{"asOf":"2026-07-09T15:11:10.589Z","block":"3200-3299 N 16TH ST","blockUrl":"https://blockreport.homes/block/3200-3299-n-16th-st","address":"3259 N 16TH ST","parcelNumber":"112194800","source":"https://property.phila.gov/?p=112194800","ownerType":"vacant","kind":"vacant land","isHouse":false,"residential":false,"taxExempt":false,"institutional":false,"buildingClass":"VACANT LAND RESIDE < ACRE","useLabel":"Vacant lot","owner":"3259 N 16TH STREET LP","marketValue":29600,"livableArea":null,"yearBuilt":null,"lastSale":{"price":10800,"date":"2018-11-01T04:00:00Z"},"openViolations":0,"violYears":[{"y":2020,"n":1,"worst":null},{"y":2021,"n":1,"worst":null},{"y":2023,"n":1,"worst":null},{"y":2025,"n":2,"worst":null},{"y":2026,"n":1,"worst":null}],"inspYears":[{"y":2020,"fails":2,"passes":0},{"y":2021,"fails":2,"passes":0},{"y":2023,"fails":2,"passes":0},{"y":2025,"fails":4,"passes":2},{"y":2026,"fails":2,"passes":1}],"taxOwed":1058.16,"lat":40.003473623201295,"lng":-75.1555547193188,"geom":{"type":"Polygon","coordinates":[[[-75.155375604,40.003473628],[-75.1553858,40.003428401],[-75.155732657,40.003472967],[-75.155722387,40.003519174],[-75.155375604,40.003473628]]]},"zip":"19140","beds":null,"baths":null,"stories":null,"lotArea":1649,"zoning":"RSA5","grade":null,"basement":null,"heater":null,"centralAir":null,"extCond":null,"intCond":null,"garage":null,"homestead":false,"mail":"305 S 15TH ST, PHILADELPHIA PA, 19102","mailOut":false,"appeals":[{"type":"Zoning board appeal","grounds":"PERMIT FOR THE ERECTION OF AN ATTACHED STRUCTURE WITH TWO (2) ROOF DECK ACCESSED FROM THE FIFTH FLOOR AND BALCONIES AT THE SECOND\nAND FOURTH FLOOR; FOR THE ERECTION OF A FOUR (4) FEET HIGH FENCE AT FRONT AND SIDE OF THE PROPERTY LINE (MAX 5","status":"OPEN","outcome":"HELD/INFO","date":"2019-02-06","number":"34458"}],"taxYears":[],"taxNet":0,"taxLien":false,"timesSold":1,"abated":false,"valueSeries":[{"y":2016,"v":7600,"taxable":7600},{"y":2017,"v":10800,"taxable":10800},{"y":2018,"v":10800,"taxable":10800},{"y":2019,"v":10800,"taxable":10800},{"y":2020,"v":10800,"taxable":10800},{"y":2021,"v":10800,"taxable":10800},{"y":2022,"v":10800,"taxable":10800},{"y":2023,"v":45200,"taxable":45200},{"y":2024,"v":45200,"taxable":45200},{"y":2025,"v":27700,"taxable":27700},{"y":2026,"v":27700,"taxable":27700},{"y":2027,"v":29600,"taxable":29600}],"taxNow":388,"familyHeld":false,"storyTag":"History","storyDelta":null,"timeline":[{"y":2018,"k":"sale","p":10800},{"y":2019,"k":"appeal","w":"Appeal held/info"},{"y":2021,"k":"viol","w":"L&I violation"},{"y":2021,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection failed ×2"},{"y":2023,"k":"viol","w":"L&I violation"},{"y":2023,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection failed ×2"},{"y":2025,"k":"viol","w":"2 L&I violations"},{"y":2025,"k":"insp","w":"L&I: 4 failed, 2 passed"},{"y":2026,"k":"viol","w":"L&I violation"},{"y":2026,"k":"insp","w":"L&I: 2 failed, 1 passed"}],"rented":false,"signals":[{"kind":"record-pressure","level":"elevated","title":"Records to verify together","summary":"More than one separately dated public record deserves a current-status check.","evidence":["$1,058 appeared in the City's June 2022 delinquency snapshot","failed L&I inspection activity in 2021, 2023, 2025, 2026"],"caveat":"A screening signal, not a foreclosure prediction. Tax entries are historical and must be verified with Philadelphia Revenue."}],"legalChecks":[],"closingChecks":[{"title":"Property Sales Certification","body":"The seller must obtain Philadelphia’s certificate showing the base zoning, last use in the zoning record, and open violations. The City warns that it does not prove Building Code occupancy or show zoning overlays.","action":"Obtain the fresh certificate and compare it with the CO, permits, and Atlas overlays.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/services/permits-violations-licenses/get-a-certificate/get-a-property-sales-certification/"},{"title":"Date-effective City Property Payoff","body":"The Tax Center Property Payoff covers Real Estate Tax, Commercial Trash, and L&I abatement-work invoices. Philadelphia says it does not include business-tax debts or liens, water and sewer charges, or fines for code violations.","action":"Request the City statement effective through settlement; read every period and invoice.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/guides/philadelphia-tax-center/what-to-do/"},{"title":"Professional title and water-lien searches","body":"OPA ownership, deed summaries, and a zero tax balance are not clear title. Mortgages, judgments, municipal claims, water liens, easements, heirs, and other encumbrances require separate searches.","action":"Use a Pennsylvania lawyer/title company and obtain owner’s title insurance; order the separate water search/payoff.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/2026-04-07-why-title-insurance-is-your-best-friend-when-buying-a-home-in-philadelphia/","secondaryUrl":"https://www.phila.gov/services/water-gas-utilities/pay-or-dispute-a-water-bill/resolve-water-liens-judgments/"}]}