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2851 Germantown Ave

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Property at a glanceVacant lot

2849 Germantown Ave LLC

2026 assessment
$66K OPA value, not a listing price
2027 published assessment
$148K Future roll, not the current tax bill
Neighborhood area
Fairhill · West Kensington Approximate · based on ZIP 19133
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Assessment and City record timeline

The line tracks this property’s published City assessment. Markers show deeds, permits, inspections, licenses, violations, certifications, and appeals on their recorded dates. Select one to read the filing.

Assessments are tax-roll values, not sale prices or appraisals. OPA has published a 2027 assessment of $148,200. It is not yet the billed-year tax basis.

$0$100K$200K$148K2011201420172020202320262027
Property assessmentAssessmentDeed / saleTeardownL&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 record16 events · exact dates, newest first
  1. Deed / saleDeed / sale $225K
  2. Deed / saleDeed / sale $225K
  3. PermitNew construction, addition, GFA change
  4. Deed / saleDeed / sale $33K
  5. AppealRB_LIRB
  6. InspectionCSUFINAL
  7. InspectionCSUSTUBAR
  8. InspectionCSUTESTPIT
  9. InspectionCSUINITIAL
  10. InspectionCSUCURBINT
  11. InspectionCSUINITIAL
  12. L&I violationWALL PARTIALLY COLLAPSED
  13. L&I violationROOF PARTIALLY COLLAPSED
  14. L&I violationFLOOR/CEILING PARTIALLY COLL
  15. InspectionCSUINITIAL
  16. TeardownDemolished

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$922/year estimated property tax

2026 taxable assessment $65,900 × 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 $148,200. 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 885445780
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Exemption classificationNo exemption shown

2026 taxable assessment equals the full assessed value.

Historical delinquency sources Record found

$4,485.59 was recorded for this parcel in Philadelphia's June 2022 delinquency snapshot for 2019–2021. That amount may have been paid, reduced, or increased since; it is not a current payoff figure.

$2,916.99 principal$415.68 interest$194.33 penalty$958.59 other charges
3years recorded 2019–2021tax periods 2020-07-21last payment in snapshot Yesactionable flag Nopayment agreement Nobankruptcy flag Noassessment appeal

The snapshot’s 2022 context used $61,200 total assessment, $61,200 taxable, and $0 exempt/abated. Those historical fields can differ from today’s OPA exemption status.

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

Land report

Vacant land

Vacant land. Deeds, ownership, zoning, and the public-source record follow.

$4K · Jun 2022 delinquency snapshot

What it is
Vacant lot Vacant Land Commer < Acre
Owner
2849 Germantown Ave LLC
Corridor
Germantown and Lehigh city commercial corridor
Lot size
2,353 sqft
Zoning
CMX2

Block context

2800 block of Germantown Ave. Compare parcels, ownership, and public-record history.

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Next door: 2849 Germantown Ave  ·  2853-61 Germantown 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 13 dated rows
  1. Recorded transfer$225K transfer

    2024

  2. PermitNew construction, addition, GFA change

    Permit ZP-2023-000616 · Issued

    FOR THE ERECTION OF AN ATTACHED STRUCTURE WITH TWO (2) ROOF DECKS AND TWO (2) ROOF DECK ACCESS STRUCTURES. SIZE AND LOCATION AS SHOWN IN APPLICATION/PLANS.

  3. Recorded transfer$33K transfer

    2022

  4. AppealRB_LIRB

    Appeal 15629 · OPEN · City affirmed

    Related permit 283919 · THE BUILDING IS EMPTY. WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF RAISING FUNDS TO REPAIR THE ROOF.

  5. InvestigationCSUFINAL

    Case 283919 · PASSED

    The cited inspection visit was marked passed.

  6. InvestigationCSUTESTPIT

    Case 283919 · PASSED

    The cited inspection visit was marked passed.

  7. InvestigationCSUINITIAL

    Case 283919 · CLOSED

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

  8. InvestigationCSUCURBINT

    Case 283919 · PASSED

    The cited inspection visit was marked passed.

  9. InvestigationCSUINITIAL

    Case 283919 · FAILED

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

  10. ViolationWALL PARTIALLY COLLAPSED

    Case 283919 · Violation 2304013 · Code PM-307.1/12 · DEMOLISH

  11. ViolationROOF PARTIALLY COLLAPSED

    Case 283919 · Violation 2304011 · Code PM-307.1/3 · DEMOLISH

  12. ViolationFLOOR/CEILING PARTIALLY COLL

    Case 283919 · Violation 2304012 · Code PM-307.1/6 · DEMOLISH

  13. InvestigationCSUINITIAL

    Case 283919 · FAILED

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

Where this comes from

Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 26, 2026, 11:37 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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