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1216 S 27th St

Property at a glanceVacant lot

Grays Ferry 27th Street LLC

2026 assessment
$113K OPA value, not a listing price
2027 published assessment
$94K Future roll, not the current tax bill
Neighborhood area
Graduate Hospital · Point Breeze Approximate · based on ZIP 19146
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Assessment and City record timeline

The line tracks this property’s published City assessment. Markers show deeds, permits, inspections, licenses, violations, certifications, and appeals on their recorded dates. Select one to read the filing.

Assessments are tax-roll values, not sale prices or appraisals. OPA has published a 2027 assessment of $93,700. It is not yet the billed-year tax basis.

$0$100K$200K$94K200820122016202020242027
Property assessmentAssessmentL&I violationInspection

Scroll horizontally to move through the years. Each icon sits on its recorded date; records without a day are labeled and centered within their year. Select one to explain the filing.

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Every dated record9 events · exact dates, newest first
  1. L&I violationCLIP VIOLATION NOTICE
  2. L&I violationEXT A-VACANT LOT CLEAN/MAINTAI
  3. InspectionPRECOURT (likely: pre-court compliance inspection)
  4. InspectionPRECOURT (likely: pre-court compliance inspection)
  5. InspectionPRECOURT (likely: pre-court compliance inspection)
  6. InspectionADMIN INSP (likely: administrative inspection)
  7. InspectionBC INSP (likely: building-code inspection)
  8. InspectionBC INSP (likely: building-code inspection)
  9. InspectionBC INSP (likely: building-code inspection)

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$1,585/year estimated property tax

2026 taxable assessment $113,200 × 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 $93,700. 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 885405520
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Exemption classificationNo exemption shown

2026 taxable assessment equals the full assessed value.

Historical delinquency sources Record found

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

A separate historical parcel ledger ending in 2016 records $2,666.76 and a lien entry. It is shown as historical context only.

1997$146.24 total · $37.60 principal · $64.86 interest · $2.63 penalty1998$217.73 total · $60.82 principal · $99.44 interest · $4.26 penalty1999$211.28 total · $60.82 principal · $93.97 interest · $4.26 penalty2000$204.82 total · $60.82 principal · $88.50 interest · $4.26 penalty2001$198.36 total · $60.82 principal · $83.02 interest · $4.26 penalty2002$191.90 total · $60.82 principal · $77.55 interest · $4.26 penalty2003$185.45 total · $60.82 principal · $72.08 interest · $4.26 penalty2004$178.98 total · $60.82 principal · $66.60 interest · $4.26 penalty2005$172.53 total · $60.82 principal · $61.13 interest · $4.26 penalty2006$166.06 total · $60.82 principal · $55.65 interest · $4.26 penalty2007$159.61 total · $60.82 principal · $50.18 interest · $4.26 penalty2008$166.11 total · $66.91 principal · $49.18 interest · $4.68 penalty2009$159.01 total · $66.91 principal · $43.16 interest · $4.68 penalty2010$151.89 total · $66.91 principal · $37.13 interest · $4.68 penalty2011$156.79 total · $73.53 principal · $34.19 interest · $5.15 penalty

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

Where the record looks off

Conflicts in City paperwork. Flags on the data, not the property.

Assessment and sale price disagree hard

Assessed at $94K, but it traded for $240,000 in 2025 — a 2.6× gap. Could be a non-market deed the record doesn't label, or an assessment that hasn't caught up.

Land report

Vacant land

Vacant land. Deeds, ownership, zoning, and the public-source record follow.

Historical lien entry · through 2016

What it is
Vacant lot Vacant Land Commer < Acre
Owner
Grays Ferry 27th Street LLC
Lot size
781 sqft
Zoning
CMX2

Block context

1200 block of S 27th St. Compare parcels, ownership, and public-record history.

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Next door: 1218 S 27th St  ·  1220 S 27th St

No business or residential license records

No business license or residential registration matched this OPA parcel in the latest City data.

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Open every source row 9 dated rows
  1. ViolationCLIP VIOLATION NOTICE

    Case 294602 · Violation 2196052 · Code CP-01 · COMPLIED

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

  2. ViolationEXT A-VACANT LOT CLEAN/MAINTAI

    Case 294602 · Violation 2196053 · Code PM-302.2/4 · COMPLIED

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

  3. InvestigationPRECOURT (likely: pre-court compliance inspection)

    Case 90517 · FAILED

    A follow-up before or during enforcement escalation; confirm the case sequence in the City file. The cited inspection visit was marked failed; later rows may show follow-up or resolution.

  4. InvestigationPRECOURT (likely: pre-court compliance inspection)

    Case 90517 · CLOSED

    A follow-up before or during enforcement escalation; confirm the case sequence in the City file. City marked the record closed; open the case for the closing reason.

  5. InvestigationPRECOURT (likely: pre-court compliance inspection)

    Case 90517 · FAILED

    A follow-up before or during enforcement escalation; confirm the case sequence in the City file. The cited inspection visit was marked failed; later rows may show follow-up or resolution.

  6. InvestigationADMIN INSP (likely: administrative inspection)

    Case 90517 · CLOSED

    Legacy inspection shorthand; the title alone does not state what condition was examined. City marked the record closed; open the case for the closing reason.

  7. InvestigationBC INSP (likely: building-code inspection)

    Case 90517 · CLOSED

    Legacy inspection shorthand; confirm the inspection type and scope in the City case file. City marked the record closed; open the case for the closing reason.

  8. InvestigationBC INSP (likely: building-code inspection)

    Case 90517 · FAILED

    Legacy inspection shorthand; confirm the inspection type and scope in the City case file. The cited inspection visit was marked failed; later rows may show follow-up or resolution.

  9. InvestigationBC INSP (likely: building-code inspection)

    Case 90517 · FAILED

    Legacy inspection shorthand; confirm the inspection type and scope in the City case file. 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 25, 2026, 9:33 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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