Commercial property report

103 S 59th St

1 story · 180 sqft · RM1 · built 1925

Garage · Hip Brothers Realty LLC · assessed $5K (2026) · 2027 OPA assessment $5K. On the 100 block of S 59th St.

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Estimated annual Real Estate Tax$73/year

2026 taxable assessment $5,200 × 1.3998%. Estimate—not a bill or account balance.

OPA also publishes a 2027 assessment of $5,200; it is not the 2026 billed-year value.

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OPA 604295500
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Exemption classificationNo exemption shown

2026 taxable assessment equals the full assessed value.

Historical delinquency sources No current conclusion

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What stands out

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Finding

Recorded transfers

Record summary

2 non-nominal transfers recorded: $17K in 2015 → $103K in 2020 (+506% between recorded amounts).

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Finding

Assessment frozen for a decade

Record summary

The assessed value hasn't moved once in 12 years of fetched records. That can reflect a genuinely unchanged assessment or a record that has not been updated; the public roll alone does not establish which.

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The property record, over time

Every dated deed, permit, inspection, license, violation, certification, and appeal is placed on the City’s annual assessment line. Select a point to read what happened; the line is an assessment history—not a sale-price chart or appraisal. OPA has also published a 2027 assessment of $5,200; it is not yet the billed-year tax basis.

Assessment history · all dated City records marked on the line

$0$5K$10K$5K2015201720192021202320252027
Property assessmentAssessmentDeed / sale

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Every dated record2 events · exact dates, newest first
  1. Deed / saleDeed / sale $103K
  2. Deed / saleDeed / sale $17K
Commercial propertyProperty report

This is a garage, recorded under the city's garage category. The homeowner tools (rent estimate, homestead playbook) don't apply, so they're hidden. The full record and owner trail are below.

What it is
Garage
Priv Gar 1 Sty Masonry
Owner
Hip Brothers Realty LLC
OPA tax treatment
Assessed $5K
Taxable assessment on the roll
Corridor
56th and Market
city commercial corridor
Assessed value
$5,200
2026 OPA · 2027: $5,200
Interior area
180 sqft
Lot size
221 sqft
Stories
1
Built
1925
Zoning
RM1

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Browse 2 dated records deeds, permits, inspections, licenses, violations, certifications & appeals
  1. Recorded transfer$103K transfer

    2020

  2. Recorded transfer$17K transfer

    2015

What this record suggests

The dated deed and City-record sequence is assembled below. Read timing as a research lead, not proof of renovation, condition, or motive.

Who's behind it

Hip Brothers Realty LLC · corporate / LLC owner

• Owns 2 properties across Philadelphia under this name, assessed at $160K combined
• Tax bills mail to 1121 Bethlehem Pk St 60-180, Springhouse PA, 19477 — outside Philadelphia
• The last transfer was a nominal/family deed, not an open-market sale

Where the record looks off

Places where the city's own paperwork disagrees with itself. These are flags on the data — not problems with the property.

Assessment frozen for a decade

The assessed value hasn't moved once in 12 years of fetched records. That can reflect a genuinely unchanged assessment or a record that has not been updated; the public roll alone does not establish which.

Block context

103 S 59th St sits on the 100 block of S 59th St. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.

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Next door: 105 S 59th St  ·  107 S 59th St

Where this comes from

Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 9, 2026, 1:01 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. “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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