House report

637 W Venango St

3 bd3 ba2 stories1,186 sqftRSA5built 1942

Property at a glanceHouse

Owner-occupancy signal

2026 assessment
$150K 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 19140 (Hunting Park · Nicetown–Tioga) median$161K2009201220152018202120242027
Property assessmentBlock median & rangeZIP 19140 (Hunting Park · Nicetown–Tioga) medianAssessmentDeed / saleL&I violationInspectionLicense

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 record49 events · exact dates, newest first
  1. Deed / saleDeed / sale $175K
  2. Deed / saleDeed / sale $55K
  3. LicenseVADANNAH BENITES: Vacant Residential Property / Lot landlord or residential registration marked inactive
  4. InspectionPRECOURT (likely: pre-court compliance inspection)
  5. InspectionPRECOURT (likely: pre-court compliance inspection)
  6. InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
  7. Deed / saleDeed / sale $3K
  8. InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
  9. L&I violationVACANT STRUCTURE LICENSE
  10. InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
  11. InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
  12. LicenseVADANNAH BENITES: Vacant Residential Property / Lot landlord or residential registration initially issued
  13. InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
  14. InspectionCSUINITIAL
  15. InspectionCSUINITIAL
  16. InspectionCSUINITIAL
  17. InspectionCSUINITIAL
  18. L&I violationEXT A-CLEAN RUBBISH/GARBAGE (Remove rubbish or garbage from the exterior area)
  19. L&I violationVACANT PROP STANDARD (likely: vacant-property enforcement standard)
  20. L&I violationEXT S-STEPS REPAIR
  21. L&I violationVACANT BLDG UNSECURED COUNT
  22. InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
  23. L&I violationRETAINING/FENCE WALL FRACTURED
  24. L&I violationWALL LOOSE/MISS BRICKS
  25. L&I violationVACANT BLDG UNSEC/UNSAFE CSU
  26. InspectionCSUINITIAL
  27. InspectionCSUINITIAL
  28. InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
  29. InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
  30. L&I violationLICENSE-RES GENERAL
  31. InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
  32. L&I violationWALL PARTIALLY COLLAPSED
  33. L&I violationWALL LOOSE/MISS BRICKS
  34. L&I violationRETAINING/FENCE WALL PRTLY C
  35. InspectionCSUINITIAL
  36. Deed / saleDeed / sale $5K
  37. InspectionCSUINITIAL
  38. InspectionCSUINITIAL
  39. InspectionCSUINITIAL
  40. L&I violationWALL PARTIALLY COLLAPSED
  41. L&I violationWALL LOOSE/MISS BRICKS
  42. InspectionCSUINITIAL
  43. InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
  44. L&I violationVACANT BLDG UNSECURED COUNT
  45. InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
  46. L&I violationVACANT PROP STANDARD (likely: vacant-property enforcement standard)
  47. L&I violationLICENSE-VAC RES BLDG (vacant residential building license required)
  48. InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
  49. InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

Flags: historical tax ledger through 2016 recorded $16K with a lien entry. Informational only. Not investment advice or a consumer report (FCRA).

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$703/year estimated property tax

2026 taxable assessment $50,200 × 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 $160,500. 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 432038200
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Exemption classificationHomestead exemption

2026 OPA removes $100,000 from the taxable assessment through the owner-occupant exemption.

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 $15,800.33 and a lien entry. It is shown as historical context only.

