House report

1038 E Luzerne St

3 bd · 1 ba · 2 stories · 1,260 sqft · RSA5 · built 1925

Property at a glanceHouse

Owner-occupancy signal

2026 assessment
$215K OPA value, not a listing price
2027 published assessment
$224K Future roll, not the current tax bill
Neighborhood area
Frankford · Juniata Approximate · based on ZIP 19124
Street view of 1038 E Luzerne St
From the street · imagery © Google

Assessment and dated record history

Every fetched annual City assessment for this house, compared with its block and ZIP. The chart preserves property assessment, block median and range, ZIP median, and each dated assessment, deed, L&I, permit, and inspection event.

Assessed value
$215,000 2026 billed-year assessment · 2027: $223,600 · built 1925
Price / sq ft
$177 block $150 · above block
Assessment change
+141% +8%/yr since 2016 · 2027 +4% vs 2026
Est. tax bill / yr
$1,610 0.75% effective
Jun 2022 tax snapshot
$10K recorded then · verify current
Times sold
1 latest deed has shared-name parties

Assessment vs. the block and ZIP · every dated City record marked on the line

$0$125K$250KZIP 19124 (Frankford · Juniata) median$224K2009201220152018202120242027
Property assessmentBlock median & rangeZIP 19124 (Frankford · Juniata) medianAssessmentDeed / salePermit

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Every dated record5 events · exact dates, newest first
  1. PermitAddition and/or Alteration
  2. PermitAlterations
  3. PermitAddition and/or Alteration
  4. PermitRoof Covering Replacement
  5. Deed / saleDeed / sale $125K

The short read

$125K transfer recorded in 2009. Addition and/or Alteration permit recorded in 2024.

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  1. PermitAddition and/or Alteration

    Permit EP-2024-000671 · Completed

    Replace 100 AMP service Install 2 bathroom fixtures Install dedicated line using wire mold (fishing wires) AS PER NEC 2017

  2. PermitAlterations

    Permit PP-2024-000223 · Completed

    Plumbing Permit (Interior) for combo RP-2023-013118

  3. PermitAddition and/or Alteration

    Permit RP-2023-013118 · Issued

    EZ PERMIT STANDARDS ALTERATIONS For alterations to an existing one family dwelling as per attached standard. Deviations from this standard will result in permit revocation and require submission of construction plans. Structural alteration or repair is expressly prohibited under this permit. Prohibited structural work includes any modification to exterior walls, party walls, floor/roof framing or foundations, underpinning and excavations (i.e., digging in basement). Any work/alterations to the basement/cellar are expressly prohibited unless documented as an existing habitable space with heights and means of egress per conditions of the EZ standard. separate permits required for mechanical, electric and plumbing, etc. *No basement alterations of any kind were proposed or approved for this permit* *No structural alterations of any kind were proposed or approved for this permit* PHDC AMP WORK ORDER 188888 FULL BATHROOM

  4. PermitRoof Covering Replacement

    Permit GM-2023-000763 · Expired

    For minor construction work at the subject property in accordance with all applicable provisions of the Philadelphia Code, all references codes and standards, and the attached EZ Standard, where included. Deviation from this standard shall result in permit revocation. A separate permit from the Philadelphia Department of Streets is required for any sidewalk and street closures. All means of pedestrian protection required at the site in accordance with the Philadelphia Building Code Chapter 33 shall be in place prior to start of work.

  5. Recorded transfer$125K transfer

    2009

What this record suggests

The City file documents 4 permits touching bathroom work, electrical work, plumbing, roof work. 3 carries a completed, issued, or approved status; that documents the filing, not the present quality of the work.

Flags: $10K recorded in the June 2022 delinquency snapshot; verify current balance · historical tax ledger through 2016 recorded $2K with a lien entry · latest deed has shared-name parties; relationship unverified. Informational only — not investment advice or a consumer report (FCRA).

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Property details and source records

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The estimate, live balance, and back-tax record are different.

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Estimated annual Real Estate Tax$1,610/year

2026 taxable assessment $115,000 × 1.3998%. This is an estimate, not a bill or account balance.

OPA also publishes a 2027 assessment of $223,600; it is not the 2026 billed-year value.

Official current account balanceCheck live

A Tax Center balance is net of bills, payments, credits, interest, and adjustments. A credit or an amount due is not automatically “back taxes.”

OPA 332010000
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Exemption classificationHomestead exemption

2026 OPA removes $100,000 from the taxable assessment through the owner-occupant exemption.

Historical delinquency sources Record found

$9,592.08 was recorded for this parcel in Philadelphia's June 2022 delinquency snapshot for 2016–2021. That amount may have been paid, reduced, or increased since; it is not a current payoff figure.

$5,961.34 principal$1,934.35 interest$608.80 penalty$1,087.59 other charges
6years recorded 2016–2021tax periods 2022-02-17last payment in snapshot Noactionable flag Yespayment agreement Nobankruptcy flag Noassessment appeal

The snapshot’s 2022 context used $139,600 total assessment, $139,600 taxable, and $0 exempt/abated. Those historical fields can differ from today’s OPA exemption status.

A separate historical parcel ledger ending in 2016 records $2,193.41 and a lien entry. It is shown as historical context only.

2015$476.68 total · $250.32 principal · $61.23 interest · $51.43 penalty2016$1,716.73 total · $1,495.47 principal · $22.44 interest · $14.95 penalty

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The property, on paper

OPA physical field record.

Bedrooms
3
Bathrooms
1
Stories
2
Interior
1,260 sqft livable area
Lot
1,395 sqft
Basement
Partial city code H
Heat
Undetermined city code H
Central air
No
Garage
1 space
Exterior condition
Average city code 4
Interior condition
Above average city code 3
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.

Block context

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Business licenses at this address Latest pull

What L&I has registered at this OPA parcel, newest initial license date first.

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No L&I business license is on record at this address in data through Jul 24, 2026.

A license is an L&I registration, not proof that a business is open, operating today, or located at this storefront. Dates are license dates. Events are deduped by parcel, business identity, and license type, so a renewal is not shown as another opening. Other permit and filing types remain in the full source ledger.

Where this comes from

Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 25, 2026, 1:31 PM ET. Available City datasets are queried from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and the cited City ArcGIS feeds; record queries paginate rather than silently taking a first page. For this property: Permits: queried · Violations: queried · Investigations: queried · Appeals: queried · Licenses: queried · Building certifications: queried. “Unavailable” means the source query failed or was not supplied, not “no record.” Reports re-pull on view after seven days and on an overnight rolling schedule; citywide benchmarks recompute weekly. Source dates still govern: the parcel-level tax-delinquency snapshot is June 2022 and the separate detailed tax ledger ends in 2016, so neither establishes today’s balance. The live balance and date-effective payoff must be verified in Tax Center. AI-written passages are grounded in the assembled record and rejected if they state a number the record does not hold.

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