2026 taxable assessment $361,689 × 1.3998%. Estimate—not a bill or account balance.
OPA also publishes a 2027 assessment of $600,400; it is not the 2026 billed-year value.
Multi-family report
3 stories · 4,002 sqft · RM1 · built 1915
Absentee individual · assessed $569K (2026) · 2027 OPA assessment $600K · sold 1×. On the 1600 block of Diamond St.
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Property tax
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.
2026 taxable assessment $361,689 × 1.3998%. Estimate—not a bill or account balance.
OPA also publishes a 2027 assessment of $600,400; it is not the 2026 billed-year value.
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 3210440002026 OPA taxes $361,689 of $568,500 assessed. The assessment fields alone do not identify a program, approval date, expiration, or buyer eligibility.
See the assessment math →Applying the same rate to the billed-year full assessment. OPA's numeric split does not say when or whether the current treatment changes.
See the assessment math →This parcel did not match the June 2022 delinquency snapshot. That absence does not confirm the account is current today.
A separate historical parcel ledger ending in 2016 records $11,356.68 and a lien entry. It is shown as historical context only.
For a purchase, refinance, or closing, request the City’s official Property Payoff statement in Tax Center under “More options.”
built new under a 2018 permit (reduced taxable assessment shown).
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Sep 9, 2013 COMPLETED Completed Sep 9, 2013
REDUCE TO SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING
Dec 14, 2016 COMPLETED Completed Dec 14, 2016
FOR A MULTI-FAMILY HOUSEHOLD LIVING ( FOUR(4) FAMILY DWELLING) IN AN EXISTING STRUCTURE.
Mar 12, 2018 COMPLETED Completed Mar 12, 2018
PURPOSE INTERIOR ALTERATIONS AND NEW CONSSTRUCTION OF A REAR ADDITION TO AN EXISTING 3 STORY BRICK BUILDING BUILDING WILL CONTAIN 4 UNITSS SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING UNITS AS SHOWN ON THE ENCLOSED DRAWINGS. NO WORK TO FRONT FACADE
Mar 12, 2018 EXPIRED Completed Jan 25, 2019
FOR LEVEL 3 INTERIOR ALTERATION TO CREATE FOUR DWELLING UNITS AND FOR THE ERECTION OF A THREE (3) STORY REAR ADDITION TO EXISTING ATTACHED STRUCTURE AS PER PLANS. SEPARATE PERMITS REQUIRED FOR ALL MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING AND FIRE SUPPRESSION WORK.
May 3, 2018 COMPLETED Completed Aug 1, 2019
4 APARTMENTS, 4 HEAT PUMPS AND DUCKWORK INSTALLATION.
May 10, 2018 EXPIRED Completed Jan 25, 2019
44 PLUMBING FIXTURES WITH PIPING FOR THE ALTERATIONS OF A 3 STORY 4 FAMILY DWELLING (MULTI FAMILY)THE INSTALLATION WILL COMPLY WITH THE PHILADELPHIA PLUMBING CODE 2004
May 23, 2018 COMPLETED Completed Sep 13, 2019
FOR THE INSTALLATION OF A NFPA 13R SYSTEM SERVICED BY A 2 INCH FIRE SERVICE LINE WITH A BACKFLOW PREVENTER ASSEMBLY FOR A RESIDENTIAL OCCUPANCY. ALL WORK TO BE DONE PER APPROVED PLANS. IF FIELD CONDITIONS VARY CONTACT DESIGN ENGINEER PRIOR TO THE START OF ANY WORK. FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM TO BE INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH NFPA 13R STANDARD.
