under this name, assessed at $967K combined
• Holds an active rental license for this address
• The last transfer was a nominal/family deed, not an open-market sale
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
$530K
Price / sq ft
$141
block $148 · in line w/ block
Appreciation
+75%
+5%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$531K
+5%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax / yr
$7K
1.4% effective
Gross yield
—
Times sold
0
kept in the family
Value vs. the block, over time — sales, permits & L&I events marked on the line
This houseBlock median & rangeTeardownL&I violationZoningPermit
The paper trail
Torn down & rebuiltdemolished in 2018 and rebuilt (2019).
- 2018 DemolishedTeardown
- 2019 New ConstructionPermitNew ConstructionPermitPlumbingPermitAlterationsPermitElectricalPermit
- 2020 Signs (Accessory / Non-Accessory)PermitAppeal granted with conditionsZoning
- 2021 Signs (Accessory / Non-Accessory)PermitAppeal grantedZoningSignPermit
- 2026 L&I violationL&I
Flags: active rental license · 4 zoning/board appeals on record · long-held within one family. 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
3,759 sqft
livable area
Lot
8,704 sqft
Exterior condition
Average
city code 4
Above averageBelow average
Interior condition
Average
city code 4
Above averageBelow average
Quality grade
C
assessor's grade
ABCDE
Zoning
CMX2.5
city zoning code
Zoning appeals
4
granted 2021
OPA field-assessment attributes. Condition and grade are the assessor's codes, not an inspection.
Run the numbers
What owning 6168-72 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.
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
6168-72 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: 6164-66 Ridge Ave · 6162 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.
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This is 6168-72 Ridge Ave,
on paper.
Every deed, permit, L&I visit, tax bill and sale for this house — plus its whole block.
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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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