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5851 Fernwood St

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3 bd1 ba1,300 sqftRSA5built 1925

Property at a glanceHouse

Owner-occupancy signal

2026 assessment
$182K 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 19143 (Cedar Park · Kingsessing) median$217K200820122016202020242027
Property assessmentBlock median & rangeZIP 19143 (Cedar Park · Kingsessing) medianAssessmentDeed / salePermitLicense

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Every dated record8 events · exact dates, newest first
  1. PermitAddition and/or Alteration
  2. PermitAddition and/or Alteration
  3. PermitAlterations
  4. LicenseKEVIN O'NEILL: Rental landlord or residential registration marked inactive
  5. Deed / saleDeed / sale $190K
  6. LicenseKEVIN O'NEILL: Rental landlord or residential registration initially issued
  7. Deed / saleDeed / sale $27K
  8. Deed / saleDeed / sale $15K

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$1,144/year estimated property tax

2026 taxable assessment $81,700 × 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 $216,800. 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 034034800
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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.

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The property, on paper

OPA physical field record.

Bedrooms
3
Bathrooms
1
Interior
1,300 sqft livable area
Lot
1,266 sqft
Basement
Partial, unfinished city code G
Heat
Forced hot air city code A
Central air
Yes
Garage
1 space
Exterior condition
Average city code 4
Interior condition
Above average city code 3
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

5800 block of Fernwood St. Compare parcels, ownership, and public-record history.

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Next door: 5849 Fernwood St  ·  5853 Fernwood 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.

Landlord and residential filings

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

KEVIN O'NEILLInactive

Rental · Initial issue date Jun 21, 2010 · Terminal license date Apr 29, 2021

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. PermitAddition and/or Alteration

    Permit EP-2022-002488 · Completed

    Installation of solar array in accordance with signed standard.

  2. PermitAddition and/or Alteration

    Permit EP-2021-005510 · Expired

    EMT to 10ft 100 amp - Rear exterior EMT protection with LB penetration 100amp 30ckt Homeline Service Fish Only as per 2014 nec

  3. PermitAlterations

    Permit PP-2021-008437 · Completed

    Replace existing curb trap with new 5x4 cast iron curb trap and fresh air inlet.

  4. License terminal eventKEVIN O'NEILL: Rental landlord or residential registration marked inactive

    License 506142 · Inactive

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

  5. Recorded transfer$190K transfer

    2021

  6. License issue eventKEVIN O'NEILL: Rental landlord or residential registration initially issued

    License 506142 · Inactive

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

  7. Recorded transfer$27K transfer

    2009

  8. Recorded transfer$15K transfer

    2008

Where this comes from

Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 23, 2026, 1:21 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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