House report

656 N 53rd St

3 bd1 ba2 stories1,344 sqftRSA5built 1925

Property at a glanceHouse

Owner-occupancy signal

2026 assessment
$110K 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 19131 (Wynnefield · West Park) median$119K1999200420092014201920242027
Property assessmentBlock median & rangeZIP 19131 (Wynnefield · West Park) 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 record18 events · exact dates, newest first
  1. LicenseMaya Shandell Mcgeathey: Rental landlord or residential registration initially issued
  2. InspectionPRECOURT (likely: pre-court compliance inspection)
  3. Deed / saleDeed / sale $70K
  4. InspectionPRECOURT (likely: pre-court compliance inspection)
  5. InspectionPRECOURT (likely: pre-court compliance inspection)
  6. InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
  7. InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
  8. L&I violationELECTRICAL -RECEPTACLES
  9. L&I violationINTERIOR SURFACES
  10. L&I violationEXTERIOR STRUCTURE WINDOWS
  11. L&I violationELECTRICAL -HAZARD
  12. L&I violationHANDRAIL FASTENED
  13. L&I violationINTERIOR SURFACES STAIRS, ETC
  14. InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
  15. InspectionBRU INSP
  16. L&I violationCOULD NOT ENTER
  17. InspectionBRU INSP
  18. Deed / saleDeed / sale $25K

Flags: active rental license · historical tax ledger through 2016 recorded $378 with a lien entry. Informational only. Not investment advice or a consumer report (FCRA).

Verify the public record

$1,544/year estimated property tax

2026 taxable assessment $110,300 × 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 $119,000. 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 442332400
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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 $378.17 and a lien entry. It is shown as historical context only.

2015$138.74 total · $0.00 principal · $20.40 interest · $23.79 penalty2016$239.43 total · $135.78 principal · $2.04 interest · $1.36 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
1
Stories
2
Interior
1,344 sqft livable area
Lot
1,200 sqft
Exterior condition
Average city code 4
Interior condition
Average city code 4
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 N 53rd St. Compare parcels, ownership, and public-record history.

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Next door: 654 N 53rd St  ·  658 N 53rd 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 28, 2026.

Landlord and residential filings

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

Maya Shandell McgeatheyActive

Rental · Initial issue date Jan 15, 2026 · Filed expiration Jan 14, 2027

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 18 dated rows
  1. License issue eventMaya Shandell Mcgeathey: Rental landlord or residential registration initially issued

    License 0997579 · Active

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

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

    Case 519236 · 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. Recorded transfer$70K transfer

    2020

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

    Case 519236 · 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 519236 · 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 519236 · 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. InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

    Case 519236 · 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.

  8. ViolationELECTRICAL -RECEPTACLES

    Case 519236 · Violation 3995778 · Code PM15-605.2 · COMPLIED

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

  9. ViolationINTERIOR SURFACES

    Case 519236 · Violation 3995774 · Code PM15-305.3 · COMPLIED

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

  10. ViolationEXTERIOR STRUCTURE WINDOWS

    Case 519236 · Violation 3995773 · Code PM15-304.13 · COMPLIED

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

  11. ViolationELECTRICAL -HAZARD

    Case 519236 · Violation 3995777 · Code PM15-604.3 · COMPLIED

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

  12. ViolationHANDRAIL FASTENED

    Case 519236 · Violation 3995776 · Code PM15-305.5 · COMPLIED

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

  13. ViolationINTERIOR SURFACES STAIRS, ETC

    Case 519236 · Violation 3995775 · Code PM15-305.4 · COMPLIED

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

  14. InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

    Case 519236 · 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.

  15. InvestigationBRU INSP

    Case 140427 · PASSED

    The cited inspection visit was marked passed.

  16. ViolationCOULD NOT ENTER

    Case 140427 · Violation 785561 · Code A.CNE.000 · COMPEXCP

  17. InvestigationBRU INSP

    Case 140427 · FAILED

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

  18. Recorded transfer$25K transfer

    1999

Where this comes from

Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 29, 2026, 7:25 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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