{"asOf":"2026-07-29T01:38:07.510Z","block":"500-599 N 22ND ST","blockUrl":"https://philadelphia.blockreport.homes/block/500-599-n-22nd-st","address":"539 N 22ND ST","parcelNumber":"152000003","source":"https://property.phila.gov/?p=152000003","ownerType":"absentee","kind":"house","isHouse":false,"home":false,"commercial":false,"residential":false,"taxExempt":false,"institutional":false,"buildingCode":"ZL0","buildingCodeNew":"25","buildingClass":"MISC FUNERAL HOME MASONRY","buildingClassNew":"ROW MODERN","useLabel":"House","owner":"KO RAYMOND P","coOwner":"WUI YITUNG R","marketValue":1100000,"landAssessment":220000,"improvementAssessment":880000,"livableArea":2430,"yearBuilt":1920,"lastSale":{"price":1150000,"date":"2024-03-15T04:00:00Z"},"openViolations":0,"violations":[],"violationCases":[],"investigations":[],"taxOwed":0,"taxSnapshot":{"available":true,"asOf":"2022-06","matched":false},"taxDelinquencySnapshotAsOf":"2022-06","taxDelinquencySnapshotAvailable":true,"lat":39.96490983802312,"lng":-75.17403685887454,"geom":{"type":"Polygon","coordinates":[[[-75.173898806,39.964912091],[-75.173907602,39.964873899],[-75.174172433,39.964906152],[-75.174163768,39.964946579],[-75.173898806,39.964912091]]]},"liDistrict":"NORTH","certifications":[],"cityRecordAvailability":{"violations":true,"investigations":true,"appeals":true,"certifications":true,"permits":true,"licenses":true},"zip":"19130","beds":4,"baths":3,"stories":3,"lotArea":1125,"zoning":"RSA5","grade":null,"basement":"A","heater":"A","centralAir":true,"extCond":"2","intCond":"2","garage":null,"homestead":false,"mail":null,"appeals":[],"taxYears":[],"taxNet":0,"taxLien":false,"taxLedgerThrough":2016,"taxLedgerAvailable":true,"timesSold":0,"abated":true,"assessmentExemption":true,"exemptionBasisVerified":false,"valueSeries":[{"y":2024,"v":1100000,"taxable":475000,"land":220000,"improvement":880000,"taxableLand":220000,"taxableImprovement":255000,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":625000},{"y":2025,"v":1100000,"taxable":475000,"land":220000,"improvement":880000,"taxableLand":220000,"taxableImprovement":255000,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":625000},{"y":2026,"v":1100000,"taxable":475000,"land":220000,"improvement":880000,"taxableLand":220000,"taxableImprovement":255000,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":625000},{"y":2027,"v":1100000,"taxable":475000,"land":220000,"improvement":880000,"taxableLand":220000,"taxableImprovement":255000,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":625000}],"taxNow":6649,"familyHeld":true,"lastTransferNominal":true,"permits":[{"number":"ZP-2022-002242","date":"2022-03-07","work":"New construction, addition, GFA change","type":"Zoning","description":"Zoning Permit","status":"Issued","completedDate":null,"scope":"For a third floor addition with roof deck and roof access structures above the existing attached structure. Size and locations per plans."},{"number":"RP-2022-007209","date":"2022-11-17","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Residential Building","description":"Residential Building Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2024-02-15","scope":"FOR THE ERECTION OF AN ADDITION AND RENOVATION. ZP-2022-002244 ** AMEND** OUTER WYTHE OF BRICK REMOVED ON FRONT FACADE AND NEW OUTER WYTHE RECONSTRUCTED TO MATCH EXISTING ELEVATION EXCEPT FOR PICTURE WINDOW UNIT AND FRONT DOOR, REAR WOOD FRAME STRUCTURE TO BE DEMOED AND REBUILD DUE TO ROT AND DETERIORATION OF FRAMING MEMBERS, EXISTING REAR PORTION OF BUILDING TO BE REMOVED DOWN TO FOOTINGS IN PREPARATION FOR RECONSTRUCTION, NEW CONCRETE FOUNDATION WALL ON CONC. FOOTING. AS PER AMENDED PLAN & PHC APPROVAL ** Philadelphia Historical Commission (PHC) Staff approves with the following conditions: 1) PHC Staff Review of window assembly 'shop' drawings required for final approval. 2) Staff Review of door assembly 'shop' drawings required for final approval. 3) PHC Staff Review of new brick masonry sample in the field required for final approval (for new front wall). 4) PHC Staff Review of mortar sample in the field required for final approval (for new front wall). 5) PHC Staff Review of cleaning and waterproofing plan for front facade's lower stone base. Stone base will remain in place and not be removed during demolition. 6) Front cornice to be retained during demolition and must be repaired and repainted."