The Block Report

House report

252 Apsley St

3 stories2,168 sqftRSA5built 1940

Property at a glanceHouse

Owner-occupancy signal

2026 assessment
$217K 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 19144 (Germantown) median$215K2015201720192021202320252027
Property assessmentBlock median & rangeZIP 19144 (Germantown) medianAssessmentPermit

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.

Every dated record2 events · exact dates, newest first
  1. PermitAlteration
  2. PermitPlumbing

Flags: material assessment exemption; legal basis and term unverified · historical tax ledger through 2016 recorded $274 with a lien entry · latest deed has shared-name parties; relationship unverified. Informational only. Not investment advice or a consumer report (FCRA).

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$672/year estimated property tax

2026 taxable assessment $48,000 × 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 $214,900. 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 133030700
Open Philadelphia Tax Center →Use “View period balance” to inspect each tax year.
Exemption classificationPartial assessment exemption, basis unverified

2026 OPA taxes $48,000 of $217,000 assessed. The assessment fields alone do not identify a program, approval date, expiration, or buyer eligibility.

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Historical delinquency sources Record found

This parcel did not match the June 2022 delinquency snapshot. That absence does not confirm the account is current today.

A separate historical parcel ledger ending in 2016 records $273.95 and a lien entry. It is shown as historical context only.

2015$273.95 total · $146.16 principal · $15.35 interest · $10.23 penalty

For a purchase, refinance, or closing, request the City’s official Property Payoff statement in Tax Center under “More options.”

The assessment exemption gap

OPA's 2026 roll shows a partial assessment exemption. The annual difference is measurable; the reason for it and what happens after a sale are not established here.

Using OPA's taxable amount ~$672/year

$48,000 taxable basis

Difference to verify+$2,366/year
If the full assessment were taxable ~$3,038/year

$217,000 scenario basis

The assessment roll does not identify
  • Legal basis or program
  • Approval or expiration date
  • Treatment after a sale
  • Current Tax Center balance
Show the assessment math 2026: ($217,000 assessed − $169,000 exempt) × 1.3998% ≈ $672/year Full-assessment scenario: $217,000 × 1.3998% ≈ $3,038/year

Do not treat the full-assessment scenario as inevitable or assume the current relief transfers. Obtain the approval history and verify the live Tax Center account before relying on either number.

The property, on paper

OPA physical field record.

Stories
3
Interior
2,168 sqft livable area
Lot
1,392 sqft
Exterior condition
Average city code 4
Interior condition
Average city code 4
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 Apsley St. Compare parcels, ownership, and public-record history.

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Next door: 250 Apsley St  ·  254 Apsley 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 2 dated rows
  1. PermitAlteration

    Permit 951030 · COMPLETED

    ROOF TEAR OFF BROWN BOARD BASE SHEET WHITE GRANULATED RUBBER

  2. PermitPlumbing

    Permit 842947 · COMPLETED

    INSTALL NEW 3/4 COPPER PIPE FROM CURB STOP INTO PROPERTY CONNECTING TO EXISTING METER (SFD)PA2018570424"SELF-CERTIFICATION'S ARE NO LONGER PERMITTED" - "ALL EXCAVATIONS AND PLUMBING TRENCHES IN EXCESS OF 5 FEET IN DEPTH MUST HAVE APPROVED SHORING IN PLACE AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION"

Where this comes from
Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 23, 2026, 7:38 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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