The Block Report

House report

637 Hutton St

Vacant · assessed $41K · sold 1×. On the 600 block of Hutton St.

Street view of 637 Hutton St
From the street — imagery © Google
From above — imagery © Esri, Maxar

Property summary

Assessment$41KCity assessed value Last sale$7KRecorded 2020 Est. taxes$0/yearAnnual city record Permits1Shown 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.

If you own it

$1,173 in back taxes on record

Interest and penalties keep compounding until a Revenue payment agreement is in place, and a lien is already filed — an owner-occupant agreement also stops the sheriff-sale track.

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
$41K
Price / sq ft
—
Appreciation
+823%
+22%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$41K
+22%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax / yr
—
Gross yield
—
Times sold
1

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

$0$25K$50KBefore this chart — 2006: Sold $5K 2007: Zoning2020: 2 L&I violations2021: 3 L&I violations2022: L&I violation2025: 2 L&I violations$41K201620222027
This houseBlock median & rangeL&I violationPermit

The paper trail

Improved

Bought for $5K in 2006. Owner pulled a zoning permit in 2007.

  1. 2006 $5KSold
  2. 2007 ZoningPermit
  3. 2020 2 L&I violationsL&I
  4. 2021 3 L&I violationsL&I
  5. 2022 L&I violationL&I
  6. 2025 2 L&I violationsL&I

Flags: $1K back taxes (2007–2016, $309 of it interest & penalties, lien filed). Informational only — not investment advice or a consumer report (FCRA).

Run the numbers

What owning 637 Hutton 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.

$41K
20%
6.875%
$700/mo
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

637 Hutton St sits on the 600 block of Hutton St. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.

See the whole block →

Next door: 635 Hutton St  ·  639 Hutton 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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