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5941 Washington Ave

4 bd1 ba2 stories1,600 sqftRSA5built 1920

Property at a glanceHouse

Owner-occupancy signal

2026 assessment
$186K 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$187K200720112015201920232027
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 record19 events · exact dates, newest first
  1. Deed / saleDeed / sale $280K
  2. PermitAlterations
  3. PermitAddition and/or Alterations
  4. PermitAddition and/or Alteration
  5. PermitAlterations
  6. PermitAddition and/or Alteration
  7. Deed / saleDeed / sale $100K
  8. PermitPlumbing
  9. PermitPlumbing
  10. InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
  11. InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
  12. PermitPlumbing
  13. L&I violationEXT-TREES PRUNE/REMOVE
  14. L&I violationEXT A-CLEAN WEEDS/PLANTS (Cut or remove weeds and overgrowth from the exterior area)
  15. L&I violationLICENSE-RES SFD/2FD
  16. InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
  17. InspectionBRU INSP
  18. L&I violationEXT-TREES PRUNE/REMOVE
  19. InspectionBRU INSP

Flags: historical tax ledger through 2016 recorded $310 with a lien entry. Informational only. Not investment advice or a consumer report (FCRA).

Verify the public record

$2,598/year estimated property tax

2026 taxable assessment $185,600 × 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 $187,200. 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 033106000
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Exemption classificationNo exemption shown

2026 taxable assessment equals the full assessed value.

Historical delinquency sources Record found

This parcel did not match the June 2022 delinquency snapshot. That absence does not confirm the account is current today.

A separate historical parcel ledger ending in 2016 records $310.24 and a lien entry. It is shown as historical context only.

2016$310.24 total · $200.95 principal · $3.02 interest · $2.01 penalty

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
1
Stories
2
Interior
1,600 sqft livable area
Lot
1,776 sqft
Basement
Full, unfinished city code C
Heat
Forced hot air city code A
Central air
Yes
Exterior condition
Average city code 4
Interior condition
New / rehabbed city code 2
New / rehabbed
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

5900 block of Washington Ave. Compare parcels, ownership, and public-record history.

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Next door: 5939 Washington Ave  ·  5943 Washington 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 19 dated rows
  1. Recorded transfer$280K transfer

    2025

  2. PermitAlterations

    Permit PP-2023-007391 · Completed

    2.5 bath,1 kitchen,1 laundry,1 hot water heater

  3. PermitAddition and/or Alterations

    Permit MP-2023-001462 · Completed

    EZ PERMIT STANDARDS ALTERATIONS- For alterations to an Existing One Family Dwelling as per attached standard. Deviations from this standard will result in permit revocation and require submission of construction plans. STRUCTURAL ALTERATION OR REPAIR IS EXPRESSLY PROHIBITED UNDER THIS PERMIT. PROHIBITED STRUCTURAL WORK INCLUDES ANY MODIFICATION TO EXTERIOR WALLS, PARTY WALLS, FLOOR/ROOF FRAMING OR FOUNDATIONS; UNDERPINNING AND EXCAVATIONS (I.E. DIGGING IN BASEMENT). Install electric furnace 48,000 btu, 4 ton central air unit, ductwork, & 13 registers.

  4. PermitAddition and/or Alteration

    Permit EP-2021-009711 · Completed

    200 Amp service. Rewire throughout with lights, outlets, switches, fixtures, smoke/co detectors as per 2014 nec Amendment: Change of inspection agency from Middle Atlantic to Municipal Inspection. See attached letter.

  5. PermitAlterations

    Permit PP-2021-015688 · Expired

    2 1/2 bath, 1 kitchen, 1 hot water heater , 1 laundry PPC 2018

  6. PermitAddition and/or Alteration

    Permit RP-2021-007777 · Completed

    AMEND PERMIT 1/30/2023 - Layout changes to second floor to add study. Alteration: Interior & exterior building; existing single-family dwelling; no basement excavations; no change in occupancy.

  7. Recorded transfer$100K transfer

    2020

  8. PermitPlumbing

    Permit 988517 · COMPLETED

    REPLACE CURB TRAP AND FRESH AIR INLET, INSTALLATION WILL COMPLY WITH PHILADELPHIA PLUMBING CODE 2004

  9. PermitPlumbing

    Permit 702137 · COMPLETED

    REPLACE COMPLETE WATER SERVICE PA20161733316 SELF CERTIFICATION NO LONGER ACCEPTED ALL TRENCHES IN EXCESS OF 5 FT MUST HAVE APPROVED SHORING AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION.

  10. InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

    Case 354533 · 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.

  11. InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

    Case 354533 · 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.

  12. PermitPlumbing

    Permit 445262 · COMPLETED

    REPLACE WATER HEATER

  13. ViolationEXT-TREES PRUNE/REMOVE

    Case 354533 · Violation 2706956 · Code PM-312.2/1 · COMPLIED

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

  14. ViolationEXT A-CLEAN WEEDS/PLANTS (Cut or remove weeds and overgrowth from the exterior area)

    Case 354533 · Violation 2706955 · Code PM-302.3/1 · COMPLIED

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

  15. ViolationLICENSE-RES SFD/2FD

    Case 354533 · Violation 2706954 · Code PM-102.3/1 · COMPLIED

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

  16. InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

    Case 354533 · 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.

  17. InvestigationBRU INSP

    Case 133329 · PASSED

    The cited inspection visit was marked passed.

  18. ViolationEXT-TREES PRUNE/REMOVE

    Case 133329 · Violation 722654 · Code PM-312.2/1 · COMPLIED

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

  19. InvestigationBRU INSP

    Case 133329 · 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 23, 2026, 3:57 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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