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Commercial property report

1443 Vernon Rd

1,264 sqft · CMX1 · built 1950

Store · Individual owner on record · assessed $194K (2026) · 2027 OPA assessment $199K. On the 1400 block of Vernon Rd.

Property summary

Assessment$193,5002026 OPA assessment · 2027: $199,300 Last sale$108KRecorded 2015 Est. tax bill$2,709/year2026 taxable assessment × 1.3998% Tax delinquency$9KCity snapshot · Jun 2022 Permits4Dated events in report Violations0 openNo historical match in fetched records

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Estimated annual Real Estate Tax$2,709/year

2026 taxable assessment $193,500 × 1.3998%. Estimate—not a bill or account balance.

OPA also publishes a 2027 assessment of $199,300; it is not the 2026 billed-year value.

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OPA 882924945
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Exemption classificationNo exemption shown

2026 taxable assessment equals the full assessed value.

Historical delinquency sources Record found

$9,050.67 was recorded for this parcel in Philadelphia's June 2022 delinquency snapshot. That amount may have been paid, reduced, or increased since; it is not a current payoff figure.

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What stands out

From the public record
Finding

Renovated & sold on

Why it matters

Bought for $101K in 2014, use permit in 2010, sold for $108K in 2015 (+116%).

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Commercial propertyProperty report

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

$9K · Jun 2022 delinquency snapshot

What it is
Store
Store 1 Sty Masonry
Owner
Individual owner on record
Individual name redacted
OPA tax treatment
Assessed $194K
Taxable assessment on the roll
$ / sq ft
$158
above the $130 median for 12,035 commercial parcels citywide
Corridor
Vernon Road
city commercial corridor
Assessed value
$193,500
2026 OPA · 2027: $199,300
Interior area
1,264 sqft
Lot size
2,398 sqft
Built
1950
Zoning
CMX1

Every dated deed, permit, inspection, license, violation, certification, and appeal—together.

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Recorded owner
Individual owner on record
L&I district
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OPA account
882924945

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.

  1. Recorded transfer$108K transfer

    2015

  2. Recorded transfer$101K transfer

    2014

  3. AppealZoning board appeal

    Appeal 13244 · CLOSED · Granted with conditions

    PERMIT FOR USE AS A BEAUTY SALON (NO ACTIVITY AS DEFINED IN SECTION 14-1605 OF THE PHILADELPHIA CODE) WITH ACCESSORY STORAGE IN THE CELLAR OF AN EXISTING ONE (1) STORY ATTACHED STRUCTURE.

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Permits and inspections

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Assessments and taxes

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How the Office of Property Assessment works ↗Philadelphia property-tax guidance ↗
Violations, cases, and status

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How L&I code enforcement works ↗City violation and order types ↗

Block context

1443 Vernon Rd sits on the 1400 block of Vernon Rd. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.

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Next door: 1441 Vernon Rd  ·  1445 Vernon Rd

Where this comes from
Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 10, 2026, 2:39 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. “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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