House report

5218 Heston St

3 bd · 1 ba · 1 story · 1,110 sqft · RSA5 · built 1925

Property at a glanceHouse

Owner-occupancy signal

2026 assessment

$71K OPA value, not a listing price

2027 published assessment

$75K Future roll, not the current tax bill

Location

5200 block of Heston St ZIP 19131

Neighborhood area

Wynnefield · West Park Approximate · based on ZIP 19131

Street view of 5218 Heston St — 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

$70,900 2026 billed-year assessment · 2027: $75,200 · built 1925

Price / sq ft

$68 block $111 · below block

Assessment change

+21% +2%/yr since 2016 · 2027 +6% vs 2026

Est. tax bill / yr

$0 0% effective

Jun 2022 tax snapshot

$4K recorded then · verify current

Times sold

0 latest deed has shared-name parties

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

Property assessmentBlock median & rangeZIP 19131 (Wynnefield · West Park) medianAssessmentL&I violationInspection

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Every dated record10 events · exact dates, newest first

2016-06-29InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
2016-05-07L&I violationEXT S-WALLS MAKE WEATHERTIGHT
2016-05-07InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
2012-10-24InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
2012-09-07InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
2012-08-02L&I violationEXT A-CLEAN WEEDS/PLANTS (Cut or remove weeds and overgrowth from the exterior area)
2012-08-02InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
2011-07-15InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
2011-06-22L&I violationEXT A-CLEAN WEEDS/PLANTS (Cut or remove weeds and overgrowth from the exterior area)
2011-06-22InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

The short read

History

L&I violation (2011); L&I: 1 failed, 1 passed (2011); L&I violation (2012); L&I: 2 failed, 1 passed (2012); L&I violation (2016); L&I: 1 failed, 1 passed (2016).

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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Jun 29, 2016
InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
Case 531900 · PASSED
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 passed.
May 7, 2016
ViolationEXT S-WALLS MAKE WEATHERTIGHT
Case 531900 · Violation 3927248 · Code PM-304.3/2 · COMPLIED
City marked this violation complied with; check the resolution date and live case for what was accepted.
May 7, 2016
InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
Case 531900 · 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.
Oct 24, 2012
InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
Case 342426 · PASSED
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 passed.
Sep 7, 2012
InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
Case 342426 · 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.
Aug 2, 2012
ViolationEXT A-CLEAN WEEDS/PLANTS (Cut or remove weeds and overgrowth from the exterior area)
Case 342426 · Violation 2568959 · Code PM-302.3/1 · COMPLIED
City marked this violation complied with; check the resolution date and live case for what was accepted.
Aug 2, 2012
InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
Case 342426 · 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.
Jul 15, 2011
InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
Case 283699 · PASSED
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 passed.
Jun 22, 2011
ViolationEXT A-CLEAN WEEDS/PLANTS (Cut or remove weeds and overgrowth from the exterior area)
Case 283699 · Violation 2121081 · Code PM-302.3/1 · COMPLIED
City marked this violation complied with; check the resolution date and live case for what was accepted.
Jun 22, 2011
InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
Case 283699 · 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.

What this record suggests

10 dated City rows matched this parcel. Verify present condition and status separately.

Flags: $4K recorded in the June 2022 delinquency snapshot; verify current balance · historical tax ledger through 2016 recorded $75 · latest deed has shared-name parties; relationship unverified. Informational only — not investment advice or a consumer report (FCRA).

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Property details and source records

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Property tax

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

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Estimated annual Real Estate Tax$0/year

2026 taxable assessment $0 × 1.3998%. This is an estimate, not a bill or account balance.

OPA also publishes a 2027 assessment of $75,200; 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 521036800

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Exemption classificationHomestead exemption

2026 OPA removes $70,900 from the taxable assessment through the owner-occupant exemption. The exclusion reduces this assessment-based estimate to $0.

Historical delinquency sources Record found

$4,429.75 was recorded for this parcel in Philadelphia's June 2022 delinquency snapshot for 2019–2021. That amount may have been paid, reduced, or increased since; it is not a current payoff figure.

$2,862.11 principal$421.59 interest$201.47 penalty$944.58 other charges

3years recorded 2019–2021tax periods 2018-02-14last payment in snapshot Yesactionable flag Nopayment agreement Nobankruptcy flag Noassessment appeal

The snapshot’s 2022 context used $64,300 total assessment, $64,300 taxable, and $0 exempt/abated. Those historical fields can differ from today’s OPA exemption status.

A separate historical parcel ledger ending in 2016 records $74.63. It is shown as historical context only.

2016$74.63 total · $68.68 principal · $1.04 interest · $0.69 penalty

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The property, on paper

OPA physical field record.

Bedrooms

Bathrooms

Stories

Interior

1,110 sqft livable area

Lot

1,155 sqft

Heat

Undetermined city code H

Exterior condition

Vacant city code 6

Vacant

Interior condition

Vacant city code 6

Vacant

Quality grade

C assessor's grade

ABCDE

Zoning

RSA5 city zoning code

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

Block context

5200 block of Heston St. Compare parcels, ownership, and public-record history.

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Next door: 5216 Heston St · 5220 Heston St

L&I license dates · data through Jul 28, 2026

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 28, 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

Assessment, spec sheet & owner: OPA Property Assessments, Office of Property Assessment
Sales & deed history: Realty Transfer Tax records, Recorder of Deeds
Permits, violations & inspections: L&I Property History · Atlas
Tax delinquency snapshot · June 2022: Real Estate Tax Delinquencies, Dept. of Revenue
Historical tax ledger & liens · through 2016: Real Estate Tax Balances, Dept. of Revenue
Current property-tax balance: Verify with Philadelphia Revenue
Zoning appeals: L&I & Zoning Board appeals
Neighborhood income & rents: US Census ACS 5-year estimates
Historical mortgage rates: Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey, annual averages

Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 28, 2026, 9:41 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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About this data & fine print

Answers are generated by an AI agent querying available City of Philadelphia open data at the moment you ask: OPA property assessments, Recorder of Deeds transfer records, L&I permits, violations & licenses, dated Dept. of Revenue tax records, Zoning Board appeals, Police incident reports, Philly311 requests, and School District of Philadelphia catchment and school data. When you explicitly request a web check, or ask about a current listing or recent news, the agent can also run a cited public-web search; those claims are labeled separately from City records.

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Property-level tax data is historical: the delinquency snapshot is dated June 2022 and the separate detailed ledger ends in 2016. Neither shows what is owed today; verify a current balance with Philadelphia Revenue.

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