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8305 Cottage St

4 bd2 ba1,488 sqftRSA3built 1997

Property at a glanceHouse

Owner-occupancy signal

2026 assessment
$325K 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$250K$500KZIP 19136 (Holmesburg · Mayfair) median$293K2001200620112016202120262027
Property assessmentBlock median & rangeZIP 19136 (Holmesburg · Mayfair) medianAssessmentDeed / salePermit

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Every dated record7 events · exact dates, newest first
  1. Deed / saleDeed / sale $335K
  2. PermitElectrical
  3. PermitAlteration
  4. Deed / saleDeed / sale $235K
  5. Deed / saleDeed / sale $120K
  6. Deed / saleDeed / sale $180K
  7. Deed / saleDeed / sale $147K

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$3,147/year estimated property tax

2026 taxable assessment $224,800 × 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 $292,500. 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 652236020
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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.

Bedrooms
4
Bathrooms
2
Interior
1,488 sqft livable area
Lot
3,120 sqft
Basement
Partial, finished city code E
Heat
Undetermined city code H
Central air
Yes
Garage
1 space
Exterior condition
Average city code 4
Interior condition
Average city code 4
Quality grade
C 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

8300 block of Cottage 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 24, 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 7 dated rows
  1. Recorded transfer$335K transfer

    2021

  2. PermitElectrical

    Permit 1023149 · COMPLETED

    INSTALL A 9.135 KW/DC ROOFTOP RAILLESS SOLAR PANEL PV SYSTEM, CONSISTING OF 29 SOLAR PV MODULES AS PER 2014 NEC. PANELS WILL NOT EXCEED HEIGHT OF ROOF. (EAST DISTRICT)

  3. PermitAlteration

    Permit 341954 · COMPLETED

    REMOVE ROOD SHINGLES AND INSTALL NEW ROOF SYSTEM.

  4. Recorded transfer$235K transfer

    2007

  5. Recorded transfer$120K transfer

    2006

  6. Recorded transfer$180K transfer

    2002

  7. Recorded transfer$147K transfer

    2001

Where this comes from

Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 25, 2026, 8:44 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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