The Block Report

House report

7635 Malvern Ave

3 bd · 1 ba · 2 stories · 1,120 sqft · RSA5 · built 1949

Owner-occupied · assessed $190K · sold 4×. On the 7600 block of Malvern Ave.

Street view of 7635 Malvern Ave
From the street — imagery © Google
From above — imagery © Esri, Maxar

Property summary

Assessment$190KCity assessed value Last sale$115KRecorded 2007 Est. annual tax$1K/yearAssessment × 1.3998% Tax delinquency—Snapshot unavailable Permits8Shown in this report ViolationsNone openNo open L&I cases

What stands out

From the public record
Finding

Improved

Why it matters

Bought for $115K in 2007. Owner pulled a bathroom & kitchen remodel permit in 2026.

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What the record is signaling

Early patterns mined across this property's dated public records. Each flag shows what triggered it and where the inference stops.

watch signalRecent transition activity

The property has an unusually active paper trail worth monitoring for the next permit, inspection, deed, or listing.

Evidence: 4 permit events since 2023

Limit: Record activity alone does not establish that a sale or redevelopment is planned.

Transparent record rules, not a machine-learning forecast. A signal is a prompt to verify the cited record, not a prediction or allegation.

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

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
$190K
built 1949
Price / sq ft
$170
block $184 · below block
Appreciation
+46%
+4%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$191K
+4%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax / yr
$1K
0.66% effective
Jun 2022 tax snapshot
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Gross yield
10.7%
≈$2K/mo rent
Times sold
4

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

$0$125K$250KBefore this chart — 2007: Sold $115K 2007: Sold $115K 2014: 3 L&I violations 2014: Alteration 2014: L&I: 2 failed, 1 passed 2014: Alteration2019: Alteration2020: Alterations2025: Addition and/or Alteration 2025: Bathroom & Kitchen Remodel2026: Addition and/or Alteration 2026: Bathroom & Kitchen Remodel$190K201620222027
This houseBlock median & rangePermit

The paper trail

Improved

Bought for $115K in 2007. Owner pulled a bathroom & kitchen remodel permit in 2026.

  1. 2007 $115KSold$115KSold
  2. 2014 3 L&I violationsL&IAlterationPermitL&I: 2 failed, 1 passedL&I visitAlterationPermit
  3. 2019 AlterationPermit
  4. 2020 AlterationsPermit
  5. 2025 Addition and/or AlterationPermitBathroom & Kitchen RemodelPermit
  6. 2026 Addition and/or AlterationPermitBathroom & Kitchen RemodelPermit

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
3
Bathrooms
1
Stories
2
Interior
1,120 sqft
livable area
Lot
1,975 sqft
Basement
Partial, semi-finished
city code F
Garage
1 space
Exterior condition
Average
city code 4
Interior condition
Average
city code 4
Quality grade
C
assessor's grade
Zoning
RSA5
city zoning code

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

Run the numbers

What owning 7635 Malvern Ave takes, at your price and your rate. Taxes start with an annual estimate from the City’s taxable assessment, not a current bill or balance; rent starts at the area median. Assessed value is not an asking price — set the price slider to the real one.

$190K
20%
6.875%
$2K/mo

When this house last sold (2007) a 30-year mortgage ran about 6.34% — 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.

Block context

7635 Malvern Ave sits on the 7600 block of Malvern Ave. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.

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Next door: 7633 Malvern Ave  ·  7637 Malvern Ave

Where this comes from

Methodology & freshness

Available City datasets are queried from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com), then reports are cached and refreshed on a rolling schedule. Source dates vary: the parcel-level tax-delinquency snapshot is June 2022 and the separate detailed tax ledger ends in 2016, so neither establishes today’s balance. Other dossiers re-pull on view once stale, 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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