2026 taxable assessment $216,300 × 1.3998%. Estimate—not a bill or account balance.
OPA also publishes a 2027 assessment of $189,300; it is not the 2026 billed-year value.
Multi-family report
1300 Wagner Ave
4 bd · 1 ba · 2 stories · 1,664 sqft · RSA3 · built 1935
Absentee individual · assessed $216K (2026) · 2027 OPA assessment $189K · 2 licensed units · sold 3×. On the 1300 block of Wagner Ave.
Property summary
Assessment$216,3002026 OPA assessment · 2027: $189,300
Last sale$60KRecorded 2007
Est. tax bill$3,028/year2026 taxable assessment × 1.3998%
Tax delinquencyNo 2022 matchNot proof account is current
Permits3Every fetched City permit
Violations0 open4 historical across 1 case
“Open” reflects records available then historical records keep their source dates estimates are labeled
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Property tax
The estimate, live balance, and back-tax record are different.
BlockReport can calculate the annual tax from the City’s taxable assessment. Payments, credits, interest, and a current amount due live separately in Philadelphia Tax Center.
A Tax Center balance is net of bills, payments, credits, interest, and adjustments. A credit—or an amount due—is not automatically “back taxes.”
OPA 4930175002026 taxable assessment equals the full assessed value.
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.”
What stands out
From the public recordImproved
Why it mattersBought for $60K in 2002. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2015.
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Fetched L&I and zoning records
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- Recorded owner
- Individual owner on record Analyst access to view
- Tax mailing address
- Private for individual owners
- L&I district
- EAST
- Building ID (BIN)
- —
- OPA account
- 493017500
Permits3Every dated permit
Violation cases14 violation records · 0 open
Investigations168 failed · 6 passed · 2 closed
Building certifications0No match
Business licenses21 active
Appeals0No match
PermitsPermit number, issued date, work and City status3
AlterationPermit 93559
Aug 2, 2007 COMPLETED Completed Jul 22, 2009
GENERAL REHAB: NEW WINDOWS,CABINETRY, FLOORING, SHEETROCK,PARGE BASEMENT WALLS,FRAMING,ETC
PlumbingPermit 153188
May 21, 2008 COMPLETED Completed Nov 21, 2008
REPAIR EXISTING LEAKING WATER SERVICE, INSTALL NEW 3/4" WATER SERVICE FOR PURPOSE OF TWO WATER METERS.
PlumbingPermit 634978
Aug 27, 2015 COMPLETED Completed Sep 2, 2015
REPLACE TRAP AND PART OF HOUSE DRAIN-PA1#20152113174-"SELF-CERTIFICATION'S ARE NO LONGER PERMITTED" - "ALL EXCAVATIONS AND PLUMBING TRENCHES IN EXCESS OF 5 FEET IN DEPTH MUST HAVE APPROVED SHORING IN PLACE AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION"
Violation cases4 individual violation records; resolved history remains visible1
Case 119411CLOSED
CONSTRUCTION SERVICES · Opened Jul 5, 2007
- PERME- INST/REPL/REPAIR WIREViolation 1215396Jul 5, 2007
- PERMB- INSTALL DUCTWORKViolation 1215397Jul 5, 2007
- PERMB- INSTALL HVAC SYSViolation 1215398Jul 5, 2007
- PERMP- ALTER/REPAIR/REPL PLUMBViolation 1215399Jul 5, 2007
InvestigationsEvery inspector visit, including CLOSED outcomes16
HCEU INSPCase 68275
Jun 21, 2006 FAILED
HCEU INSPCase 78998
Sep 11, 2006 FAILED
HCEU INSPCase 68275
Sep 11, 2006 PASSED
BP_BLDGCase 119411
Jul 5, 2007 FAILED
BP_BLDGCase 119411
Jul 12, 2007 PASSED
BP_BLDGCase 119411
Oct 18, 2007 FAILED
BP_BLDGCase 119411
Nov 19, 2007 FAILED
BP_BLDGCase 119411
May 20, 2008 CLOSED
PRECOURTCase 119411
Jun 19, 2008 PASSED
PRECOURTCase 119411
Jun 25, 2008 PASSED
PRECOURTCase 119411
Jul 30, 2008 PASSED
PRECOURTCase 119411
Aug 27, 2008 FAILED
PRECOURTCase 119411
Nov 10, 2008 FAILED
PRECOURTCase 119411
Jan 14, 2009 FAILED
PRECOURTCase 119411
Feb 17, 2009 CLOSED
HCEU INSPCase 78998
May 6, 2011 PASSED
Building certificationsInspection result and filed expiration date by L&I building ID0
No building certifications matched this parcel in the fetched City dataset.
Business licensesHistorical and active licenses are both retained2
RentalLicense 255655
TANYA TRANKS
Revenue code 3202 · First issued Mar 23, 2003 Inactive Expiration Feb 28, 2006 Inactive Dec 22, 2012
RentalLicense 426845
LUBLIN CORPORATION
Revenue code 3202 · First issued Oct 22, 2007 Active Expiration Feb 28, 2027
AppealsApplication status and decision are separate City fields0
No appeals matched this parcel in the fetched City dataset.
