Renovated & sold on
Why it mattersBought for $77K in 2000, use permit in 2013, sold for $135K in 2016 (+75%).
View supporting records →House report
7554 Overbrook Ave
1 ba · 2 stories · 1,152 sqft · RSA5 · built 1949
Owner-occupied · assessed $208K · sold 2×. On the 7500 block of Overbrook Ave.
Property summary
Assessment$208KCity assessed value
Last sale$135KRecorded 2016
Est. taxes$2K/yearAnnual city record
Permits1Shown 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
Built 1949: 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.
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.
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
$208K
built 1949
Price / sq ft
$181
block $178 · in line w/ block
Appreciation
+55%
+4%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$209K
+4%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax / yr
$2K
0.73% effective
Gross yield
—
Times sold
2
Value vs. the block, over time — sales, permits & L&I events marked on the line
This houseBlock median & rangeSalePermit
The paper trail
Renovated & sold onBought for $77K in 2000, use permit in 2013, sold for $135K in 2016 (+75%).
- 2000 $77KSold
- 2011 2 L&I violationsL&I
- 2012 2 L&I violationsL&I
- 2013 Appeal granted with conditionsZoningUsePermit3 L&I violationsL&I
- 2016 $135KSold
Flags: 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.
Bathrooms
1
Stories
2
Interior
1,152 sqft
livable area
Lot
1,868 sqft
Basement
Full, finished
city code 1
Central air
Yes
Garage
1 space
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
RSA5
city zoning code
Zoning appeals
1
granted with conditions 2013
OPA field-assessment attributes. Condition and grade are the assessor's codes, not an inspection.
Run the numbers
What owning 7554 Overbrook 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 (2016) a 30-year mortgage ran about 3.65% — 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
7554 Overbrook Ave sits on the 7500 block of Overbrook Ave. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.
See the whole block →Next door: 7552 Overbrook Ave · 7556 Overbrook 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 7554 Overbrook Ave,
on paper.
Built 1949. 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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