House report

1232 S 53rd St

3 bd2 ba2 stories1,470 sqftRSA3built 1917

Property at a glanceHouse

Owner-occupancy signal

2026 assessment
$345K 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$250K$500KZIP 19143 (Cedar Park · Kingsessing) median$361K201320162019202220252027
Property assessmentBlock median & rangeZIP 19143 (Cedar Park · Kingsessing) medianAssessmentDeed / saleL&I violationPermitInspection

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 record20 events · exact dates, newest first
  1. PermitAlterations
  2. Deed / saleDeed / sale $330K
  3. PermitAlterations
  4. PermitNew Construction
  5. InspectionPRECOURT (likely: pre-court compliance inspection)
  6. PermitAddition and/or Alteration
  7. InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
  8. InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
  9. Deed / saleDeed / sale $63K
  10. L&I violationONE AND TWO FAMILY (R3)
  11. L&I violationPLUMB SYS-SANITARY DRAINAGE
  12. L&I violationEXTERIOR STRUCT ROOF DRAINAGE
  13. L&I violationEXTERIOR STRUCT HDRAILS GDRAIL
  14. InspectionPRECOURT (likely: pre-court compliance inspection)
  15. InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
  16. InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
  17. InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
  18. L&I violationPLUMB SYS-SANITARY DRAINAGE
  19. InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
  20. PermitPlumbing

Flags: historical tax ledger through 2016 recorded $660. Informational only. Not investment advice or a consumer report (FCRA).

Verify the public record

$3,431/year estimated property tax

2026 taxable assessment $245,100 × 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 $361,000. 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 511230900
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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

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 $660.34. It is shown as historical context only.

2016$660.34 total · $523.18 principal · $7.85 interest · $5.23 penalty

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.

Bedrooms
3
Bathrooms
2
Stories
2
Interior
1,470 sqft livable area
Lot
1,572 sqft
Basement
Full, finished city code A
Heat
Forced hot air city code A
Central air
Yes
Exterior condition
Above average city code 3
Interior condition
New / rehabbed city code 2
New / rehabbed
Quality grade
C assessor's grade
Zoning
RSA3 city zoning code

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

Block context

1200 block of S 53rd St. Compare parcels, ownership, and public-record history.

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Next door: 1230 S 53rd St  ·  1234 S 53rd 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 20 dated rows
  1. PermitAlterations

    Permit PP-2022-016161 · Completed

    REPAIR/REPLACE MD, CT and FAI

  2. Recorded transfer$330K transfer

    2020

  3. PermitAlterations

    Permit 1022705 · Expired

    INSTALL 9 FIXTURES AS PER 2004 PPC

  4. PermitNew Construction

    Permit 1019184 · Expired

    Install one 3 ton 13 seer ac system and ductwork

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

    Case 667460 · PASSED

    A follow-up before or during enforcement escalation; confirm the case sequence in the City file. The cited inspection visit was marked passed.

  6. PermitAddition and/or Alteration

    Permit 999297 · Expired

    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.PERFORM INTERIOR DEMO OF NONLOAD LOAD BEARING PARTITION WALLS, INSTALL GYPBOARD, TRIM, AND OTHER FINISHES. 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; INCLUDING UNDERPINNING, EXCAVATION, AND REMOVAL OF FOUNDATION SLAB. NO WORK MAY BE PEFORMED IN THE BASEMENT OR CELLAR)

  7. InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

    Case 667460 · CLOSED

    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. City marked the record closed; open the case for the closing reason.

  8. InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

    Case 667460 · 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. Recorded transfer$63K transfer

    2019

  10. ViolationONE AND TWO FAMILY (R3)

    Case 667460 · Violation 5018086 · Code 9-3902 (1) · COMPLIED

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

  11. ViolationPLUMB SYS-SANITARY DRAINAGE

    Case 667460 · Violation 5018089 · Code PM15-506.1 · COMPLIED

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

  12. ViolationEXTERIOR STRUCT ROOF DRAINAGE

    Case 667460 · Violation 5018088 · Code PM15-304.7 · COMPLIED

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

  13. ViolationEXTERIOR STRUCT HDRAILS GDRAIL

    Case 667460 · Violation 5018087 · Code PM15-304.12 · COMPLIED

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

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

    Case 623102 · PASSED

    A follow-up before or during enforcement escalation; confirm the case sequence in the City file. The cited inspection visit was marked passed.

  15. InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

    Case 667460 · 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.

  16. InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

    Case 623102 · CLOSED

    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. City marked the record closed; open the case for the closing reason.

  17. InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

    Case 623102 · 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.

  18. ViolationPLUMB SYS-SANITARY DRAINAGE

    Case 623102 · Violation 4707984 · Code PM15-506.1 · COMPLIED

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

  19. InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

    Case 623102 · 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.

  20. PermitPlumbing

    Permit 496531 · COMPLETED

    COMPLETE WATER SERVICE

Where this comes from

Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 29, 2026, 4:38 AM 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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