City of Philadelphia OPA, L&I and Zoning Board records, shown as filed. A CLOSED investigation is an outcome label, not a missing visit; an appeal's application status and decision may differ.
Legal due diligence
What this record proves—and what it does not.
These checks are triggered by this property’s actual City rows. They identify the controlling document to verify; they do not declare a use legal, a building safe, or title clear.
1 resolve before relying
4 verify
1 favorable dated record
Resolve before relyingZoning approval is not the occupancy fileThe record identifies more than one dwelling/use.
Why it mattersPhiladelphia says a zoning approval or Property Sales Certification can identify a use without proving that it was established under the Building Code. A change of use, unit count, exits, or fire rating can require a Building Permit and Certificate of Occupancy.
Verify nextVerify the lawful use, unit count, associated construction permits, and Certificate of Occupancy with L&I.
Open the controlling City guidance ↗VerifyA rental license does not transfer with the deed1 active Rental License record matched.
Why it mattersIf dwelling space is rented, the buyer must obtain a new annual Rental License; the seller’s license is not transferable. New applications require proof of ownership and legal occupancy, tax compliance, no open L&I violations, and lead compliance where applicable.
Verify nextPlan the buyer’s replacement license before settlement.
Open the controlling City guidance ↗VerifyLead compliance is a separate recordOPA records a 1935 build year; BlockReport does not receive the Health Department’s unit-level lead certificate file.
Why it mattersPhiladelphia requires covered pre-March-1978 rentals to be certified lead-safe or lead-free for a new or renewed lease and for a new or renewed Rental License. A certificate is unit-specific; a renovation does not by itself create an exemption.
Verify nextRequest the current lead certificate or City exemption for every dwelling unit.
Open the controlling City guidance ↗VerifyFailed inspections are dated events—not the current condition8 failed, 6 passed, and 2 CLOSED investigation outcomes are in the fetched history; the latest dated visit was PASSED on May 6, 2011.
Why it mattersA PASSED or FAILED value applies to that inspection visit. CLOSED is a separate source status; none of the three alone proves the parent permit or violation case closed—or describes today’s condition.
Verify nextOpen the parent case/permit for each material failure and confirm its later disposition.
Open the controlling City guidance ↗VerifyA separate Commercial Trash account may applyOPA classifies the parcel as multi-family. BlockReport does not receive a current Commercial Trash account balance.
Why it mattersPhiladelphia charges qualifying small commercial, mixed-use, and multi-unit properties that use City collection; exemptions and private collection can change applicability. A use category alone does not prove a fee is due.
Verify nextCheck the Commercial Trash account inside the date-effective Property Payoff.
Open the controlling City guidance ↗Favorable dated recordNo open violation; closed history remains relevantThe fetched record shows 0 open and 4 historical violations across 1 case.
Why it mattersA closed case is materially better than an open one, but it does not by itself prove that every altered use, unit, or concealed condition matches today’s approvals.
Verify nextUse the closed cases to target the inspection and occupancy-file review.
Open the controlling City guidance ↗Closing file: checks no public-record summary can replace5 documents/searches to assign before settlement
Property Sales Certification
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.
Next: Obtain the fresh certificate and compare it with the CO, permits, and Atlas overlays.
Official guidance ↗Date-effective City Property Payoff
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.
Next: Request the City statement effective through settlement; read every period and invoice.
Official guidance ↗Professional title and water-lien searches
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.
Next: Use a Pennsylvania lawyer/title company and obtain owner’s title insurance; order the separate water search/payoff.
Official guidance ↗Separate water-lien guidance ↗Seller-specific tax relief is not the buyer’s bill
LOOP and low-income or senior Real Estate Tax freezes depend on the qualifying owner and continued program eligibility; a buyer cannot assume the seller’s capped or frozen bill continues. A separately verified property abatement often remains with the property for its remaining term, but program-specific new-owner filing, use, and tax-compliance conditions still must be confirmed—not inferred from the reduced assessment alone.
Next: Have Revenue or OPA identify every current benefit, model the buyer’s bill without seller-specific relief, and confirm any verified abatement in writing.
Official guidance ↗Separate water-lien guidance ↗Seller disclosure and independent inspections
For a covered Pennsylvania residential transfer, obtain the statutory seller disclosure. It reports the seller’s knowledge; it is not a warranty, title search, code review, or substitute for inspections. Because OPA dates this building before 1978, separately obtain the required federal/City lead disclosures and any test results.
Next: Have the agreement and disclosure reviewed for this transaction’s coverage and exceptions.
Official guidance ↗Informational only—not a legal opinion, title report, code inspection, tax payoff, or substitute for a Pennsylvania lawyer, title company, inspector, or tax professional.
Records to verify together
Rule-based groupings across this property's dated public records. Each flag shows the records that belong in the same verification step and where the inference stops.
Assessment/permit mismatch
The assessment jumped 50% in 2023, but no matching permit appears in the property timeline.
Evidence: assessment moved from $100,100 to $150,300 · no permit shown in 2022-2024
Limit: Not proof of unpermitted work; reassessment, corrected data, or a permit under another parcel can also explain it.