Jun 14, 2018 COMPLETED Completed Sep 17, 2018
COMPLETE NEW ELECTRICAL WIRING THROUGHOUT,LOW VOLTAGE WIRING CAT5E AND RG 6 CABLE LESS THAN 300FT.400AMPS SERVICE AND 5 SUB PANEL(4)125A AND (1)100AMP.INTERCONNECTED SMOKE DETECTORS PER 2008 NEC (MULTI FAMILY)INSTALL NEW FIRE ALARM SYSTEM PER NFPA 72
Aug 8, 2018 COMPLETED Completed Mar 21, 2019
CURB TRAP AND FAI PA20182201023(MULTI FAMILY)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"
Aug 21, 2018 COMPLETED Completed Mar 21, 2019
INSTALL 3-3/4" WATER SERVICE PA20182331440 "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"
Aug 24, 2018 CLOSED
TEMPORARY CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY FOR ALL FLOORS DUE TO HISTORICAL WORK IN NEED OF COMPETION
Aug 20, 2019 COMPLETED Completed Sep 13, 2019
FOR THE FINALIZATION OF WORK WITH PREVIOUSELY APPROVED PERMIT AP#830312 FOR LEVEL 3 INTERIOR ALTERATION TO CREATE FOUR DWELLING UNITS AND FOR THE ERECTION OF A THREE (3) STORY REAR ADDITION TO EXISTING ATTACHED STRUCTURE AS PER APPROVED PLANS.REVISION TO INCLUDE KEEPING THE EXISTING WINDOW OF BEDROOM AT THE FRONT OF BASEMENT. AND NO WORK PERMITTED TO THE FRONT FACADE.
Mar 14, 2022 Issued
FOR THE ERECTION OF A ROOF DECK AND ACCESS STRUCTURE ON TOP OF THE EXISTING ATTACHED STRUCTURE, SIZE AND LOCATION AS SHOWN ON THE PLANS.
STANDARD · Opened Aug 7, 2013 · completed Apr 30, 2018
CONSTRUCTION SERVICES · Opened Jun 24, 2017 · completed Apr 27, 2018
CONSTRUCTION SERVICES · Opened Aug 20, 2018 · completed Aug 21, 2018
NOTICE OF VIOLATION · Opened Aug 21, 2024
NOTICE OF VIOLATION · Opened Apr 30, 2026
Aug 7, 2013 FAILED
Sep 30, 2013 FAILED
Nov 20, 2013 CLOSED
Feb 1, 2014 FAILED
Jun 24, 2017 FAILED
Jul 1, 2017 FAILED
Jul 31, 2017 CLOSED
Apr 25, 2018 PASSED
Aug 20, 2018 FAILED
Aug 21, 2018 CLOSED
Aug 21, 2024 FAILED
Aug 26, 2024 FAILED
Mar 29, 2025 FAILED
May 1, 2026 FAILED
Jun 16, 2026 FAILED
Inspected Apr 8, 2024 Certified Expires Apr 8, 2025
KENNETH GOODE
Revenue code 3202 · First issued Dec 14, 2016 Inactive Expiration Dec 13, 2017 Inactive Feb 11, 2018
Lopsonzski 1631 W Diamond St LP
Revenue code 3202 · First issued Jun 12, 2018 Inactive Expiration Jun 11, 2023 Inactive Aug 10, 2023
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
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.
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 ↗Why it mattersIssued work is not the same as approved final work. L&I uses final inspections and required certifications to close construction permits; expired, withdrawn, and completed are different City statuses.
Verify nextOpen the permit file and confirm final inspections, holds, and any resulting occupancy certificate.
Open the controlling City guidance ↗Why it mattersOpen notices can accrue fees, block permits or license renewal, and move to court or collection. Standard initial notices generally have a 30-day appeal window; unsafe or imminently-dangerous notices have a much shorter window.
Verify nextRead the notice—not only the summary status—and confirm reinspection, fees, and appeal posture with L&I.
Open the controlling City guidance ↗Why it mattersFire-protection certifications apply to the named system and inspection period only; they are not a whole-building safety certificate. Philadelphia generally requires annual sprinkler, standpipe, fire-alarm, special-hazard, and emergency-power inspections where those systems exist.
Verify nextRequest the correction/reinspection and current filed certificate.
