Multi-family report

5235 Laurens St

3 stories2,868 sqftRTA1built 2010

Property at a glanceApartment building

Owner-occupancy signal

2026 assessment
$353K OPA value, not a listing price
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Assessment and City record timeline

Published City assessments for this building 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$250K$500KZIP 19144 (Germantown) median$376K2000200520102015202020252027
Property assessmentBlock median & rangeZIP 19144 (Germantown) medianAssessmentDeed / saleLand buyL&I violationInspectionLicense

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Every dated record13 events · exact dates, newest first
  1. InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
  2. InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
  3. L&I violationELECTRICAL -HAZARD
  4. InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
  5. LicenseMARLON BENNETT: Rental landlord or residential registration marked inactive
  6. InspectionBP_BLDG
  7. InspectionBP_BLDG
  8. L&I violationDEBRIS REMOVE - CONSTR
  9. InspectionBP_BLDG
  10. LicenseMARLON BENNETT: Rental landlord or residential registration initially issued
  11. Deed / saleDeed / sale $117K
  12. Land buyLand record $94K
  13. Land buyLand record $99K

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$4,497/year estimated property tax

2026 taxable assessment $321,230 × 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 $376,400. 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 123240110
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Exemption classificationHomestead exemption

2026 OPA removes $31,770 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.

For a purchase, refinance, or closing, request the City’s official Property Payoff statement in Tax Center under “More options.”

The property, on paper

OPA physical field record.

Stories
3
Interior
2,868 sqft livable area
Lot
2,085 sqft
Exterior condition
Average city code 4
Interior condition
Average city code 4
Quality grade
B- assessor's grade
Zoning
RTA1 city zoning code

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

Block context

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

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Next door: 5233 Laurens St  ·  5237-39 Laurens St

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 24, 2026.

Landlord and residential filings

These are property registrations or landlord filings, not businesses operating at this address.

MARLON BENNETTInactive

Rental · Initial issue date Sep 17, 2010 · Terminal license date Dec 22, 2012

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.

Open every source row 13 dated rows
  1. InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

    Case 677247 · 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.

  2. InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

    Case 677247 · 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.

  3. ViolationELECTRICAL -HAZARD

    Case 677247 · Violation 5019632 · Code PM15-604.3 · COMPLIED

    City marked this violation complied with; check the resolution date and live case for what was accepted.

  4. InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

    Case 677247 · 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.

  5. License terminal eventMARLON BENNETT: Rental landlord or residential registration marked inactive

    License 514778 · Inactive

    License event. Registration does not prove present operation or storefront occupancy.

  6. InvestigationBP_BLDG

    Case 261647 · PASSED

    The cited inspection visit was marked passed.

  7. InvestigationBP_BLDG

    Case 261647 · FAILED

    The cited inspection visit was marked failed; later rows may show follow-up or resolution.

  8. ViolationDEBRIS REMOVE - CONSTR

    Case 261647 · Violation 1921064 · Code A-104.1/5 · CLOSEDCASE

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

  9. InvestigationBP_BLDG

    Case 261647 · FAILED

    The cited inspection visit was marked failed; later rows may show follow-up or resolution.

  10. License issue eventMARLON BENNETT: Rental landlord or residential registration initially issued

    License 514778 · Inactive

    License event. Registration does not prove present operation or storefront occupancy.

  11. Recorded transfer$117K transfer

    2010

  12. Land recordLand record

    2006

  13. Land recordLand record

    2000

Where this comes from

Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 25, 2026, 1:07 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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