2026 assessment
$158K
OPA value, not a listing price
House report
372 Mechanic St
4 bd2 ba3 stories1,225 sqftRSA5built 1900
Property at a glanceHouse
Entity-held
ZIP 19144 area
Germantown
300 block of Mechanic St
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.
- OPA assessment · 2016$77K assessed valueOPA’s value on the City tax roll for that year. It is not an appraisal, listing price, sale price, or live tax balance.How Philadelphia property assessments work ↗
- OPA assessment · 2017$77K assessed valueOPA’s value on the City tax roll for that year. It is not an appraisal, listing price, sale price, or live tax balance.How Philadelphia property assessments work ↗
- OPA assessment · 2018$77K assessed valueOPA’s value on the City tax roll for that year. It is not an appraisal, listing price, sale price, or live tax balance.How Philadelphia property assessments work ↗
- OPA assessment · 2019$80K assessed valueOPA’s value on the City tax roll for that year. It is not an appraisal, listing price, sale price, or live tax balance.How Philadelphia property assessments work ↗
- OPA assessment · 2020$77K assessed valueOPA’s value on the City tax roll for that year. It is not an appraisal, listing price, sale price, or live tax balance.How Philadelphia property assessments work ↗
- OPA assessment · 2021$77K assessed valueOPA’s value on the City tax roll for that year. It is not an appraisal, listing price, sale price, or live tax balance.How Philadelphia property assessments work ↗
- OPA assessment · 2022$77K assessed valueOPA’s value on the City tax roll for that year. It is not an appraisal, listing price, sale price, or live tax balance.How Philadelphia property assessments work ↗
- OPA assessment · 2023$116K assessed valueOPA’s value on the City tax roll for that year. It is not an appraisal, listing price, sale price, or live tax balance.How Philadelphia property assessments work ↗
- OPA assessment · 2024$116K assessed valueOPA’s value on the City tax roll for that year. It is not an appraisal, listing price, sale price, or live tax balance.How Philadelphia property assessments work ↗
- OPA assessment · 2025$158K assessed valueOPA’s value on the City tax roll for that year. It is not an appraisal, listing price, sale price, or live tax balance.How Philadelphia property assessments work ↗
- OPA assessment · 2026$158K assessed valueOPA’s value on the City tax roll for that year. It is not an appraisal, listing price, sale price, or live tax balance.How Philadelphia property assessments work ↗
- OPA assessment · 2027$160K assessed valueOPA’s value on the City tax roll for that year. It is not an appraisal, listing price, sale price, or live tax balance.How Philadelphia property assessments work ↗
- License · 2014-08-05SPEAKS OLYMPIA HINES KENT SPEAKS HINES BEVERLY: Rental landlord or residential registration initially issuedA City license record tied to an activity or property use. Its issue, expiration, inactive, and status fields—not the category alone—show what was recorded for this date.Philadelphia L&I licenses and property records ↗
- License · 2015-04-29SPEAKS OLYMPIA HINES KENT SPEAKS HINES BEVERLY: Rental landlord or residential registration marked inactiveA City license record tied to an activity or property use. Its issue, expiration, inactive, and status fields—not the category alone—show what was recorded for this date.Philadelphia L&I licenses and property records ↗
- License · 2009-08-17CARSWELL ESSIE M: Rental landlord or residential registration initially issuedA City license record tied to an activity or property use. Its issue, expiration, inactive, and status fields—not the category alone—show what was recorded for this date.Philadelphia L&I licenses and property records ↗
- License · 2012-12-22CARSWELL ESSIE M: Rental landlord or residential registration marked inactiveA City license record tied to an activity or property use. Its issue, expiration, inactive, and status fields—not the category alone—show what was recorded for this date.Philadelphia L&I licenses and property records ↗
Property assessmentBlock median & rangeZIP 19144 (Germantown) medianAssessmentLicense
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Every dated record4 events · exact dates, newest first
- LicenseSPEAKS OLYMPIA HINES KENT SPEAKS HINES BEVERLY: Rental landlord or residential registration marked inactive
- LicenseSPEAKS OLYMPIA HINES KENT SPEAKS HINES BEVERLY: Rental landlord or residential registration initially issued
- LicenseCARSWELL ESSIE M: Rental landlord or residential registration marked inactive
- LicenseCARSWELL ESSIE M: Rental landlord or residential registration initially issued
Flags: historical tax ledger through 2016 recorded $3K with a lien entry. Informational only. Not investment advice or a consumer report (FCRA).
