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1423 Brown St

Vacant lot · Greater Exodus Baptist Ch · fully tax-exempt (2026 OPA). On the 1400 block of Brown St.

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Property summary

Assessment$217,4002026 OPA assessment · 2027: $229,300 Last sale$400KRecorded 2003 Est. tax bill$0/year2026 OPA · full assessment exemption shown Tax delinquency—Snapshot unavailable Permits5Dated events in report Violations3 openNo historical match in fetched records

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Estimated annual Real Estate Tax$0/year

2026 taxable assessment $0 × 1.3998%. Estimate—not a bill or account balance.

OPA also publishes a 2027 assessment of $229,300; it is not the 2026 billed-year value.

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OPA 885150800
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Exemption classificationFull assessment exemption shown

2026 OPA shows a zero or de minimis taxable assessment. The open assessment split does not establish the exemption's legal basis, continuing eligibility, or treatment after a transfer.

Historical delinquency sources No current conclusion

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What stands out

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Finding

Improved

Why it matters

Bought for $400K in 2003. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2024.

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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 $229,300; it is not yet the billed-year tax basis.

Assessment history · all dated City records marked on the line

$0$125K$250K$229K2003200720112015201920232027
Property assessmentAssessmentDeed / saleAppeal

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Every dated record2 events · exact dates, newest first
  1. AppealZBA Permit Denial - Variance
  2. Deed / saleDeed / sale $400K
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3 open violations

What it is
Vacant lot
Non Pd Pkg Lot Commercial
Owner
Greater Exodus Baptist Ch
OPA tax treatment
Full assessment exemption shown
2026 OPA taxable assessment $0 · basis and live balance require separate verification
Assessed value
$217,400
2026 OPA · 2027: $229,300
Lot size
975 sqft
Zoning
RM1

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Browse 2 dated records deeds, permits, inspections, licenses, violations, certifications & appeals
  1. AppealZBA Permit Denial - Variance

    Appeal ZP-2022-006213 · Completed · Granted

    (PERMIT) FOR THE USE OF NON-ACCESSORY SURFACE PARKING LOT TO INCLUDE SEVENTY-EIGHT (78) SURFACE PARKING SPACES (INCLUDING 4 ADA (INCLUDES 2 ADA VAN SPACES) ACCESSIBLE PARKING SPACES) AND EIGHT (8) BICYCLE PARKING SPACES ALONG PUBLIC RIGHT O

  2. Recorded transfer$400K transfer

    2003

What this record suggests

3 violations are still marked open in the assembled record. The date and status belong in a current L&I check before relying on them.

Block context

1423 Brown St sits on the 1400 block of Brown St. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.

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Next door: 1421 Brown St  ·  1425 Brown St

Where this comes from
Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 9, 2026, 3:49 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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