2026 taxable assessment $550,000 × 1.3998%. Estimate—not a bill or account balance.
OPA also publishes a 2027 assessment of $748,600; it is not the 2026 billed-year value.
Apartment building report
1500 S 5th St
3 stories · 3,570 sqft · RSA5 · built 1915
Apartment building · Individual owner on record · assessed $550K (2026) · 2027 OPA assessment $749K. On the 1500 block of S 5th St.
Property summary
Assessment$550,0002026 OPA assessment · 2027: $748,600
Last sale$177KRecorded 2003
Est. tax bill$7,699/year2026 taxable assessment × 1.3998%
Tax delinquency—Snapshot unavailable
Permits1Dated events in report
Violations0 openNo historical match in fetched records
“Open” reflects records available then historical records keep their source dates estimates are labeled
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OPA 8815009232026 taxable assessment equals the full assessed value.
Historical delinquency sources Record found
The June 2022 delinquency snapshot was not verifiably available in this cached report. No conclusion about a match—or today’s balance—can be drawn from that absence.
A separate historical parcel ledger ending in 2016 records $491.14 and a lien entry. It is shown as historical context only.
2016$491.14 total · $367.45 principal · $5.52 interest · $3.67 penalty
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What stands out
From the public recordImproved
Why it mattersBought for $120K in 2002. Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2009.
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Assessment/permit mismatch
The assessment jumped 36% in 2027, but no matching permit appears in the property timeline.
Evidence: assessment moved from $550,000 to $748,600 · no permit shown in 2026-2028
Limit: Not proof of unpermitted work; reassessment, corrected data, or a permit under another parcel can also explain it.
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Apartment buildingBuilding report
This is a apartment building, recorded under the city's apartments category. The homeowner tools (rent estimate, homestead playbook) don't apply, so they're hidden. The full record and owner trail are below.
historical lien entry · through 2016
What it is
Apartment building
Apts 5-50 Units Masonry
Owner
Individual owner on record
Individual name redacted
OPA tax treatment
Assessed $550K
Taxable assessment on the roll
$ / sq ft
$210
above the $151 median for 3,983 apartments parcels citywide
Assessed value
$550,000
2026 OPA · 2027: $748,600
Interior area
3,570 sqft
Lot size
1,343 sqft
Stories
3
Built
1915
Zoning
RSA5
City record timeline
Every dated deed, permit, inspection, license, violation, certification, and appeal—together.
The timeline combines the report’s transfer history with every successfully fetched L&I and zoning row. A date or status is the City’s filed record, not a statement that the condition remains current; use the official file for live detail.
- Recorded owner
- Individual owner on record
- L&I district
- —
- OPA account
- 881500923
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.
- Recorded transfer$177K transfer
2003
- Recorded transfer$120K transfer
2002
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Permits and inspections
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How construction and repair permits work ↗See City inspection stages by permit type ↗Assessments and taxes
The OPA assessment is the City’s value on the tax roll—not an asking price, appraisal, or live account balance. The taxable assessment can differ from the full assessment because the City roll records exemptions or other treatment; the report keeps those fields separate.
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How the Office of Property Assessment works ↗Philadelphia property-tax guidance ↗Violations, cases, and status
L&I enforcement records can include warnings, notices, orders, inspections, and later resolution activity. A closed visit is still a historical record; it is not a missing event.
How L&I code enforcement works ↗City violation and order types ↗Block context
1500 S 5th St sits on the 1500 block of S 5th St. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.
See the whole block →Next door: 1502 S 5th St · 1504 S 5th St
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 9, 2026, 1:04 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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