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518 Fitzwater St

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3 bd2 ba1,836 sqftRSA5built 1988

Property at a glanceHouse

Owner-occupancy signal

2026 assessment
$595K 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$500K$1.0MZIP 19147 (Queen Village · East Passyunk) median$595K2004200820122016202020242027
Property assessmentBlock median & rangeZIP 19147 (Queen Village · East Passyunk) medianAssessmentDeed / saleAppealPermit

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Every dated record5 events · exact dates, newest first
  1. PermitInterior Non-Load-Bearing Wall Demo.
  2. PermitAddition and/or Alteration
  3. PermitZoning
  4. AppealZoning board appeal
  5. Deed / saleDeed / sale $383K

Flags: 1 zoning/board appeal on record. Informational only. Not investment advice or a consumer report (FCRA).

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$8,332/year estimated property tax

2026 taxable assessment $595,200 × 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 $595,200. 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 888021050
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Exemption classificationHomestead exemption

2026 OPA removes $0 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.

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The property, on paper

OPA physical field record.

Bedrooms
3
Bathrooms
2
Interior
1,836 sqft livable area
Central air
Yes
Exterior condition
Above average city code 3
Interior condition
Average city code 4
Quality grade
B assessor's grade
Zoning
RSA5 city zoning code
Zoning appeals
1 OPEN · Granted with conditions · 2019

OPA field-assessment attributes. Condition and grade are the assessor's codes, not an inspection.

Block context

500 block of Fitzwater St. Compare parcels, ownership, and public-record history.

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Next door: 516 Fitzwater St  ·  520 Fitzwater St

No business or residential license records

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

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Open every source row 5 dated rows
  1. PermitInterior Non-Load-Bearing Wall Demo.

    Permit GM-2020-002551 · Expired

    For minor construction work at the subject property in accordance with all applicable provisions of the Philadelphia Code, all references codes and standards, and the attached EZ Standard, where included. Deviation from this standard shall result in permit revocation. A separate permit from the Philadelphia Department of Streets is required for any sidewalk and street closures. All means of pedestrian protection required at the site in accordance with the Philadelphia Building Code Chapter 33 shall be in place prior to start of work.

  2. PermitAddition and/or Alteration

    Permit 997802 · Expired

    FOR THE ERECTION OF AN ADDITION TO AN EXISTING ATTACHED STRUCTURE FOR USE AS A SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING. BUILDING IS SPRINKLERED IN ACCORDANCE WITH NFPA 13R. ALL WORK TO BE DONE PER APPROVED PLANS. IF FIELD CONDITIONS VARY CONTACT DESIGN ENGINEER PRIOR TO THE START OF ANY WORK. SEPARATE PERMITS TO BE OBTAINED FOR ALL OTHER WORK.

  3. PermitZoning

    Permit 900166 · COMPLETED

    THE PROPOSED PROJECT IS FOR A 28.75 SF BULK WINDOW ADDITION TO THE FRONT FACADE OF AN EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING. THE ADDITIONWILL BE FROM THE STREET TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SECOND FLOOR, KEEPING IN CHARACTER WITH BUILT WINDOW ADDITIONS ON SURROUNDING BUILDINGS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

  4. AppealZoning board appeal

    Appeal 35232 · OPEN · Granted with conditions

    Related permit 900166 · PERMIT FOR THE ERECTION OF A TWO-STORY ADDITION AS PART OF AN EXISTING ATTACHED FOUR-STORY SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLING.

  5. Recorded transfer$383K transfer

    2004

Where this comes from

Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 31, 2026, 12:06 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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