House report

53 E Bringhurst St

5 bd2 ba1,752 sqftRSA5built 1900

Property at a glanceHouse

Owner-occupancy signal

2026 assessment
$209K 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$125K$250KZIP 19144 (Germantown) median$207K2004200820122016202020242027
Property assessmentBlock median & rangeZIP 19144 (Germantown) medianAssessmentDeed / saleL&I violationInspectionLicense

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Every dated record13 events · exact dates, newest first
  1. License53 E BRINGHURST LLC: Rental landlord or residential registration marked inactive
  2. License53 E BRINGHURST LLC: Rental landlord or residential registration initially issued
  3. Deed / saleDeed / sale $147K
  4. Deed / saleDeed / sale $199K
  5. InspectionL&I investigation
  6. L&I violationRENTAL LICENSE- ONE & TWO FAMILY (R3)
  7. L&I violationEXTERIOR AREA SANITATION
  8. Deed / saleDeed / sale $76K
  9. LicenseMATTHEW PEARCE (DENNIS MC CARTHY): Rental landlord or residential registration marked inactive
  10. LicenseMATTHEW PEARCE (DENNIS MC CARTHY): Rental landlord or residential registration initially issued
  11. Deed / saleDeed / sale $71K
  12. Deed / saleDeed / sale $104K
  13. Deed / saleDeed / sale $500

Flags: $8K recorded in the June 2022 delinquency snapshot; verify current balance. Informational only. Not investment advice or a consumer report (FCRA).

Verify the public record

$1,524/year estimated property tax

2026 taxable assessment $108,900 × 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 $207,300. 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 121113500
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Exemption classificationHomestead exemption

2026 OPA removes $100,000 from the taxable assessment through the owner-occupant exemption.

Historical delinquency sources Record found

$8,283.99 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.

$5,572.90 principal$801.52 interest$371.56 penalty$1,538.01 other charges
3years recorded 2019–2021tax periods 2018-02-22last payment in snapshot Yesactionable flag Nopayment agreement Nobankruptcy flag Noassessment appeal

The snapshot’s 2022 context used $115,200 total assessment, $115,200 taxable, and $0 exempt/abated. Those historical fields can differ from today’s OPA exemption status.

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

Where the record looks off

Conflicts in City paperwork. Flags on the data, not the property.

"Built 1900" is usually a placeholder

Philadelphia records use 1900 as a stand-in when the real construction year was never documented. Treat the age as unknown, not as 120+ years.

The property, on paper

OPA physical field record.

Bedrooms
5
Bathrooms
2
Interior
1,752 sqft livable area
Lot
3,686 sqft
Basement
Full, unfinished city code C
Heat
Hot water / radiators city code B
Central air
No
Exterior condition
Average city code 4
Interior condition
Average city code 4
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

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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.

Landlord and residential filings

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

53 E BRINGHURST LLCInactive

Rental · Initial issue date Jun 28, 2022 · Terminal license date Aug 26, 2023

MATTHEW PEARCE (DENNIS MC CARTHY)Inactive

Rental · Initial issue date Mar 28, 2008 · Terminal license date Apr 29, 2015

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.

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  1. License terminal event53 E BRINGHURST LLC: Rental landlord or residential registration marked inactive

    License 899549 · Inactive

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

  2. License issue event53 E BRINGHURST LLC: Rental landlord or residential registration initially issued

    License 899549 · Inactive

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

  3. Recorded transfer$147K transfer

    2022

  4. Recorded transfer$199K transfer

    2022

  5. InvestigationL&I investigation

    Case CF-2021-066811 · PASSED

    The cited inspection visit was marked passed.

  6. ViolationRENTAL LICENSE- ONE & TWO FAMILY (R3)

    Case CF-2021-066811 · Violation VI-2021-048257 · Code 9-3902 (1) · CVN ISSUED

    Resolution: CVN ISSUED

  7. ViolationEXTERIOR AREA SANITATION

    Case CF-2021-066811 · Violation VI-2021-048258 · Code PM15-302.1 · CVN ISSUED

    Resolution: CVN ISSUED

  8. Recorded transfer$76K transfer

    2018

  9. License terminal eventMATTHEW PEARCE (DENNIS MC CARTHY): Rental landlord or residential registration marked inactive

    License 439819 · Inactive

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

  10. License issue eventMATTHEW PEARCE (DENNIS MC CARTHY): Rental landlord or residential registration initially issued

    License 439819 · Inactive

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

  11. Recorded transfer$71K transfer

    2006

  12. Recorded transfer$104K transfer

    2006

  13. Recorded transfer$500 transfer

    2004

Where this comes from

Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 23, 2026, 12:37 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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