Open the controlling City guidance ↗Why it mattersA multi-unit or mixed-use classification does not prove that space is currently rented. If dwelling space is rented, Philadelphia generally requires a current Rental License and related occupancy, tax, violation, and lead compliance.
Verify nextConfirm actual occupancy first; if any unit is rented, verify the license and legal unit count with L&I.
Open the controlling City guidance ↗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 ↗Why it mattersThe numeric treatment can reflect an improvement abatement or another exemption. It does not identify the ordinance, approval, start or end date, or continuation requirements after a transfer. Once OPA verifies a specific active abatement, many common programs attach the benefit to the property for the remaining term rather than ending automatically at sale, but some require a new-owner filing and continued qualifying use or tax compliance.
Verify nextObtain the OPA exemption/abatement determination and history, then underwrite the buyer’s bill from the verified program terms.
Open the controlling City guidance ↗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 ↗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 ↗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 ↗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 ↗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 ↗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.
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.
Several independent, separately dated records stack up here and deserve prompt verification.
Evidence: 11 open L&I violations · a lien number appears in the historical tax ledger through 2016 · failed L&I inspection activity in 2024, 2025, 2026
Limit: A screening signal, not a foreclosure prediction. Tax entries are historical and must be verified with Philadelphia Revenue.
Transparent record rules, not a score or forecast. Each flag is a prompt to verify the cited records, not a prediction or allegation.
The record, translated into moves — what a buyer, the owner, and a landlord would each want to check next under Philadelphia's actual rules.
The 2026 taxable assessment implies about $5,063/yr, while applying the same rate to the full assessment would imply about $7,958/yr — $2,895/yr more. OPA's assessment split does not establish the exemption program, expiration, or buyer eligibility. Verify the basis and live bill with OPA and Revenue.
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.
Most L&I appeals must be filed within 30 days; unsafe or imminently dangerous orders can carry a shorter deadline. Unresolved notices can lead to fees, court enforcement, City abatement work, and liens. Read the dated notice and verify its current status with L&I.
Historical context only, not a current payoff figure; that ledger also contains a lien entry. Verify today's balance and lien status directly with Philadelphia Revenue before relying on it.
The fetched license records do not show an active Rental License. Ownership type or a tax mailing address does not prove that tenants occupy the property; if it is rented, verify the current license and legal occupancy in eCLIPSE.
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.
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.
Value vs. the block, over time — sales, permits & L&I events marked on the line
built new under a 2018 permit (reduced taxable assessment shown).
Flags: material assessment exemption — legal basis and term unverified · 11 open L&I violations · historical tax ledger through 2016 recorded $11K with a lien entry. Informational only — not investment advice or a consumer report (FCRA).
OPA's 2026 taxable assessment implies about $5,063/year. Applying the same 1.3998% rate to the full assessed value would imply ~$7,958/year — $2,895/year more. That is a scenario, not a forecast: the assessment split alone does not identify the exemption program, approval date, expiration, transfer treatment, or live Tax Center balance.
2026: ($568,500 assessed − $206,805 exempt) × 1.3998% ≈ $5,063/yr
full-assessment scenario: $568,500 × 1.3998% ≈ $7,958/yr
The OPA amount does not prove a ten-year abatement or any other specific program. Obtain the approval history and verify the current Tax Center account; a buyer should not assume the seller's relief transfers or restarts.
The city assessor's field record — the physical spec sheet behind the assessed number.
OPA field-assessment attributes. Condition and grade are the assessor's codes, not an inspection.
What owning 1631 Diamond St 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 the area median. Assessed value is not an asking price — set the price slider to the real one.
When this house last sold (2017) a 30-year mortgage ran about 3.99% — Freddie Mac's average that year.
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 with an optional full-assessment stress test, not a live Tax Center balance.
1631 Diamond St sits on the 1600 block of Diamond St. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.
See the whole block →Next door: 1629 Diamond St · 1633 Diamond St
This report was assembled Jul 10, 2026, 1:39 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. 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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