House report

821 S 48th St

3 stories3,402 sqftRSA3built 1895

Property at a glanceHouse

Owner-occupancy signal

2026 assessment
$524K 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$500K$1.0MZIP 19143 (Cedar Park · Kingsessing) median$601K2001200620112016202120262027
Property assessmentBlock median & rangeZIP 19143 (Cedar Park · Kingsessing) medianAssessmentDeed / salePermit

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Every dated record7 events · exact dates, newest first
  1. PermitAddition and/or Alteration
  2. PermitSolar Panels and Structure
  3. PermitAddition and/or Alteration
  4. Deed / saleDeed / sale $730K
  5. PermitAlterations
  6. PermitPlumbing
  7. Deed / saleDeed / sale $230K

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$5,939/year estimated property tax

2026 taxable assessment $424,300 × 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 $600,500. 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 461209500
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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.

Stories
3
Interior
3,402 sqft livable area
Lot
2,970 sqft
Basement
Full city code D
Exterior condition
Average city code 4
Interior condition
Average city code 4
Quality grade
B+ assessor's grade
Zoning
RSA3 city zoning code

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

Block context

800 block of S 48th St. Compare parcels, ownership, and public-record history.

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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 7 dated rows
  1. PermitAddition and/or Alteration

    Permit EP-2025-010144 · Completed

    INSTALL PHOTOVOLTAIC ROOF MOUNT SYSTEM 20 MODULES-ROOF MOUNTED - 8.70 kWDC, 7.68 kWAC GP-2025-009926

  2. PermitSolar Panels and Structure

    Permit GP-2025-009926 · Expired

    FOR THE INSTALLATION OF SOLAR PANELS AND RELATED APPURTENANCES AS NOTED ON THE APPROVED PLAN. ALL WORK TO BE DONE PER APPROVED PLANS. IF FIELD CONDITIONS VARY CONTACT DESIGN ENGINEER PRIOR TO THE START OF ANY WORK. SEPARATE PERMITS REQUIRED FOR ALL OTHER WORK. *SEPARATE ELECTRICAL PERMIT REQUIRED*

  3. PermitAddition and/or Alteration

    Permit EP-2024-003205 · Completed

    INSTALL 200 AMP ELECTRICAL SERVICE, METER SOCKET AND CIRCUIT BREAKER PANEL WITH PROPER GROUNDING. REWIRE HOUSE THROUGHOUT AND INSTALL LIGHTING, SWITCHES AND RECEPTACLE OUTLETS. INSTALL INTERCONNECTED SMOKE AND CO ALARMS ACCORDING TO THE 2017 NEC. (FISHING WIRES)

  4. Recorded transfer$730K transfer

    2024

  5. PermitAlterations

    Permit PP-2023-001022 · Expired

    Replace trap, FAI, house drain

  6. PermitPlumbing

    Permit 289630 · COMPLETED

    REPLACE LATERAL

  7. Recorded transfer$230K transfer

    2001

Where this comes from

Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 29, 2026, 6:24 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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