House report

2030 Poplar St

4 bd2 ba3 stories1,944 sqftRSA5built 1920

Property at a glanceHouse

Owner-occupancy signal

2026 assessment
$672K 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 19130 (Fairmount · Spring Garden) median$751K2005200920132017202120252027
Property assessmentBlock median & rangeZIP 19130 (Fairmount · Spring Garden) medianAssessmentDeed / saleL&I violationPermitInspectionLicenseCertification

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 record18 events · exact dates, newest first
  1. CertificationSprinkler Certification
  2. Deed / saleDeed / sale $700K
  3. LicenseBEN MAGNESS (C/O WILLIAM COOK AGT): Rental landlord or residential registration marked inactive
  4. Deed / saleDeed / sale $410K
  5. InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
  6. InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
  7. L&I violationDRAINAGE-DOWNSPOUT REPR/REPLC
  8. InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
  9. PermitAdministrative
  10. PermitMajor alteration
  11. PermitMechanical
  12. PermitPlumbing
  13. PermitElectrical
  14. PermitSuppression
  15. PermitZoning
  16. PermitAddition
  17. PermitAlteration
  18. LicenseBEN MAGNESS (C/O WILLIAM COOK AGT): Rental landlord or residential registration initially issued

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$8,012/year estimated property tax

2026 taxable assessment $572,400 × 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 $751,200. 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 152329200
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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
4
Bathrooms
2
Stories
3
Interior
1,944 sqft livable area
Lot
1,190 sqft
Basement
Full, unfinished city code C
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
RSA5 city zoning code

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

Block context

2000 block of Poplar St. Compare parcels, ownership, and public-record history.

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Next door: 2028 Poplar St  ·  2032 Poplar 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.

BEN MAGNESS (C/O WILLIAM COOK AGT)Inactive

Rental · Initial issue date Feb 18, 2005 · Terminal license date Apr 29, 2020

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 18 dated rows
  1. CertificationSprinkler Certification

    Certification BC-2025-028212 · Certified

    Expires 2026-04-28

  2. Recorded transfer$700K transfer

    2022

  3. License terminal eventBEN MAGNESS (C/O WILLIAM COOK AGT): Rental landlord or residential registration marked inactive

    License 306518 · Inactive

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

  4. Recorded transfer$410K transfer

    2019

  5. InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

    Case 389994 · 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 389994 · 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. ViolationDRAINAGE-DOWNSPOUT REPR/REPLC

    Case 389994 · Violation 2934347 · Code PM-302.4/7 · CLOSEDCASE

    City marked the case closed; that does not mean the original condition never existed.

  8. InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

    Case 389994 · 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. PermitAdministrative

    Permit 340138 · COMPLETED

    CO FOR SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING REAR ADDITION AND INTERIOR RENOVATION TO SFD

  10. PermitMajor alteration

    Permit 264602 · COMPLETED

    REVISION OF BUILDING PERMIT AP#154492 TO REMOVAL OF EXISTING REAR PARTYWALL AND ERECT NEW REAR PARTYWALL INCLUDING FOOTING AND ADDITIONAL REPAIR WORK TO FRONT WALL AS PER PLANS.

  11. PermitMechanical

    Permit 230482 · COMPLETED

    SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING - INSTALL 2 HEATERS AND DUCTWORK IN A SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING.

  12. PermitPlumbing

    Permit 227804 · COMPLETED

    CONNECT TO EXISTING DRAIN IN BASEMENT. REPLACE (3)WATER CLOSETS, (3)LAVATORIES, LAUNDRY TUB, KITCHEN SINK, WATER HEATER. REPLACE YARD DRAIN

  13. PermitElectrical

    Permit 224924 · COMPLETED

    INSTALL 6 WITCHES, 12 RECEPTS, 110V SPRINKLER BELL SWITCHE 50AMP AC UNT, 10 - 110V SMOKE DETECTORS, 3 EXHAUST FANS, 2 OUTSIDE LIGHTS AND 100AMP SERVICE AS PER 2005 NEC (CC DISTRICT)

  14. PermitSuppression

    Permit 179111 · COMPLETED

    INSTALL AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEM WITH FIRE SERVICE.

  15. PermitZoning

    Permit 154491 · COMPLETED

    FOR PARTIAL DEMOLITION OF REAR SECTION AND THE ERECTION OF A 2 STORY REAR ADDITION (1ST FL. 17'X 18'6",2ND FL.12'X18'6")AS PART OF EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY.

  16. PermitAddition

    Permit 154492 · COMPLETED

    REAR ADDITION AND INTERIOR RENOVATION TO SFD

  17. PermitAlteration

    Permit 96748 · COMPLETED

    REMOVE AND REBUILD FRONT WALL ON EXISTING FOUNDATION

  18. License issue eventBEN MAGNESS (C/O WILLIAM COOK AGT): Rental landlord or residential registration initially issued

    License 306518 · Inactive

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

Where this comes from

Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 27, 2026, 5:18 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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