Multi-family report

537 Unruh Ave

4 bd2 ba1,817 sqftRSA3built 1925

Property at a glanceApartment building

Individual, other or unknown mailing address

2026 assessment
$295K 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 19111 (Fox Chase · Burholme) median$281K2005200920132017202120252027
Property assessmentBlock median & rangeZIP 19111 (Fox Chase · Burholme) medianAssessmentDeed / saleL&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 record10 events · exact dates, newest first
  1. Deed / saleDeed / sale $235K
  2. InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
  3. InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
  4. L&I violationPLUMB SYS-SANITARY DRAINAGE
  5. L&I violationINTERIOR SURFACES
  6. L&I violationSD-REQD EXIST GROUP R (Smoke detectors required in an existing residential occupancy)
  7. L&I violationFIRE-ELECT OPEN JUNCTION BOX
  8. L&I violationPLUMBING SYSTEMS-GENERAL
  9. InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
  10. Deed / saleDeed / sale $173K

Flags: $7 recorded in the June 2022 delinquency snapshot; verify current balance. Informational only. Not investment advice or a consumer report (FCRA).

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$4,122/year estimated property tax

2026 taxable assessment $294,500 × 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 $280,500. 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 353129600
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Exemption classificationNo exemption shown

2026 taxable assessment equals the full assessed value.

Historical delinquency sources Record found

$6.58 was recorded for this parcel in Philadelphia's June 2022 delinquency snapshot for 2021. That amount may have been paid, reduced, or increased since; it is not a current payoff figure.

$0.00 principal$0.00 interest$0.00 penalty$6.58 other charges
1year recorded 2021tax period 2022-02-24last payment in snapshot Yesactionable flag Nopayment agreement Nobankruptcy flag Noassessment appeal

The snapshot’s 2022 context used $169,700 total assessment, $169,700 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.”

The property, on paper

OPA physical field record.

Bedrooms
4
Bathrooms
2
Interior
1,817 sqft livable area
Lot
2,500 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
RSA3 city zoning code

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

Block context

500 block of Unruh Ave. Compare parcels, ownership, and public-record history.

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Next door: 535 Unruh Ave  ·  539 Unruh Ave

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 10 dated rows
  1. Recorded transfer$235K transfer

    2022

  2. InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

    Case 519495 · 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.

  3. InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

    Case 519495 · 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.

  4. ViolationPLUMB SYS-SANITARY DRAINAGE

    Case 519495 · Violation 3874957 · Code PM15-506.1 · COMPLIED

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

  5. ViolationINTERIOR SURFACES

    Case 519495 · Violation 3874955 · Code PM15-305.3 · COMPLIED

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

  6. ViolationSD-REQD EXIST GROUP R (Smoke detectors required in an existing residential occupancy)

    Case 519495 · Violation 3874953 · Code FC-907.3/20 · COMPLIED

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

  7. ViolationFIRE-ELECT OPEN JUNCTION BOX

    Case 519495 · Violation 3874952 · Code FC-605.6/1 · COMPLIED

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

  8. ViolationPLUMBING SYSTEMS-GENERAL

    Case 519495 · Violation 3874956 · Code PM15-504.1 · COMPLIED

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

  9. InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

    Case 519495 · 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.

  10. Recorded transfer$173K transfer

    2005

Where this comes from

Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 23, 2026, 9:28 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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