House report

5115 Cedar Ave

3 bd · 2 ba · 2 stories · 1,260 sqft · RSA5 · built 1920

Property at a glanceHouse

Owner-occupancy signal

2026 assessment
$541K OPA value, not a listing price
2027 published assessment
$319K Future roll, not the current tax bill
Neighborhood area
Cedar Park · Kingsessing Approximate · based on ZIP 19143
Street view of 5115 Cedar Ave
From the street · imagery © Google

Assessment and dated record history

Every fetched annual City assessment for this house, compared with its block and ZIP. The chart preserves property assessment, block median and range, ZIP median, and each dated assessment, deed, L&I, permit, and inspection event.

Assessed value
$541,400 2026 billed-year assessment · 2027: $318,500 · built 1920
Price / sq ft
$253 block $182 · above block
Assessment change
+112% +7%/yr since 2016 · 2027 -41% vs 2026
Est. tax bill / yr
$4,062 0.75% effective, reduced taxable assessment
Jun 2022 tax snapshot
No match not proof the account is current
Times sold
3

Assessment vs. the block and ZIP · every dated City record marked on the line

$0$500K$1.0MZIP 19143 (Cedar Park · Kingsessing) median$319K2011201420172020202320262027
Property assessmentBlock median & rangeZIP 19143 (Cedar Park · Kingsessing) medianAssessmentDeed / salePermit

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Every dated record9 events · exact dates, newest first
  1. Deed / saleDeed / sale $460K
  2. PermitPlumbing
  3. PermitElectrical
  4. PermitMechanical
  5. PermitPlumbing
  6. PermitAlteration
  7. Deed / saleDeed / sale $162K
  8. Deed / saleDeed / sale $358K
  9. PermitPlumbing

The short read

$162K transfer in 2017; alteration permit in 2017; $460K transfer in 2021 (+185% between recorded amounts).

A selected summary of the main sequence. The chart above and source ledger below contain every fetched dated row.

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Deeds, permits, inspections, licenses, violations, certifications, and appeals.

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  1. Recorded transfer$460K transfer

    2021

  2. PermitPlumbing

    Permit 838869 · COMPLETED

    REPLACE CURB TRAP,FAI AND MAIN DRAIN-PA1#20173452983-"SELF-CERTIFICATION'S ARE NO LONGER PERMITTED" - "ALL EXCAVATIONS AND PLUMBING TRENCHES IN EXCESS OF 5 FEET IN DEPTH MUST HAVE APPROVED SHORING IN PLACE AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION"

  3. PermitElectrical

    Permit 813703 · COMPLETED

    NEW 200 AMP SERVICE AND REWIRE SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING

  4. PermitMechanical

    Permit 813066 · COMPLETED

    INSTALL (1) HVAC SYSTEM WITH DUCTWORK. (SFD)

  5. PermitPlumbing

    Permit 812652 · COMPLETED

    1-KITCHEN SINK, 1-DISPOSAL, 1-DISH WASHER, 3-TOILETS, 3-VANITY, 1-BATH TUB, 1-SHOWER & 1-WASHER THE INSTALLATION WILL COMPLY WITH THE PHILADELPHIA PLUMBING CODE 2004

  6. PermitAlteration

    Permit 804647 · COMPLETED

    EZ PERMIT STADARD ALTERATIONS- 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. EZ

  7. Recorded transfer$162K transfer

    2017

  8. Recorded transfer$358K transfer

    2017

  9. PermitPlumbing

    Permit 326141 · COMPLETED

    CURB TRAP ONLY

What this record suggests

The City file documents 6 permits touching kitchen work, bathroom work, electrical work, plumbing. 6 carries a completed, issued, or approved status; that documents the filing, not the present quality of the work.

Flags: material assessment exemption; legal basis and term unverified · 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 details and source records

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The estimate, live balance, and back-tax record are different.

BlockReport can calculate the annual tax from the City’s taxable assessment. Payments, credits, interest, and a current amount due live separately in Philadelphia Tax Center.

Estimated annual Real Estate Tax$4,062/year

2026 taxable assessment $290,190 × 1.3998%. This is an estimate, not a bill or account balance.

OPA also publishes a 2027 assessment of $318,500; it is not the 2026 billed-year value.

Official current account balanceCheck live

A Tax Center balance is net of bills, payments, credits, interest, and adjustments. A credit or an amount due is not automatically “back taxes.”

OPA 462044100
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Exemption classificationPartial assessment exemption, basis unverified

2026 OPA taxes $290,190 of $541,400 assessed. The assessment fields alone do not identify a program, approval date, expiration, or buyer eligibility.

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Full-assessment scenario$7,579/year

Applying the same rate to the billed-year full assessment. OPA's numeric split does not say when or whether the current treatment changes.

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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 $3,038.90 and a lien entry. It is shown as historical context only.

2014$118.34 total · $0.00 principal · $0.00 interest · $13.58 penalty2015$199.88 total · $0.00 principal · -$1.00 interest · $83.69 penalty2016$2,720.68 total · $2,419.49 principal · $36.30 interest · $24.19 penalty

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The assessment exemption gap

OPA's 2026 roll shows a partial assessment exemption. The annual difference is measurable; the reason for it and what happens after a sale are not established here.

Using OPA's taxable amount ~$4,062/year

$290,190 taxable basis

Difference to verify+$3,517/year
If the full assessment were taxable ~$7,579/year

$541,400 scenario basis

The assessment roll does not identify
  • Legal basis or program
  • Approval or expiration date
  • Treatment after a sale
  • Current Tax Center balance
Show the assessment math 2026: ($541,400 assessed − $251,210 exempt) × 1.3998% ≈ $4,062/year Full-assessment scenario: $541,400 × 1.3998% ≈ $7,579/year

Do not treat the full-assessment scenario as inevitable or assume the current relief transfers. Obtain the approval history and verify the live Tax Center account before relying on either number.

The property, on paper

OPA physical field record.

Bedrooms
3
Bathrooms
2
Stories
2
Interior
1,260 sqft livable area
Lot
1,755 sqft
Basement
Full, finished city code A
Heat
Forced hot air city code A
Central air
Yes
Exterior condition
Above average city code 3
Interior condition
Above average city code 3
Quality grade
C+ 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

5100 block of Cedar Ave. Compare parcels, ownership, and public-record history.

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Next door: 5113 Cedar Ave  ·  5117 Cedar Ave

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 25, 2026.

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.

Where this comes from

Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 27, 2026, 5:26 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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