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Philadelphia600 block of Manton StJuly 9, 2026

House report

639 Manton St

4 bd · 4 ba · 3 stories · 2,565 sqft · CMX2 · built 2016

Absentee individual · assessed $878K · sold 5×. On the 600 block of Manton St.

Street view of 639 Manton St
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Reading this house's deeds, permits and assessments…

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 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.

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 analyst below to dig into any number.

Assessed value
$878K
built 2016
Price / sq ft
$342
block $309 · above block
Appreciation
+1595%
+29%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$891K
+29%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax / yr
$12K
1.4% effective
Gross yield
Times sold
5
licensed rental

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

$0$500K$1.0MBefore this chart — 2011: Zoning/use 2012: New construction 2015: Land $143K 2015: Plumbing 2015: Electrical 2015: 12 L&I violations 2015: Mechanical 2015: Suppression 2015: Plumbing2016: 11 L&I violations2018: Sold $350K2022: Sold $538K$878K201620222027
This houseBlock median & rangeSaleL&I violationPermit
The paper trail

Bought for $143K in 2015, built new under a 2011 permit, sold for $538K in 2022.

  1. 2011 Zoning/usePermit
  2. 2012 New constructionPermit
  3. 2015 $143KLand buyPlumbingPermitElectricalPermit12 L&I violationsL&IMechanicalPermitSuppressionPermitPlumbingPermit
  4. 2016 11 L&I violationsL&I
  5. 2018 $350KSold
  6. 2022 $538KSold

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
4
Bathrooms
4
Stories
3
Interior
2,565 sqft
livable area
Lot
1,109 sqft
Basement
Full, finished
city code A
Heat
Forced hot air
city code A
Central air
Yes
Exterior condition
Above average
city code 3
Interior condition
Above average
city code 3
Quality grade
C
assessor's grade
Zoning
CMX2
city zoning code
Zoning appeals
1
granted with conditions 2011

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

Run the numbers

What owning 639 Manton 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.

$878K
20%
6.875%
$6K/mo

When this house last sold (2022) a 30-year mortgage ran about 5.34% — 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.

Next door: 641 Manton St  ·  627 Manton St

Where this comes from

City datasets are fetched live from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and cached briefly. 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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