Transparent record rules, not a score or forecast. Each flag is a prompt to verify the cited records, not a prediction or allegation.
What to do with this
The record, translated into moves — what a buyer, the owner, and a landlord would each want to check next under Philadelphia's actual rules.
If you’re buying
Built 1935: lead rules apply
Federal law requires a lead-paint disclosure at sale for any pre-1978 home. If it will be rented, Philadelphia also requires a lead-safe or lead-free certificate before a rental license can issue.
2 units and RSA3 zoning need reconciliation
The assessment or license record describes multiple units while the zoning district is generally single-family. That does not establish whether the use is lawful, nonconforming, abandoned, or incorrectly coded. Verify the registered use and Certificate of Occupancy with L&I before pricing multiple rents.
If you’re the landlord
Lead certificate is not optional
Built 1935: every rental unit needs a lead-safe or lead-free certificate on file with the City. Without one: fines up to $2,000/day per unit, tenants may withhold rent, courts can order rent refunded — and no eviction will stand.
Licensed rental — keep it that way
Renewal requires city tax clearance and zero open L&I violations on the property. A lapsed license suspends the right to collect rent or evict.
Derived from the fetched property records and linked City guidance as of 2026. Assessment treatment is not a substitute for an exemption approval, live balance, title report, license, occupancy certificate, or inspection. Informational only — not legal, tax, or investment advice.
The investment read
How this building has moved and where it's pointed: the city's assessed value (not a listing price) over 12 years, charted against its block; appreciation is that history's pace, and the 5-year figure simply extends it. Yield estimates rent-vs-price from area rents. Ask the record to dig into any number.
Assessed value
$216,300
2026 billed-year assessment · 2027: $189,300 · built 1935
Price / sq ft
$114
block $109 · in line w/ block
Appreciation
+118%
+8%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$190K
+8%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax bill / yr
$3,028
1.6% effective
Jun 2022 tax snapshot
No match
not proof the account is current
Gross yield
7.1%
≈$1K/mo rent
Times sold
3
licensed rental
Value vs. the block, over time — sales, permits & L&I events marked on the line
This houseBlock median & rangePermit
The paper trail
ImprovedBought for $60K in 2002. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2015.
- 2002 $60KSold
- 2004 $150Sold
- 2007 $60KSold4 L&I violationsL&IL&I: 3 failed, 1 passedL&I visitAlterationPermit
- 2008 PlumbingPermitL&I: 2 failed, 3 passedL&I visit
- 2009 Inspection failedL&I visit
- 2011 Inspection passedL&I visit
- 2015 PlumbingPermit
Flags: active rental license. Informational only — not investment advice or a consumer report (FCRA).
The property, on paper
The city assessor's field record — the physical spec sheet behind the assessed number.
Bedrooms
4
Bathrooms
1
Stories
2
Interior
1,664 sqft
livable area
Lot
2,896 sqft
Exterior condition
Average
city code 4
Above averageBelow average
Interior condition
Average
city code 4
Above averageBelow average
Quality grade
C+
assessor's grade
ABCDE
Zoning
RSA3
city zoning code
OPA field-assessment attributes. Condition and grade are the assessor's codes, not an inspection.
Run the numbers
What owning 1300 Wagner Ave takes, at your price and your rate. Taxes start with an annual estimate from the City’s taxable assessment, not a current bill or balance; rent starts at 2 licensed units × ~85% of the area's median unit rent — the whole building's income, not one unit's. Assessed value is not an asking price — set the price slider to the real one.
When this house last sold (2007) a 30-year mortgage ran about 6.34% — Freddie Mac's average that year.
Mortgage
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P&I · 30-yr fixed
All-in monthly
—
+ taxes & insurance
Cash to close
—
down + ~4% costs
Cash flow
—
rent − all costs · /mo
Cap rate
—
NOI ÷ price
Cash-on-cash
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year-1 return on cash in
Estimates for orientation, not advice. Assumes a 30-year fixed loan, $1,400/yr insurance, 1% of price/yr maintenance; taxes use this parcel's taxable assessment, not a live Tax Center balance.
Block context
1300 Wagner Ave sits on the 1300 block of Wagner Ave. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.
See the whole block →Next door: 1302 Wagner Ave · 1304 Wagner Ave
Where this comes from
- Assessment, spec sheet & owner — OPA Property Assessments, Office of Property Assessment
- Sales & deed history — Realty Transfer Tax records, Recorder of Deeds
- Permits, violations & inspections — L&I Property History · Atlas
- Tax delinquency snapshot · June 2022 — Real Estate Tax Delinquencies, Dept. of Revenue
- Historical tax ledger & liens · through 2016 — Real Estate Tax Balances, Dept. of Revenue
- Current property-tax balance — Verify with Philadelphia Revenue
- Zoning appeals — L&I & Zoning Board appeals
- Neighborhood income & rents — US Census ACS 5-year estimates
- Historical mortgage rates — Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey, annual averages
- Imagery — Street photo © Google · Aerial © Esri, Maxar
Methodology & freshness
This report was assembled Jul 10, 2026, 4:33 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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