House report

223 Sumac St

5 bd2 ba3 stories2,413 sqftRSA5built 1900

Property at a glanceHouse

Owner-occupancy signal

2026 assessment
$495K 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 19128 (Roxborough) median$539K2001200620112016202120262027
Property assessmentBlock median & rangeZIP 19128 (Roxborough) medianAssessmentDeed / salePermit

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Every dated record6 events · exact dates, newest first
  1. PermitPlumbing
  2. PermitElectrical
  3. PermitMajor alteration
  4. Deed / saleDeed / sale $334K
  5. Deed / saleDeed / sale $210K
  6. Deed / saleDeed / sale $210K

Flags: latest deed has shared-name parties; relationship unverified. Informational only. Not investment advice or a consumer report (FCRA).

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$5,525/year estimated property tax

2026 taxable assessment $394,700 × 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 $538,700. 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 213026300
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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.”

Where the record looks off

Conflicts in City paperwork. Flags on the data, not the property.

"Built 1900" is usually a placeholder

Philadelphia records use 1900 as a stand-in when the real construction year was never documented. Treat the age as unknown, not as 120+ years.

The property, on paper

OPA physical field record.

Bedrooms
5
Bathrooms
2
Stories
3
Interior
2,413 sqft livable area
Lot
3,152 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
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

200 block of Sumac St. Compare parcels, ownership, and public-record history.

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Next door: 223 1/2 Sumac St  ·  221 Sumac 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 23, 2026.

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 5 dated rows
  1. PermitPlumbing

    Permit 202789 · COMPLETED

    NEW 3" STACK FROM BASEMENT. RE-ROUGH FULL BATHROOM AND SET NEW FIXTURES: TOILET, TUB AND LAVATORY

  2. PermitElectrical

    Permit 201483 · COMPLETED

    INSTALLATION OF: 2 GFI RECEPTACLES, 6 LIGHTS, 4 SWITCHES, 5 SMOKE DETECTORS, 2 GENERAL PURPOSE RECEPTACLE, 1 EXHAUST FAN, 1 ARC FAULT CB, AS PER 2005 NEC (NORTH DIST)

  3. PermitMajor alteration

    Permit 200651 · COMPLETED

    APPLICANT AGREES TO LIMIT THE CONSTRUCTION TO COMPLY WITH THE EZ PERMIT STANDARD FOR ALTERATIONS (ATTACHED) DATE FEBRUARY 2007. DEVIATION FROM THIS "STANDARD" WILL RESULT IN REVOCATION OF THIS PERMIT AND IMPOSITION OF FURTHER PENALTIES. WORK TO INCLUDE THE REMOVAL OF WALL COVERINGS AND THE INSTALLATION OF MOISTURE RESISTANT GYPSUM WALLBOARD AND BACKER BOARD (HARDIE) WHERE TILE WILL BE INSTALLED. ADDITIONAL PERMITS ARE REQUIRED FOR PLUMBING AND ELECTRICAL WORK. THESE PERMITS MUST BE OBTAINED BY A CONTRACTOR LICENSED IN THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA. NO CHANGE IN BUILDING HEIGHT OR AREA IS PERMITTED UNDER THIS PERMIT.

  4. Recorded transfer$334K transfer

    2008

  5. Recorded transfer$210K transfer

    2001

Where this comes from

Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 23, 2026, 11:10 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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