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Property tax
$2,212/year estimated property tax
2026 taxable assessment $158,000 × 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 $159,800. It is not the 2026 billed-year value.
Payments, credits, interest, and the current amount due are maintained by the City.
OPA 5920213002026 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 $2,698.83 and a lien entry. It is shown as historical context only.
2008$30.97 total · $0.00 principal · $0.00 interest · $6.59 penalty2009$34.50 total · $0.00 principal · $0.00 interest · $9.30 penalty2010$62.26 total · $0.00 principal · $0.00 interest · $32.78 penalty2011$137.43 total · $0.00 principal · $60.43 interest · $36.03 penalty2013$191.86 total · $0.00 principal · $103.82 interest · $38.76 penalty2014$449.53 total · $0.00 principal · $186.69 interest · $107.55 penalty2015$360.62 total · $0.00 principal · $111.96 interest · $106.95 penalty2016$1,431.66 total · $1,233.09 principal · $18.50 interest · $12.33 penalty
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
4
Bathrooms
2
Stories
3
Interior
1,225 sqft
livable area
Lot
1,168 sqft
Basement
Full
city code D
Heat
Hot water / radiators
city code B
Central air
No
Exterior condition
Average
city code 4
Above averageBelow average
Interior condition
Average
city code 4
Above averageBelow average
Quality grade
C
assessor's grade
ABCDE
Zoning
RSA5
city zoning code
OPA field-assessment attributes. Condition and grade are the assessor's codes, not an inspection.
Recorded owner
Who's behind it
Germantown Property Devel · corporate / LLC owner
• Owns 2 properties across Philadelphia under this name, assessed at $351K combined
• Tax bills mail to 61 E Penn St, Philadelphia PA, 19144
Block context
300 block of Mechanic St. Compare parcels, ownership, and public-record history.
See the whole block →Next door: 370 Mechanic St · 374 Mechanic St
L&I license dates · data through Jul 23, 2026
Business licenses at this address Latest pull
What L&I has registered at this OPA parcel, newest initial license date first.
No L&I business license is on record at this address in data through Jul 23, 2026.
Landlord and residential filings
These are property registrations or landlord filings, not businesses operating at this address.
SPEAKS OLYMPIA HINES KENT SPEAKS HINES BEVERLYInactive
Rental · Initial issue date Aug 5, 2014 · Terminal license date Apr 29, 2015
CARSWELL ESSIE MInactive
Rental · Initial issue date Aug 17, 2009 · Terminal license date Dec 22, 2012
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 4 dated rows
- License terminal eventSPEAKS OLYMPIA HINES KENT SPEAKS HINES BEVERLY: Rental landlord or residential registration marked inactive
License 637487 · Inactive
License event. Registration does not prove present operation or storefront occupancy.
- License issue eventSPEAKS OLYMPIA HINES KENT SPEAKS HINES BEVERLY: Rental landlord or residential registration initially issued
License 637487 · Inactive
License event. Registration does not prove present operation or storefront occupancy.
- License terminal eventCARSWELL ESSIE M: Rental landlord or residential registration marked inactive
License 481147 · Inactive
License event. Registration does not prove present operation or storefront occupancy.
- License issue eventCARSWELL ESSIE M: Rental landlord or residential registration initially issued
License 481147 · Inactive
License event. Registration does not prove present operation or storefront occupancy.
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
- Neighborhood income & rents: US Census ACS 5-year estimates
- Historical mortgage rates: Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey, annual averages
- Imagery: Street photo © Google · Aerial © Esri, Maxar
Methodology & freshness
This report was assembled Jul 23, 2026, 8:32 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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