Property report

4951-55 Fairmount Ave

10,561 sqftRSA5built 1971

Property at a glanceApartment building

Philadelphia Housing Auth

2026 assessment
$341K OPA value, not a listing price
2027 published assessment
$588K Future roll, not the current tax bill
Neighborhood area
Walnut Hill · Haddington Approximate · based on ZIP 19139
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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 $588,200. It is not yet the billed-year tax basis.

$0$500K$1.0M$588K2009201220152018202120242027
Property assessmentAssessmentL&I violationPermitInspection

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 record9 events · exact dates, newest first
  1. PermitAlterations
  2. InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
  3. L&I violationVACANT AND OPEN
  4. L&I violationEXTERIOR AREA SANITATION
  5. L&I violationEXTERIOR AREA WEEDS
  6. InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
  7. InspectionCSUINITIAL
  8. L&I violationWALL BULGED
  9. InspectionCSUINITIAL

Verify the public record

$0/year estimated property tax

2026 taxable assessment $0 × 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 $588,200. 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 886910400
Open Philadelphia Tax Center →Use “View period balance” to inspect each tax year.
Exemption classificationFull assessment exemption shown

2026 OPA shows a zero or de minimis taxable assessment. The open assessment split does not establish the exemption's legal basis, continuing eligibility, or treatment after a transfer.

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.”

Property report

Not a house

Apartment building. OPA shows a full or near-full assessment exemption whose basis must be verified. A $0 assessment-based estimate does not prove the live Tax Center account has no prior-period balance or other charges.

What it is
Apartment building Apts 5-50 Units Masonry
Owner
Philadelphia Housing Auth Public / institutional
$ / sq ft
$56 below the $147 median for 2,826 apartments parcels citywide
Interior area
10,561 sqft
Lot size
13,500 sqft
Built
1971
Zoning
RSA5

Recorded owner

Who's behind it

Philadelphia Housing Auth · corporate / LLC owner

• Owns 4776 properties across Philadelphia under this name, assessed at $1.4B combined
• Tax bills mail to 2013 Ridge Ave, Philadelphia PA, 19121

Block context

4900 block of Fairmount Ave. Compare parcels, ownership, and public-record history.

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Next door: 4945 Fairmount Ave  ·  4943 Fairmount Ave

No business or residential license records

No business license or residential registration matched this OPA parcel in the latest City data.

Verify with the City ↗
Open every source row 9 dated rows
  1. PermitAlterations

    Permit PP-2023-016183 · Expired

    Replacing Trap and main sewer line from foundation to trap FAI AS PER NEC 2017

  2. InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

    Case 576205 · 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.

  3. ViolationVACANT AND OPEN

    Case 576205 · Violation 4254042 · Code PM15-108.2 · CLOSEDCASE

    City marked the case closed; that does not mean the original condition never existed.

  4. ViolationEXTERIOR AREA SANITATION

    Case 576205 · Violation 4254043 · Code PM15-302.1 · CLOSEDCASE

    City marked the case closed; that does not mean the original condition never existed.

  5. ViolationEXTERIOR AREA WEEDS

    Case 576205 · Violation 4254044 · Code PM15-302.4 · CLOSEDCASE

    City marked the case closed; that does not mean the original condition never existed.

  6. InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

    Case 576205 · 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.

  7. InvestigationCSUINITIAL

    Case 197608 · PASSED

    The cited inspection visit was marked passed.

  8. ViolationWALL BULGED

    Case 197608 · Violation 1315085 · Code PM-307.1/8 · CLOSEDCASE

    City marked the case closed; that does not mean the original condition never existed.

  9. InvestigationCSUINITIAL

    Case 197608 · 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 30, 2026, 1:37 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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