House report

2550 S 72nd St

3 bd1 ba2 stories1,024 sqftRM1built 1925

Property at a glanceHouse

Owner-occupancy signal

2026 assessment

$186K OPA value, not a listing price

ZIP 19142 area

Elmwood · Southwest Philadelphia 2500 block of S 72nd St

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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.

Property assessmentBlock median & rangeZIP 19142 (Elmwood · Southwest Philadelphia) medianAssessmentDeed / saleL&I violationPermitInspection

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Every dated record29 events · exact dates, newest first

2021-10-14PermitAlterations
2021-08-17PermitAlterations
2021Deed / saleDeed / sale $174K
2020-06-22InspectionL&I investigation
2020-05-29InspectionL&I investigation
2020-04-29InspectionL&I investigation
2020-03-05InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
2020-01-23InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
2020-01-10InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
2019-12-17L&I violationVACANT STRUCTURE LICENSE
2019-12-16InspectionPRECOURT (likely: pre-court compliance inspection)
2019-12-16InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
2019-11-30L&I violationEXTERIOR STRUCT UNSAFE COND 8
2019-11-27InspectionPRECOURT (likely: pre-court compliance inspection)
2019-11-27InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
2019-08-12InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
2019-07-09InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
2019-07-03InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
2019-05-30InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
2019-04-24L&I violationVACANT STRUCTURE LICENSE
2019-04-23L&I violationEXTERIOR STRUCT UNSAFE COND 8
2019-04-23InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
2019-04-23InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
2019-02-08InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
2019Deed / saleDeed / sale $55K
2018-12-13InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
2018-10-11L&I violationEXTERIOR AREA WEEDS
2018-10-11InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
1999Deed / saleDeed / sale $55K

Flags: historical tax ledger through 2016 recorded $704 with a lien entry. Informational only. Not investment advice or a consumer report (FCRA).

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Property tax

$2,599/year estimated property tax

2026 taxable assessment $185,700 × 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 $230,400. 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 404007900

Open Philadelphia Tax Center →Use “View period balance” to inspect each tax year.

Exemption classificationNo exemption shown

2026 taxable assessment equals the full assessed value.

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 $704.06 and a lien entry. It is shown as historical context only.

2016$704.06 total · $563.42 principal · $8.46 interest · $5.63 penalty

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

Bathrooms

Stories

Interior

1,024 sqft livable area

Lot

1,120 sqft

Basement

Full, unfinished city code C

Heat

Forced hot air city code A

Central air

Yes

Exterior condition

New / rehabbed city code 2

New / rehabbed

Interior condition

New / rehabbed city code 2

New / rehabbed

Quality grade

C assessor's grade

ABCDE

Zoning

RM1 city zoning code

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

Block context

2500 block of S 72nd St. Compare parcels, ownership, and public-record history.

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Next door: 2548 S 72nd St · 2552 S 72nd St

L&I licenses checked through Jul 23, 2026

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 29 dated rows

Oct 14, 2021
PermitAlterations
Permit PP-2021-018092 · Completed
REPAIR/REPLACE 3/4" water service
Aug 17, 2021
PermitAlterations
Permit PP-2021-014906 · Completed
Installation of curb trap
Jan 1, 2021
Recorded transfer$174K transfer
2021
Jun 22, 2020
InvestigationL&I investigation
Case 719205 · PASSED
The cited inspection visit was marked passed.
May 29, 2020
InvestigationL&I investigation
Case 717581 · PASSED
The cited inspection visit was marked passed.
Apr 29, 2020
InvestigationL&I investigation
Case 717581 · FAILED
The cited inspection visit was marked failed; later rows may show follow-up or resolution.
Mar 5, 2020
InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
Case 719205 · 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.
Jan 23, 2020
InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
Case 719205 · 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.
Jan 10, 2020
InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
Case 717581 · 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.
Dec 17, 2019
ViolationVACANT STRUCTURE LICENSE
Case 719205 · Violation 211981019 · Code 9-3905 · COMPLIED
Resolution: COMPLIED - OWNER REPAIR City marked this violation complied with; check the resolution date and live case for what was accepted.
Dec 16, 2019
InvestigationPRECOURT (likely: pre-court compliance inspection)
Case 681110 · PASSED
A follow-up before or during enforcement escalation; confirm the case sequence in the City file. The cited inspection visit was marked passed.
Dec 16, 2019
InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
Case 719205 · 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.
Nov 30, 2019
ViolationEXTERIOR STRUCT UNSAFE COND 8
Case 717581 · Violation 211980120 · Code PM15-304.1H · COMPLIED
Resolution: COMPLIED - OWNER REPAIR City marked this violation complied with; check the resolution date and live case for what was accepted.
Nov 27, 2019
InvestigationPRECOURT (likely: pre-court compliance inspection)
Case 681103 · PASSED
A follow-up before or during enforcement escalation; confirm the case sequence in the City file. The cited inspection visit was marked passed.
Nov 27, 2019
InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
Case 717581 · 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.
Aug 12, 2019
InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
Case 681103 · 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.
Jul 9, 2019
InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
Case 681110 · 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.
Jul 3, 2019
InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
Case 681103 · 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.
May 30, 2019
InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
Case 681110 · 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.
Apr 24, 2019
ViolationVACANT STRUCTURE LICENSE
Case 681110 · Violation 5103242 · Code 9-3905 · COMPLIED
City marked this violation complied with; check the resolution date and live case for what was accepted.
Apr 23, 2019
ViolationEXTERIOR STRUCT UNSAFE COND 8
Case 681103 · Violation 5144271 · Code PM15-304.1H · COMPLIED
City marked this violation complied with; check the resolution date and live case for what was accepted.
Apr 23, 2019
InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
Case 681103 · 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.
Apr 23, 2019
InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
Case 681110 · 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.
Feb 8, 2019
InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
Case 658911 · 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.
Jan 1, 2019
Recorded transfer$55K transfer
2019
Dec 13, 2018
InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
Case 658911 · 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.
Oct 11, 2018
ViolationEXTERIOR AREA WEEDS
Case 658911 · Violation 4900036 · Code PM15-302.4 · COMPLIED
City marked this violation complied with; check the resolution date and live case for what was accepted.
Oct 11, 2018
InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
Case 658911 · 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.
Jan 1, 1999
Recorded transfer$55K transfer
1999

Where this comes from

Assessment, spec sheet & owner: OPA Property Assessments, Office of Property Assessment
Sales & deed history: Realty Transfer Tax records, Recorder of Deeds
Permits, violations & inspections: L&I Property History · Atlas
Tax delinquency snapshot · June 2022: Real Estate Tax Delinquencies, Dept. of Revenue
Historical tax ledger & liens · through 2016: Real Estate Tax Balances, Dept. of Revenue
Current property-tax balance: Verify with Philadelphia Revenue
Zoning appeals: L&I & Zoning Board appeals

Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 24, 2026, 9:43 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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About this data & fine print

Answers are generated by an AI agent querying available City of Philadelphia open data at the moment you ask: OPA property assessments, Recorder of Deeds transfer records, L&I permits, violations & licenses, dated Dept. of Revenue tax records, Zoning Board appeals, Police incident reports, Philly311 requests, and School District of Philadelphia catchment and school data. When you explicitly request a web check, or ask about a current listing or recent news, the agent can also run a cited public-web search; those claims are labeled separately from City records.

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Property-level tax data is historical: the delinquency snapshot is dated June 2022 and the separate detailed ledger ends in 2016. Neither shows what is owed today; verify a current balance with Philadelphia Revenue.

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