1997$456.56 total · $0.00 principal · $352.90 interest · $14.58 penalty1998$815.02 total · $176.39 principal · $473.87 interest · $20.44 penalty1999$924.47 total · $291.95 principal · $451.06 interest · $20.44 penalty2000$893.47 total · $291.95 principal · $424.79 interest · $20.44 penalty2001$949.84 total · $322.36 principal · $440.02 interest · $22.57 penalty2002$915.61 total · $322.36 principal · $411.01 interest · $22.57 penalty2003$881.38 total · $322.36 principal · $382.00 interest · $22.57 penalty2004$932.59 total · $355.81 principal · $389.61 interest · $24.91 penalty2005$894.81 total · $355.81 principal · $357.59 interest · $24.91 penalty2006$857.02 total · $355.81 principal · $325.57 interest · $24.91 penalty2007$819.23 total · $355.81 principal · $293.54 interest · $24.91 penalty2008$839.72 total · $383.18 principal · $281.63 interest · $26.82 penalty2009$799.04 total · $383.18 principal · $247.15 interest · $26.82 penalty2010$758.34 total · $383.18 principal · $212.66 interest · $26.82 penalty2013$748.01 total · $453.07 principal · $129.13 interest · $31.71 penalty2014$1,224.83 total · $752.01 principal · $146.64 interest · $52.64 penalty2015$1,144.97 total · $752.01 principal · $78.96 interest · $52.64 penalty2016$945.42 total · $785.57 principal · $11.78 interest · $7.86 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
3
Bathrooms
3
Stories
2
Interior
1,186 sqft livable area
Lot
956 sqft
Basement
Full, finished city code A
Heat
Forced hot air city code A
Central air
No
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

600 block of W Venango St. Compare parcels, ownership, and public-record history.

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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 28, 2026.

Landlord and residential filings

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

VADANNAH BENITESInactive

Vacant Residential Property / Lot · Initial issue date Feb 19, 2014 · Terminal license date Apr 29, 2018

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 49 dated rows
  1. Recorded transfer$175K transfer

    2022

  2. Recorded transfer$55K transfer

    2020

  3. License terminal eventVADANNAH BENITES: Vacant Residential Property / Lot landlord or residential registration marked inactive

    License 618300 · Inactive

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

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

    Case 501060 · FAILED

    A follow-up before or during enforcement escalation; confirm the case sequence in the City file. The cited inspection visit was marked failed; later rows may show follow-up or resolution.

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

    Case 501060 · FAILED

    A follow-up before or during enforcement escalation; confirm the case sequence in the City file. The cited inspection visit was marked failed; later rows may show follow-up or resolution.

  6. InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

    Case 501060 · CLOSED

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

  7. Recorded transfer$3K transfer

    2016

  8. InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

    Case 501060 · 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.

  9. ViolationVACANT STRUCTURE LICENSE

    Case 501060 · Violation 3967855 · Code 9-3905 · CLOSEDCASE

    City marked the case closed; that does not mean the original condition never existed.

  10. InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

    Case 501060 · 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.

  11. InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

    Case 406364 · 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.

  12. License issue eventVADANNAH BENITES: Vacant Residential Property / Lot landlord or residential registration initially issued

    License 618300 · Inactive

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

  13. InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

    Case 406364 · 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.

  14. InvestigationCSUINITIAL

    Case 396536 · PASSED

    The cited inspection visit was marked passed.

  15. InvestigationCSUINITIAL

    Case 323341 · PASSED

    The cited inspection visit was marked passed.

  16. InvestigationCSUINITIAL

    Case 249541 · PASSED

    The cited inspection visit was marked passed.

  17. InvestigationCSUINITIAL

    Case 396536 · FAILED

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

  18. ViolationEXT A-CLEAN RUBBISH/GARBAGE (Remove rubbish or garbage from the exterior area)

    Case 406364 · Violation 3034967 · Code PM-302.2/2 · COMPLIED

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

  19. ViolationVACANT PROP STANDARD (likely: vacant-property enforcement standard)

    Case 406364 · Violation 3034969 · Code PM-306.0/1 · COMPLIED

    A legacy L&I label associated with vacant-property requirements. It may concern licensing, securing, or maintaining a vacant structure; the notice and cited code control, and this row alone does not prove the property is vacant now. City marked this violation complied with; check the resolution date and live case for what was accepted.

