House report

5403 Catharine St

3 bd2 ba2 stories1,666 sqftRSA3built 1925

Property at a glanceHouse

Owner-occupancy signal

2026 assessment
$347K 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$250K$500KZIP 19143 (Cedar Park · Kingsessing) median$407K2015201720192021202320252027
Property assessmentBlock median & rangeZIP 19143 (Cedar Park · Kingsessing) medianAssessmentDeed / saleL&I violationPermitInspection

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Every dated record19 events · exact dates, newest first
  1. Deed / saleDeed / sale $290K
  2. PermitPlumbing
  3. PermitElectrical
  4. PermitMajor alteration
  5. PermitMechanical
  6. InspectionCSUINITIAL
  7. PermitMajor alteration
  8. Deed / saleDeed / sale $13K
  9. Deed / saleDeed / sale $70K
  10. L&I violationEXTERIOR STRUCT UNSAFE COND 12
  11. L&I violationEXTERIOR STRUCT UNSAFE COND 8
  12. L&I violationEXTERIOR STRUCT UNSAFE COND 7
  13. L&I violationEXTERIOR STRUCT UNSAFE COND 3
  14. L&I violationUNSAFE STRUCTURE
  15. L&I violationARCHITECT/ENGINEER SERVICES
  16. InspectionCSUINITIAL
  17. InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
  18. InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
  19. L&I violationFIRE ESCAPE REPORT

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$3,459/year estimated property tax

2026 taxable assessment $247,100 × 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 $407,100. 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 463090300
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Exemption classificationHomestead exemption

2026 OPA removes $100,000 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.

Bedrooms
3
Bathrooms
2
Stories
2
Interior
1,666 sqft livable area
Lot
1,740 sqft
Basement
Full, finished city code A
Heat
Forced hot air city code A
Central air
Yes
Exterior condition
Above average city code 3
Interior condition
New / rehabbed city code 2
New / rehabbed
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

5400 block of Catharine St. Compare parcels, ownership, and public-record history.

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Next door: 5401 Catharine St  ·  5405 Catharine 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 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 19 dated rows
  1. Recorded transfer$290K transfer

    2020

  2. PermitPlumbing

    Permit 965276 · COMPLETED

    4-WATER CLOSETS, 4-LAVS, 1-BATHTUB, 1-SHOWER, 1-KITCHEN SINK, 1-LAUNDRY BOX & WATER HEATER & DISPOSAL THE INSTALLATION WILL COMPLY WITH THE PHILADELPHIA PLUMBING CODE 2004

  3. PermitElectrical

    Permit 963429 · COMPLETED

    INSTALLING NEW 100 AMP SERVICE, OUTLETS, SWITCHES, LIGHTS AND HARD WIRED SMOKE DETECTORS, PER 2008 NEC

  4. PermitMajor alteration

    Permit 957769 · COMPLETED

    INTERIOR ALTERATIONS TO INCLUDE SHEETROCK THROUGHOUT. REMODEL KITCHEN AND BATHROOM. INSTALL WINDOWS AND DOORS IN EXISTING OPENINGS. APPLICANT AGREES TO LIMIT THE CONSTRUCTION TO COMPLY WITH EZ PERMIT STANDARD FOR INTERIOR ALTERATIONS, DATED JANUARY 2011. DEVIATION FROM THE STANDARD WILL RESULT IN REVOCATION OF THIS PERMIT AND IMPOSITION OF FURTHER PENALTIES. ALL NECESSARY MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING AND FIRE SUPPRESSION PERMITS TO BE OBTAINED, AS NECESSARY.

  5. PermitMechanical

    Permit 957788 · COMPLETED

    INSTALL 1 HVAC UNIT WITH DUCTWORK

  6. InvestigationCSUINITIAL

    Case 664050 · PASSED

    The cited inspection visit was marked passed.

  7. PermitMajor alteration

    Permit 943930 · COMPLETED

    IN ACCORDANCE WITH CODE BULLETIN PM1801, A PA PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER IS REQUIRED TO MONITOR REPAIRS MADE UNDER THIS PERMIT. THE ENGINEER MUST SUBMIT A SEALED STATEMENT TO THE DEPARTMENT CONFIRMING THAT THE STRUCTURE IS IN SOUND CONDITION AT COMPLETION.” MAKE SAFE PERMIT - FOR (BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF WORK AS PER ENGINEER’S REPORT IF APPLICABLE) TO RESOLVE CASE #664050. ABUTTING SIDEWALK MUST BE CLOSED WITH FENCING A MINIMUM OF 6’ IN HEIGHT. SEPARATE STREETS DEPARTMENT PERMIT REQUIRED FOR SIDEWALK CLOSURE. A SEPARATE PERMIT IS REQUIRED FOR ANY ADDITIONAL ALTERATIONS THAT ARE NOT SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSED ON CASE #664050.

  8. Recorded transfer$13K transfer

    2019

  9. Recorded transfer$70K transfer

    2019

  10. ViolationEXTERIOR STRUCT UNSAFE COND 12

    Case 664050 · Violation 4875851 · Code PM15-304.1L · COMPLIED

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

  11. ViolationEXTERIOR STRUCT UNSAFE COND 8

    Case 664050 · Violation 4875850 · Code PM15-304.1H · COMPLIED

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

  12. ViolationEXTERIOR STRUCT UNSAFE COND 7

    Case 664050 · Violation 4875849 · Code PM15-304.1G · COMPLIED

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

  13. ViolationEXTERIOR STRUCT UNSAFE COND 3

    Case 664050 · Violation 4875848 · Code PM15-304.1C · COMPLIED

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

  14. ViolationUNSAFE STRUCTURE

    Case 664050 · Violation 4875847 · Code PM15-108.1 · COMPLIED

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

  15. ViolationARCHITECT/ENGINEER SERVICES

    Case 664050 · Violation 4875846 · Code A-304.1/1 · COMPLIED

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

  16. InvestigationCSUINITIAL

    Case 664050 · FAILED

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

  17. InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

    Case 610697 · 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.

  18. InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

    Case 610697 · 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.

  19. ViolationFIRE ESCAPE REPORT

    Case 610697 · Violation 4497472 · Code FC-13-101115 · COMPLIED

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

Where this comes from

Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 23, 2026, 12:53 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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