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173 Fern St

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3 bd1 ba2 stories1,020 sqftRSA5built 1935

Property at a glanceHouse

Owner-occupancy signal

2026 assessment
$195K 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$100K$200KZIP 19120 (Olney · Logan) median$186K201320162019202220252027
Property assessmentBlock median & rangeZIP 19120 (Olney · Logan) medianAssessmentDeed / saleL&I violationInspectionLicense

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Every dated record20 events · exact dates, newest first
  1. Deed / saleDeed / sale $110K
  2. LicenseGREGORY ALLEN-JACKSON: Rental landlord or residential registration marked inactive
  3. Deed / saleDeed / sale $55K
  4. InspectionPRECOURT (likely: pre-court compliance inspection)
  5. InspectionPRECOURT (likely: pre-court compliance inspection)
  6. InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
  7. InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
  8. L&I violationEXTERIOR STRUCT ROOF DRAINAGE
  9. L&I violationSINGLE STATION SMKE ALRM REQ'D
  10. L&I violationPLUMBING SYSTEMS-GENERAL
  11. L&I violationHANDRAILS AND GUARDS
  12. L&I violationINTERIOR SURFACES
  13. InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
  14. LicenseGREGORY ALLEN-JACKSON: Rental landlord or residential registration initially issued
  15. InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
  16. L&I violationINTERIOR SURFACES
  17. InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
  18. LicenseEUNICE ALLEN: Rental landlord or residential registration marked inactive
  19. LicenseEUNICE ALLEN: Rental landlord or residential registration initially issued
  20. Deed / saleDeed / sale $42K

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$1,324/year estimated property tax

2026 taxable assessment $94,600 × 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 $185,700. 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 612209000
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Exemption classificationHomestead exemption

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

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.

Bedrooms
3
Bathrooms
1
Stories
2
Interior
1,020 sqft livable area
Lot
1,028 sqft
Basement
Full city code D
Heat
Undetermined city code H
Central air
No
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

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

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Next door: 171 Fern St  ·  175 Fern 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 25, 2026.

Landlord and residential filings

These are property registrations or landlord filings, not businesses operating at this address.

GREGORY ALLEN-JACKSONInactive

Rental · Initial issue date May 10, 2017 · Terminal license date Jul 8, 2018

EUNICE ALLENInactive

Rental · Initial issue date Mar 5, 2014 · Terminal license date Apr 29, 2016

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 19 dated rows
  1. Recorded transfer$110K transfer

    2019

  2. License terminal eventGREGORY ALLEN-JACKSON: Rental landlord or residential registration marked inactive

    License 738121 · Inactive

    License event. Registration does not prove present operation or storefront occupancy.

  3. Recorded transfer$55K transfer

    2018

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

    Case 589306 · PASSED

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

  5. InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

    Case 589306 · 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.

  6. InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

    Case 589306 · 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.

  7. ViolationEXTERIOR STRUCT ROOF DRAINAGE

    Case 589306 · Violation 4458830 · Code PM15-304.7 · COMPLIED

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

  8. ViolationSINGLE STATION SMKE ALRM REQ'D

    Case 589306 · Violation 4458829 · Code FC-13-907.2 · COMPLIED

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

  9. ViolationPLUMBING SYSTEMS-GENERAL

    Case 589306 · Violation 4458835 · Code PM15-504.1 · COMPLIED

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

  10. ViolationHANDRAILS AND GUARDS

    Case 589306 · Violation 4458834 · Code PM15-307 · COMPLIED

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

  11. ViolationINTERIOR SURFACES

    Case 589306 · Violation 4458831 · Code PM15-305.3 · COMPLIED

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

  12. InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

    Case 589306 · 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.

  13. License issue eventGREGORY ALLEN-JACKSON: Rental landlord or residential registration initially issued

    License 738121 · Inactive

    License event. Registration does not prove present operation or storefront occupancy.

  14. InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

    Case 560956 · 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.

  15. ViolationINTERIOR SURFACES

    Case 560956 · Violation 4123740 · Code PM15-305.3 · COMPLIED

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

  16. InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

    Case 560956 · 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.

  17. License terminal eventEUNICE ALLEN: Rental landlord or residential registration marked inactive

    License 620249 · Inactive

    License event. Registration does not prove present operation or storefront occupancy.

  18. License issue eventEUNICE ALLEN: Rental landlord or residential registration initially issued

    License 620249 · Inactive

    License event. Registration does not prove present operation or storefront occupancy.

  19. Recorded transfer$42K transfer

    2013

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Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 26, 2026, 5:59 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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