  20. ViolationEXT S-STEPS REPAIR

    Case 406364 · Violation 3034968 · Code PM-304.1/2 · COMPLIED

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

  21. ViolationVACANT BLDG UNSECURED COUNT

    Case 406364 · Violation 3034970 · Code PM-306.2/1 · COMPLIED

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

  22. InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

    Case 406364 · 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.

  23. ViolationRETAINING/FENCE WALL FRACTURED

    Case 396536 · Violation 2968687 · Code PM-307.1/15 · COMPLIED

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

  24. ViolationWALL LOOSE/MISS BRICKS

    Case 396536 · Violation 2968686 · Code PM-307.1/10 · COMPLIED

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

  25. ViolationVACANT BLDG UNSEC/UNSAFE CSU

    Case 396536 · Violation 2968688 · Code PM-307.1/19 · COMPLIED

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

  26. InvestigationCSUINITIAL

    Case 396536 · FAILED

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

  27. InvestigationCSUINITIAL

    Case 323341 · FAILED

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

  28. InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

    Case 360590 · CLOSED

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

  29. InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

    Case 360590 · 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.

  30. ViolationLICENSE-RES GENERAL

    Case 360590 · Violation 2704821 · Code PM-102.0/1 · CLOSEDCASE

    City marked the case closed; that does not mean the original condition never existed.

  31. InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

    Case 360590 · 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.

  32. ViolationWALL PARTIALLY COLLAPSED

    Case 323341 · Violation 2859818 · Code PM-307.1/12 · COMPLIED

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

  33. ViolationWALL LOOSE/MISS BRICKS

    Case 323341 · Violation 2859817 · Code PM-307.1/10 · COMPLIED

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

  34. ViolationRETAINING/FENCE WALL PRTLY C

    Case 323341 · Violation 2859819 · Code PM-307.1/18 · COMPLIED

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

  35. InvestigationCSUINITIAL

    Case 323341 · FAILED

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

  36. Recorded transfer$5K transfer

    2012

  37. InvestigationCSUINITIAL

    Case 249541 · FAILED

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

  38. InvestigationCSUINITIAL

    Case 249541 · FAILED

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

  39. InvestigationCSUINITIAL

    Case 249541 · FAILED

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

  40. ViolationWALL PARTIALLY COLLAPSED

    Case 249541 · Violation 1838014 · Code PM-307.1/12 · CLOSEDCASE

    City marked the case closed; that does not mean the original condition never existed.

  41. ViolationWALL LOOSE/MISS BRICKS

    Case 249541 · Violation 1838015 · Code PM-307.1/10 · CLOSEDCASE

    City marked the case closed; that does not mean the original condition never existed.

  42. InvestigationCSUINITIAL

    Case 249541 · FAILED

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

  43. InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

    Case 199714 · 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.

  44. ViolationVACANT BLDG UNSECURED COUNT

    Case 199714 · Violation 1620967 · Code PM-306.2/1 · COMPLIED

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

  45. InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

    Case 199714 · 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.

  46. ViolationVACANT PROP STANDARD (likely: vacant-property enforcement standard)

    Case 199714 · Violation 1620966 · Code PM-306.0/1 · COMPLIED

    A legacy L&I label associated with vacant-property requirements. It may concern licensing, securing, or maintaining a vacant structure; the notice and cited code control, and this row alone does not prove the property is vacant now. City marked this violation complied with; check the resolution date and live case for what was accepted.

  47. ViolationLICENSE-VAC RES BLDG (vacant residential building license required)

    Case 199714 · Violation 1620965 · Code PM-102.4/2 · COMPLIED

    This usually records a requirement to obtain a Vacant Structure License for an unoccupied residential building. Check later license and compliance rows because it does not establish present vacancy or an unresolved violation. City marked this violation complied with; check the resolution date and live case for what was accepted.

  48. InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

    Case 199714 · 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.

  49. InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

    Case 199714 · 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.

Where this comes from

Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 29, 2026, 2:02 AM 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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