House report

2121 Shelmire Ave

1 story1,020 sqftRSA3built 1953

Property at a glanceHouse

Owner-occupancy signal

2026 assessment
$267K 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 19152 (Rhawnhurst) median$284K200720112015201920232027
Property assessmentBlock median & rangeZIP 19152 (Rhawnhurst) medianAssessmentDeed / saleL&I violationAppealPermitInspection

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 record19 events · exact dates, newest first
  1. Deed / saleDeed / sale $240K
  2. L&I violationHIGH WEEDS-CUT
  3. L&I violationRUBBISH/GARBAGE EXTERIOR-OWNER
  4. L&I violationCLIP VIOLATION NOTICE
  5. L&I violationRUBBISH/GARBAGE EXTERIOR-OWNER
  6. L&I violationCLIP VIOLATION NOTICE
  7. L&I violationHIGH WEEDS-CUT
  8. InspectionPRECOURT (likely: pre-court compliance inspection)
  9. AppealZoning board appeal
  10. PermitAdministrative
  11. InspectionPRECOURT (likely: pre-court compliance inspection)
  12. InspectionPRECOURT (likely: pre-court compliance inspection)
  13. PermitAlteration
  14. InspectionBP_BLDG
  15. InspectionBP_BLDG
  16. L&I violationPERMB- CONST ADDITION
  17. InspectionBP_BLDG
  18. Deed / saleDeed / sale $190K
  19. Deed / saleDeed / sale $155K

Flags: 1 zoning/board appeal on record. Informational only. Not investment advice or a consumer report (FCRA).

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$2,340/year estimated property tax

2026 taxable assessment $167,200 × 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 $283,700. 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 561359600
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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.

Stories
1
Interior
1,020 sqft livable area
Lot
3,165 sqft
Basement
Partial city code H
Garage
1 space
Exterior condition
Average city code 4
Interior condition
Average city code 4
Quality grade
C assessor's grade
Zoning
RSA3 city zoning code
Zoning appeals
1 CLOSED · Denied · 2013

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

Block context

2100 block of Shelmire Ave. Compare parcels, ownership, and public-record history.

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Next door: 2119 Shelmire Ave  ·  2123 Shelmire Ave

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 19 dated rows
  1. Recorded transfer$240K transfer

    2020

  2. ViolationHIGH WEEDS-CUT

    Case 551575 · Violation 4057318 · Code CP-312A · COMPLIED

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

  3. ViolationRUBBISH/GARBAGE EXTERIOR-OWNER

    Case 551575 · Violation 4057317 · Code CP-305 · COMPLIED

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

  4. ViolationCLIP VIOLATION NOTICE

    Case 551575 · Violation 4057316 · Code CP-01 · COMPLIED

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

  5. ViolationRUBBISH/GARBAGE EXTERIOR-OWNER

    Case 413402 · Violation 3029402 · Code CP-305 · COMPLIED

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

  6. ViolationCLIP VIOLATION NOTICE

    Case 413402 · Violation 3029401 · Code CP-01 · COMPLIED

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

  7. ViolationHIGH WEEDS-CUT

    Case 413402 · Violation 3029403 · Code CP-312A · COMPLIED

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

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

    Case 287634 · 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.

  9. AppealZoning board appeal

    Appeal 18589 · CLOSED · Denied

    Related permit 410052 · PERMIT TO LEGALIZE THE ERECTION of a 7' x 12' STORAGE SHED in the SIDE YARD, accessory to a SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING.

  10. PermitAdministrative

    Permit 410666 · COMPLETED

    AMEND BP#383053 TO INCREASE HEIGHT OF RETAINING WALL FROM 3' HIGH TO 4' HIGH ON 30 IN DEEP X 16IN WIDE FOOTING

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

    Case 287634 · 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.

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

    Case 287634 · PASSED

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

  13. PermitAlteration

    Permit 383053 · COMPLETED

    MASONRY RETAINING WALL 3'-0" HIGH

  14. InvestigationBP_BLDG

    Case 287634 · CLOSED

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

  15. InvestigationBP_BLDG

    Case 287634 · FAILED

    The cited inspection visit was marked failed; later rows may show follow-up or resolution.

  16. ViolationPERMB- CONST ADDITION

    Case 287634 · Violation 2791743 · Code A-301.1/2 · CLOSEDCASE

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

  17. InvestigationBP_BLDG

    Case 287634 · FAILED

    The cited inspection visit was marked failed; later rows may show follow-up or resolution.

  18. Recorded transfer$190K transfer

    2008

  19. Recorded transfer$155K transfer

    2007

Where this comes from

Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 25, 2026, 11:57 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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