House report

118 Alter St

1,265 sqftRSA5built 1925

Property at a glanceHouse

Owner-occupancy signal

2026 assessment
$404K OPA value, not a listing price
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Assessment and City record timeline

Published City assessments for this house against its block and ZIP. Dated City filings are marked on the same line. Select one to read it. Assessments are tax-roll values, not sale prices or appraisals.

$0$500K$1.0MZIP 19147 (Queen Village · East Passyunk) median$384K2010201320162019202220252027
Property assessmentBlock median & rangeZIP 19147 (Queen Village · East Passyunk) medianAssessmentDeed / saleL&I violationPermitInspection

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Every dated record11 events · exact dates, newest first
  1. Deed / saleDeed / sale $310K
  2. PermitMechanical
  3. PermitPlumbing
  4. PermitElectrical
  5. PermitAlteration
  6. InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
  7. Deed / saleDeed / sale $238K
  8. InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
  9. L&I violationLICENSE-VAC RES BLDG (vacant residential building license required)
  10. L&I violationEXT A-CLEAN RUBBISH/GARBAGE (Remove rubbish or garbage from the exterior area)
  11. InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

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Verify the public record

$5,651/year estimated property tax

2026 taxable assessment $403,700 × 1.3998%. This is an estimate, not a bill or account balance. The City maintains payments, credits, interest, and the current amount due.

OPA has published a 2027 assessment of $384,200. It is not the 2026 billed-year value.

Current City balanceCheck Tax Center

Payments, credits, interest, and the current amount due are maintained by the City.

OPA 021165000
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Exemption classificationNo exemption shown

2026 taxable assessment equals the full assessed value.

Historical delinquency sources No current conclusion

This parcel did not match the June 2022 delinquency snapshot. That absence does not confirm the account is current today.

For a purchase, refinance, or closing, request the City’s official Property Payoff statement in Tax Center under “More options.”

The property, on paper

OPA physical field record.

Interior
1,265 sqft livable area
Lot
774 sqft
Central air
Yes
Exterior condition
Above average city code 3
Interior condition
Above average city code 3
Quality grade
B 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

100 block of Alter St. Compare parcels, ownership, and public-record history.

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Next door: 116 Alter St  ·  120 Alter St

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 23, 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.

Open every source row 11 dated rows
  1. Recorded transfer$310K transfer

    2013

  2. PermitMechanical

    Permit 358007 · COMPLETED

    INSTALLATION OF A 45,000 BTU GAS WARM AIR FURNAC, 1,000 CFM

  3. PermitPlumbing

    Permit 354135 · COMPLETED

    1ST FLOOR: WATER CLOSET AND LAV, DRAIN AND WATER LINES, 2ND FLOOR: REPLACE DRAIN AND WATER LINES, (1) TUB, (1) LAV, REPIPE GAS LINE TO RANGE

  4. PermitElectrical

    Permit 353593 · COMPLETED

    4 HIGH HATS, 2 CEILING LIGHTS, 5 SWITCHES, 16 RECEPTACLES, 3 GFCI, 3 BRANCH LINES AS PER 2008 NEC

  5. PermitAlteration

    Permit 349994 · COMPLETED

    NEW SHEETROCK IN KITCHEN AND BATH AND HALLWAY

  6. InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

    Case 255821 · PASSED

    A legacy L&I inspection label. The unit inspected housing for property-maintenance, fire-prevention, and related code compliance; the separate status says how that visit ended. The cited inspection visit was marked passed.

  7. Recorded transfer$238K transfer

    2011

  8. InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

    Case 255821 · FAILED

    A legacy L&I inspection label. The unit inspected housing for property-maintenance, fire-prevention, and related code compliance; the separate status says how that visit ended. The cited inspection visit was marked failed; later rows may show follow-up or resolution.

  9. ViolationLICENSE-VAC RES BLDG (vacant residential building license required)

    Case 255821 · Violation 1894997 · Code PM-102.4/2 · COMPLIED

    This usually records a requirement to obtain a Vacant Structure License for an unoccupied residential building. Check later license and compliance rows because it does not establish present vacancy or an unresolved violation. City marked this violation complied with; check the resolution date and live case for what was accepted.

  10. ViolationEXT A-CLEAN RUBBISH/GARBAGE (Remove rubbish or garbage from the exterior area)

    Case 255821 · Violation 1894998 · Code PM-302.2/2 · COMPLIED

    City marked this violation complied with; check the resolution date and live case for what was accepted.

  11. InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

    Case 255821 · FAILED

    A legacy L&I inspection label. The unit inspected housing for property-maintenance, fire-prevention, and related code compliance; the separate status says how that visit ended. The cited inspection visit was marked failed; later rows may show follow-up or resolution.

Where this comes from

Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 23, 2026, 2:14 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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