{"asOf":"2026-07-29T03:11:33.970Z","block":"1300-1399 S 53RD ST","blockUrl":"https://philadelphia.blockreport.homes/block/1300-1399-s-53rd-st","address":"1322 S 53RD ST","parcelNumber":"511000003","source":"https://property.phila.gov/?p=511000003","ownerType":"vacant","kind":"vacant land","isHouse":false,"home":false,"commercial":false,"residential":false,"taxExempt":false,"institutional":false,"buildingCode":"SR","buildingCodeNew":null,"buildingClass":"VACANT LAND RESIDE < ACRE","buildingClassNew":null,"useLabel":"Vacant lot","owner":"CITY BLOCK ACQUISITION X LLC","coOwner":null,"marketValue":97300,"landAssessment":97300,"improvementAssessment":0,"livableArea":null,"yearBuilt":null,"lastSale":{"price":1,"date":"2020-02-05T05:00:00Z"},"openViolations":0,"violations":[],"violationCases":[],"investigations":[],"taxOwed":0,"taxSnapshot":{"available":true,"asOf":"2022-06","matched":false},"taxDelinquencySnapshotAsOf":"2022-06","taxDelinquencySnapshotAvailable":true,"lat":39.94103235267391,"lng":-75.22241182797286,"geom":null,"liDistrict":"SOUTH","certifications":[],"cityRecordAvailability":{"violations":true,"investigations":true,"appeals":true,"certifications":true,"permits":true,"licenses":true},"zip":"19143","beds":null,"baths":null,"stories":null,"lotArea":2533,"zoning":"RSA5","grade":null,"basement":null,"heater":null,"centralAir":null,"extCond":null,"intCond":null,"garage":null,"homestead":false,"mail":"1602 FRANKFORD AVE #3757, PHILADELPHIA PA, 19125","mailOut":false,"appeals":[{"type":"ZBA Permit Denial - Variance","grounds":"PERMIT FOR THE ERECTION OF FOUR (4) ATTACHED STRUCTURES, EACH FOR USE AS A MULTI FAMILY HOUSEHOLD LIVING. SIX (6)\nDWELLING UNITS. TOTAL OF TWENTY FOUR (24) UNITS.","status":"Closed","outcome":"Withdrawn","date":"2025-07-28","number":"HA-2020-002909","relatedPermit":"1053418"}],"taxYears":[],"taxNet":0,"taxLien":false,"taxLedgerThrough":2016,"taxLedgerAvailable":true,"timesSold":0,"abated":false,"assessmentExemption":false,"exemptionBasisVerified":false,"valueSeries":[{"y":2026,"v":43900,"taxable":43900,"land":43900,"improvement":0,"taxableLand":43900,"taxableImprovement":0,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0},{"y":2027,"v":97300,"taxable":97300,"land":97300,"improvement":0,"taxableLand":97300,"taxableImprovement":0,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0}],"taxNow":615,"familyHeld":false,"lastTransferNominal":true,"permits":[{"number":"ZP-2026-001073","date":"2026-06-29","work":"Combined Lot Line Relocation and New Dev…","type":"Zoning","description":"Zoning Permit","status":"Issued","completedDate":null,"scope":"FOR THE RELOCATION OF LOT LINES TO CREATE SIX (6) LOTS (PARCEL A (1,817.6 SQ. FT.), PARCEL B (1,667.7 SQ. FT.), PARCEL C (1,667.7 SQ. FT.), PARCEL D (1,667.7 SQ. FT.), PARCEL E (1,667.7 SQ. FT.), AND PARCEL F (1,667.7 SQ. FT.) FROM FOUR (4) ZONING LOTS (PREMISES G, PREMISES H, PREMISES I, AND PREMISES J). SIZE AND LOCATION SHOWN ON THE PLAN."}],"storyTag":"Improved","storyDelta":null,"timeline":[{"y":2025,"k":"appeal","w":"Appeal withdrawn"},{"y":2026,"k":"permit","w":"Combined Lot Line Relocation and New Dev…"}],"rented":false,"licenses":[],"licenseActivity":[],"businessLicenseSourceDate":"2026-07-28","signals":[{"kind":"transition-activity","level":"watch","title":"Recent transition activity","summary":"The property has an unusually active paper trail worth monitoring for the next permit, inspection, deed, or listing.","evidence":["1 permit event since 2023","1 zoning/board appeal since 2023"],"caveat":"Record activity alone does not establish that a sale or redevelopment is planned."}],"legalChecks":[{"id":"use-occupancy","level":"attention","title":"Zoning approval is not the occupancy file","finding":"Appeal #HA-2020-002909: Closed · Withdrawn; related permit 1053418.","why":"Philadelphia says a zoning approval or Property Sales Certification can identify a use without proving that it was established under the Building Code. A change of use, unit count, exits, or fire rating can require a Building Permit and Certificate of Occupancy.","action":"Verify the lawful use, unit count, associated construction permits, and Certificate of Occupancy with L&I.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/services/permits-violations-licenses/get-a-certificate/get-a-certificate-of-occupancy/"},{"id":"deed-chain","level":"verify","title":"The latest nominal transfer is not a market sale—or a title opinion","finding":"The latest deed in the assembled record moved for nominal consideration.","why":"A $1 or nominal deed can be a valid family, estate, or entity transfer. It does not establish a sale price, clear title, or by itself prove a tangled title.","action":"Read the recorded deed and have the title search confirm every grantor, grantee, estate/probate step, lien, and authority to sell.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/services/property-lots-housing/get-a-copy-of-a-deed-or-other-recorded-document/"}],"closingChecks":[{"title":"Property Sales Certification","body":"The seller must obtain Philadelphia’s certificate showing the base zoning, last use in the zoning record, and open violations. The City warns that it does not prove Building Code occupancy or show zoning overlays.","action":"Obtain the fresh certificate and compare it with the CO, permits, and Atlas overlays.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/services/permits-violations-licenses/get-a-certificate/get-a-property-sales-certification/"},{"title":"Date-effective City Property Payoff","body":"The Tax Center Property Payoff covers Real Estate Tax, Commercial Trash, and L&I abatement-work invoices. Philadelphia says it does not include business-tax debts or liens, water and sewer charges, or fines for code violations.","action":"Request the City statement effective through settlement; read every period and invoice.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/guides/philadelphia-tax-center/what-to-do/"},{"title":"Professional title and water-lien searches","body":"OPA ownership, deed summaries, and a zero tax balance are not clear title. Mortgages, judgments, municipal claims, water liens, easements, heirs, and other encumbrances require separate searches.","action":"Use a Pennsylvania lawyer/title company and obtain owner’s title insurance; order the separate water search/payoff.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/2026-04-07-why-title-insurance-is-your-best-friend-when-buying-a-home-in-philadelphia/","secondaryUrl":"https://www.phila.gov/services/water-gas-utilities/pay-or-dispute-a-water-bill/resolve-water-liens-judgments/"}]}