House report

406 S Van Pelt St

2 bd2 ba2,198 sqftRSA5built 1850

Property at a glanceHouse

Owner-occupancy signal

2026 assessment
$1.0M 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$1.0M$2.0MZIP 19146 (Graduate Hospital · Point Breeze) median$1.0M2010201320162019202220252027
Property assessmentBlock median & rangeZIP 19146 (Graduate Hospital · Point Breeze) medianAssessmentDeed / salePermitLicense

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Every dated record5 events · exact dates, newest first
  1. PermitAddition and/or Alteration
  2. LicenseJOHN J PORTLAND: Rental landlord or residential registration marked inactive
  3. Deed / saleDeed / sale $1.0M
  4. LicenseJOHN J PORTLAND: Rental landlord or residential registration initially issued
  5. Deed / saleDeed / sale $440K

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$12,598/year estimated property tax

2026 taxable assessment $900,000 × 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 $1,028,000. 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 081186700
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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.”

The property, on paper

OPA physical field record.

Bedrooms
2
Bathrooms
2
Interior
2,198 sqft livable area
Lot
950 sqft
Basement
Full, finished city code 1
Heat
Forced hot air city code A
Central air
Yes
Exterior condition
Average city code 4
Interior condition
Average city code 4
Quality grade
B- 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

400 block of S Van Pelt St. Compare parcels, ownership, and public-record history.

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Next door: 408 S Van Pelt St  ·  410 S Van Pelt 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 27, 2026.

Landlord and residential filings

These are property registrations or landlord filings, not businesses operating at this address.

JOHN J PORTLANDInactive

Rental · Initial issue date Oct 13, 2010 · Terminal license date Apr 29, 2024

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.

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  1. PermitAddition and/or Alteration

    Permit RP-2026-007487 · Issued

    - For alterations to an Existing One Family Dwelling as per attached standard. Deviations from this standard will result in permit revocation and require submission of construction plans. Separate permits are required for plumbing and electrical work and the installation of heating/cooling appliances. STRUCTURAL ALTERATION OR REPAIR IS EXPRESSLY PROHIBITED UNDER THIS PERMIT. PROHIBITED STRUCTURAL WORK INCLUDES ANY MODIFICATION TO EXTERIOR WALLS, PARTY WALLS, FLOOR/ROOF FRAMING OR FOUNDATIONS; INCLUDING UNDERPINNING, EXCAVATION, AND REMOVAL OF FOUNDATION SLAB. ***NO WORK MAY BE PERFORMED IN THE BASEMENT OR CELLAR.*** Separate permits required for Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing work No exterior work permitted as per Historical society

  2. License terminal eventJOHN J PORTLAND: Rental landlord or residential registration marked inactive

    License 516856 · Inactive

    License event. Registration does not prove present operation or storefront occupancy.

  3. Recorded transfer$1.0M transfer

    2023

  4. License issue eventJOHN J PORTLAND: Rental landlord or residential registration initially issued

    License 516856 · Inactive

    License event. Registration does not prove present operation or storefront occupancy.

  5. Recorded transfer$440K transfer

    2010

Where this comes from

Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 28, 2026, 4:54 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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