},{"number":"MP-2023-002848","date":"2023-07-11","work":"Addition and/or Alterations","type":"Mechanical","description":"Mechanical / Fuel Gas Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2024-02-13","scope":"EZ PERMIT DUCTWORK & WARM-AIR APPLIANCES For the installation of New Ductwork, Registers/Grilles/Diffusers, and Warm-Air Appliances as per attached standards. Deviations from these standards require submission of construction and site plans. INSTALL NEW 2 - 60,000 BTU GAS FIRED FURNANCES WITH 2 - 2 TON CONDENSTERS LOCATED IN REAR YARD PER PHC APPROVAL"},{"number":"EP-2023-007742","date":"2023-08-25","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Electrical","description":"Electrical Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2023-12-05","scope":"Installation of all new electrical wire and new 100 amp service in accordance with NEC2017"},{"number":"PP-2024-000464","date":"2024-02-06","work":"Alterations","type":"Plumbing","description":"Plumbing Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2024-02-13","scope":"Replace: 5 Lavatories, 4 Toilets, 3 tubs/showers, 1 hose bibbs, 1 KS, 1 LS & 1 HWH Electric ."}],"storyTag":"New construction","storyDelta":null,"timeline":[{"y":2022,"k":"permit","w":"New construction, addition, GFA change"},{"y":2022,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alterations"},{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2024,"k":"permit","w":"Alterations"}],"rented":false,"licenses":[],"licenseActivity":[],"businessLicenseSourceDate":"2026-07-28","signals":[{"kind":"transition-activity","level":"watch","title":"Recent transition activity","summary":"The property has an unusually active paper trail worth monitoring for the next permit, inspection, deed, or listing.","evidence":["3 permit events since 2023"],"caveat":"Record activity alone does not establish that a sale or redevelopment is planned."}],"legalChecks":[{"id":"deed-chain","level":"verify","title":"The latest nominal transfer is not a market sale—or a title opinion","finding":"The latest deed in the assembled record moved for nominal consideration and appears related-party/family-held.","why":"A $1 or nominal deed can be a valid family, estate, or entity transfer. It does not establish a sale price, clear title, or by itself prove a tangled title.","action":"Read the recorded deed and have the title search confirm every grantor, grantee, estate/probate step, lien, and authority to sell.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/services/property-lots-housing/get-a-copy-of-a-deed-or-other-recorded-document/"},{"id":"abatement","level":"verify","title":"A reduced taxable assessment is not a verified abatement","finding":"OPA’s numeric assessment fields show a reduced taxable assessment; BlockReport has no official program determination for this parcel.","why":"The numeric treatment can reflect an improvement abatement or another exemption. It does not identify the ordinance, approval, start or end date, or continuation requirements after a transfer. Once OPA verifies a specific active abatement, many common programs attach the benefit to the property for the remaining term rather than ending automatically at sale, but some require a new-owner filing and continued qualifying use or tax compliance.","action":"Obtain the OPA exemption/abatement determination and history, then underwrite the buyer’s bill from the verified program terms.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/services/payments-assistance-taxes/taxes/property-and-real-estate-taxes/get-real-estate-tax-relief/get-a-property-tax-abatement/"}],"closingChecks":[{"title":"Property Sales Certification","body":"The seller must obtain Philadelphia’s certificate showing the base zoning, last use in the zoning record, and open violations. The City warns that it does not prove Building Code occupancy or show zoning overlays.","action":"Obtain the fresh certificate and compare it with the CO, permits, and Atlas overlays.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/services/permits-violations-licenses/get-a-certificate/get-a-property-sales-certification/"},{"title":"Date-effective City Property Payoff","body":"The Tax Center Property Payoff covers Real Estate Tax, Commercial Trash, and L&I abatement-work invoices. Philadelphia says it does not include business-tax debts or liens, water and sewer charges, or fines for code violations.","action":"Request the City statement effective through settlement; read every period and invoice.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/guides/philadelphia-tax-center/what-to-do/"},{"title":"Professional title and water-lien searches","body":"OPA ownership, deed summaries, and a zero tax balance are not clear title. Mortgages, judgments, municipal claims, water liens, easements, heirs, and other encumbrances require separate searches.","action":"Use a Pennsylvania lawyer/title company and obtain owner’s title insurance; order the separate water search/payoff.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/2026-04-07-why-title-insurance-is-your-best-friend-when-buying-a-home-in-philadelphia/","secondaryUrl":"https://www.phila.gov/services/water-gas-utilities/pay-or-dispute-a-water-bill/resolve-water-liens-judgments/"}]}