The Block Report

House report

5438 Whitby Ave

3 bd1 ba1,290 sqftRM1built 1920

Property at a glanceHouse

Owner-occupancy signal

2026 assessment
$171K 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$100K$200KZIP 19143 (Cedar Park · Kingsessing) median$176K200720112015201920232027
Property assessmentBlock median & rangeZIP 19143 (Cedar Park · Kingsessing) medianAssessmentDeed / saleL&I violationPermitInspection

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 record9 events · exact dates, newest first
  1. Deed / saleDeed / sale $93K
  2. InspectionPRECOURT (likely: pre-court compliance inspection)
  3. InspectionPRECOURT (likely: pre-court compliance inspection)
  4. InspectionPRECOURT (likely: pre-court compliance inspection)
  5. PermitPlumbing
  6. L&I violationDRAINAGE-DOWNSPOUT REPR/REPLC
  7. L&I violationPROSEC- STD INFO (likely: Standard enforcement or prosecution notice)
  8. InspectionBRU INSP
  9. InspectionBRU INSP

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$987/year estimated property tax

2026 taxable assessment $70,500 × 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 $176,300. 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 513156000
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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
1
Interior
1,290 sqft livable area
Lot
1,223 sqft
Exterior condition
Average city code 4
Interior condition
Above average city code 3
Quality grade
C assessor's grade
Zoning
RM1 city zoning code

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

Block context

5400 block of Whitby Ave. Compare parcels, ownership, and public-record history.

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Next door: 5436 Whitby Ave  ·  5440 Whitby Ave

No business or residential license records

No business license or residential registration matched this OPA parcel in the latest City data.

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Open every source row 8 dated rows
  1. Recorded transfer$93K transfer

    2016

  2. InvestigationPRECOURT (likely: pre-court compliance inspection)

    Case 136463 · PASSED

    A follow-up before or during enforcement escalation; confirm the case sequence in the City file. The cited inspection visit was marked passed.

  3. InvestigationPRECOURT (likely: pre-court compliance inspection)

    Case 136463 · PASSED

    A follow-up before or during enforcement escalation; confirm the case sequence in the City file. The cited inspection visit was marked passed.

  4. PermitPlumbing

    Permit 139639 · COMPLETED

    REPAIR RAINLEADER IN FRONT OF HOUSE.

  5. ViolationDRAINAGE-DOWNSPOUT REPR/REPLC

    Case 136463 · Violation 751287 · Code PM-302.4/7 · COMPLIED

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

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

    Case 136463 · Violation 751286 · 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.

  7. InvestigationBRU INSP

    Case 136463 · CLOSED

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

  8. InvestigationBRU INSP

    Case 136463 · 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 24, 2026, 9:48 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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