Land report

5249 Wakefield St

Property at a glanceVacant lot

Luthor LLC

2026 assessment
$46K OPA value, not a listing price
2027 published assessment
$44K Future roll, not the current tax bill
Neighborhood area
Germantown Approximate · based on ZIP 19144
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Assessment and City record timeline

The line tracks this property’s published City assessment. Markers show deeds, permits, inspections, licenses, violations, certifications, and appeals on their recorded dates. Select one to read the filing.

Assessments are tax-roll values, not sale prices or appraisals. OPA has published a 2027 assessment of $44,200. It is not yet the billed-year tax basis.

$0$25K$50K$44K200820122016202020242027
Property assessmentAssessmentTeardownL&I violationInspection

Scroll horizontally to move through the years. Each icon sits on its recorded date; records without a day are labeled and centered within their year. Select one to explain the filing.

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Every dated record27 events · exact dates, newest first
  1. InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
  2. InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
  3. L&I violationLICENSE-VAC LOT
  4. InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
  5. L&I violationCLIP VIOLATION NOTICE
  6. L&I violationEXT A-VACANT LOT CLEAN/MAINTAI
  7. L&I violationVACANT LOT STANDARD
  8. L&I violationCLIP VIOLATION NOTICE
  9. InspectionCEASE INSP (likely: cease-operations compliance inspection)
  10. InspectionCSUINITIAL
  11. TeardownDemolished
  12. InspectionBRU INSP
  13. InspectionCSUINITIAL
  14. L&I violationVACANT BLDG UNSECURED COUNT
  15. L&I violationPROSEC- STD INFO (likely: Standard enforcement or prosecution notice)
  16. L&I violationLICENSE-VAC RES BLDG (vacant residential building license required)
  17. InspectionBRU INSP
  18. L&I violationWALL DETERIORATED IDF
  19. L&I violationROOF PARTIALLY COLLAPSED ID
  20. L&I violationVACANT BLDG UNSEC/UNSAFE CSU
  21. L&I violationVACANT BLDG UNSEC/UNSAFE CSU
  22. L&I violationROOF PARTIALLY COLLAPSED ID
  23. L&I violationROOF DETERIORATED ID
  24. L&I violationFLOOR/CEILING PARTIALLY C ID
  25. InspectionCSUINITIAL
  26. InspectionCSUINITIAL
  27. InspectionCSUINITIAL

Verify the public record

$638/year estimated property tax

2026 taxable assessment $45,600 × 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 $44,200. 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 121173700
Open Philadelphia Tax Center →Use “View period balance” to inspect each tax year.
Exemption classificationNo exemption shown

2026 taxable assessment equals the full assessed value.

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.”

Land report

Vacant land

Vacant land. Deeds, ownership, zoning, and the public-source record follow.

What it is
Vacant lot Vacant Land Reside < Acre
Owner
Luthor LLC
Lot size
4,043 sqft
Zoning
RSA5

Block context

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

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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 23, 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.

Open every source row 26 dated rows
  1. InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

    Case 376953 · CLOSED

    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. City marked the record closed; open the case for the closing reason.

  2. InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

    Case 376953 · 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. ViolationLICENSE-VAC LOT

    Case 376953 · Violation 3120809 · Code PM-102.4/1 · CLOSEDCASE

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

  4. InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

    Case 376953 · 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. ViolationCLIP VIOLATION NOTICE

    Case 307720 · Violation 2293068 · Code CP-01 · COMPLIED

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

  6. ViolationEXT A-VACANT LOT CLEAN/MAINTAI

    Case 307720 · Violation 2293069 · Code PM-302.2/4 · COMPLIED

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

  7. ViolationVACANT LOT STANDARD

    Case 245385 · Violation 1768259 · Code PM-306.0/2 · COMPLIED

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

  8. ViolationCLIP VIOLATION NOTICE

    Case 245385 · Violation 1768258 · Code CP-01 · COMPLIED

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

  9. InvestigationCEASE INSP (likely: cease-operations compliance inspection)

    Case 149889 · PASSED

    Legacy inspection shorthand; verify whether a cease-operations order existed and its current status. The cited inspection visit was marked passed.

  10. InvestigationCSUINITIAL

    Case 149889 · CLOSED

    City marked the record closed; open the case for the closing reason.

  11. InvestigationBRU INSP

    Case 156395 · CLOSED

    City marked the record closed; open the case for the closing reason.

  12. InvestigationCSUINITIAL

    Case 149889 · FAILED

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

  13. ViolationVACANT BLDG UNSECURED COUNT

    Case 156395 · Violation 918147 · Code PM-306.2/1 · COMPLIED

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

  14. ViolationPROSEC- STD INFO (likely: Standard enforcement or prosecution notice)

    Case 156395 · Violation 918148 · Code A-503.2/2 · COMPLIED

    Legacy L&I shorthand; the case notice contains the actual required correction and deadlines. City marked this violation complied with; check the resolution date and live case for what was accepted.

  15. ViolationLICENSE-VAC RES BLDG (vacant residential building license required)

    Case 156395 · Violation 918146 · Code PM-102.4/2 · COMPLIED

    This usually records a requirement to obtain a Vacant Structure License for an unoccupied residential building. Check later license and compliance rows because it does not establish present vacancy or an unresolved violation. City marked this violation complied with; check the resolution date and live case for what was accepted.

  16. InvestigationBRU INSP

    Case 156395 · FAILED

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

  17. ViolationWALL DETERIORATED IDF

    Case 149888 · Violation 862972 · Code PM-308.1/10 · ERROR

  18. ViolationROOF PARTIALLY COLLAPSED ID

    Case 149888 · Violation 862971 · Code PM-308.1/2 · ERROR

  19. ViolationVACANT BLDG UNSEC/UNSAFE CSU

    Case 149888 · Violation 862974 · Code PM-307.1/19 · ERROR

  20. ViolationVACANT BLDG UNSEC/UNSAFE CSU

    Case 149889 · Violation 1148647 · Code PM-307.1/19 · DEMOLISH

  21. ViolationROOF PARTIALLY COLLAPSED ID

    Case 149889 · Violation 1148645 · Code PM-308.1/2 · DEMOLISH

  22. ViolationROOF DETERIORATED ID

    Case 149889 · Violation 1148644 · Code PM-308.1/1 · DEMOLISH

  23. ViolationFLOOR/CEILING PARTIALLY C ID

    Case 149889 · Violation 1148646 · Code PM-308.1/5 · DEMOLISH

  24. InvestigationCSUINITIAL

    Case 149888 · PASSED

    The cited inspection visit was marked passed.

  25. InvestigationCSUINITIAL

    Case 149889 · FAILED

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

  26. InvestigationCSUINITIAL

    Case 149888 · FAILED

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

Where this comes from

Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 23, 2026, 1:10 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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