2026 taxable assessment $164,200 × 1.3998%. Estimate—not a bill or account balance.
OPA also publishes a 2027 assessment of $175,800; it is not the 2026 billed-year value.
House report
1640 Dyre St
3 bd · 1 ba · 2 stories · 1,664 sqft · RSA3 · built 1945
Owner-occupied · assessed $164K (2026) · 2027 OPA assessment $176K. On the 1600 block of Dyre St.
Property summary
Assessment$164,2002026 OPA assessment · 2027: $175,800
Last sale—No sale value available
Est. tax bill$2,298/year2026 taxable assessment × 1.3998%
Tax delinquency$12KCity snapshot · Jun 2022
Permits0Every fetched City permit
Violations1 open10 historical across 9 cases
“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 6220375002026 taxable assessment equals the full assessed value.
Historical delinquency sources Record found
$11,686.83 was recorded for this parcel in Philadelphia's June 2022 delinquency snapshot for 2016–2021. That amount may have been paid, reduced, or increased since; it is not a current payoff figure.
$7,284.39 principal$1,667.85 interest$494.60 penalty$2,239.99 other charges
The snapshot’s 2022 context used $95,100 total assessment, $95,100 taxable, and $0 exempt/abated. Those historical fields can differ from today’s OPA exemption status.
A separate historical parcel ledger ending in 2016 records $19.81. It is shown as historical context only.
2016$19.81 total · $18.23 principal · $0.28 interest · $0.18 penalty
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 recordHistory
Why it matters3 L&I violations (2023); L&I: 4 failed, 2 passed (2023); 2 L&I violations (2024); Inspection failed ×4 (2024); L&I violation (2025); L&I: 2 failed, 2 passed (2025); L&I violation (2026); Inspection failed (2026).
View supporting records →City Property History
Fetched L&I and zoning records
Every row successfully fetched for this report is counted below. Dataset availability and matching can differ from the City's interactive file; use the official link for current detail.
- Recorded owner
- Harry W Barnes 3rd & E Barbara
- Tax mailing address
- 1640 DYRE ST, PHILADELPHIA PA, 19124
- L&I district
- EAST
- Building ID (BIN)
- —
- OPA account
- 622037500
Permits0No match
Violation cases910 violation records · 1 open
Investigations2116 failed · 5 passed · 0 closed
Building certifications0No match
Business licenses0No match
Appeals0No match
PermitsPermit number, issued date, work and City status0
No permits matched this parcel in the fetched City dataset.
Violation cases10 individual violation records; resolved history remains visible9
Case CF-2022-014189CLOSED
NOTICE OF VIOLATION · Opened Feb 22, 2022 · completed Jun 7, 2022
- RUBBISH & GARBAGEViolation VI-2022-011881Feb 22, 2022 COMPLIED
Case CF-2022-068317CLOSED
NOTICE OF VIOLATION · Opened Jul 12, 2022 · completed Jan 18, 2023
- EXTERIOR AREA WEEDSViolation VI-2022-049557Jul 12, 2022 COMPLIED
Case CF-2022-121114CLOSED
NOTICE OF VIOLATION · Opened Dec 6, 2022 · completed Dec 21, 2022
- RUBBISH & GARBAGEViolation VI-2022-090957Dec 6, 2022 COMPLIED
Case CF-2023-002192CLOSED
NOTICE OF VIOLATION · Opened Jan 9, 2023 · completed Mar 14, 2023
- RUBBISH & GARBAGEViolation VI-2023-001789Jan 9, 2023 COMPLIED
Case CF-2023-043578CLOSED
NOTICE OF VIOLATION · Opened May 13, 2023 · completed Jun 23, 2023
- RUBBISH & GARBAGEViolation VI-2023-033535May 13, 2023 COMPLIED
- EXTERIOR AREA WEEDSViolation VI-2023-033534May 13, 2023 COMPLIED
Case CF-2024-063097CLOSED
NOTICE OF VIOLATION · Opened Jun 15, 2024 · completed Mar 17, 2025
- EXTERIOR AREA WEEDSViolation VI-2024-049797Jun 15, 2024 COMPLIED
Case CF-2024-100388CLOSED
NOTICE OF VIOLATION · Opened Sep 11, 2024 · completed Jan 27, 2025
- EXTERIOR AREA WEEDSViolation VI-2024-077198Sep 11, 2024 COMPLIED
Case CF-2025-061366CLOSED
NOTICE OF VIOLATION · Opened Jun 20, 2025 · completed Oct 31, 2025
- EXTERIOR AREA WEEDSViolation VI-2025-045827Jun 20, 2025 COMPLIED
Case CF-2026-071696IN VIOLATION
NOTICE OF VIOLATION · Opened Jun 16, 2026
- EXTERIOR AREA WEEDSViolation VI-2026-044448Jun 16, 2026 OPEN
InvestigationsEvery inspector visit, including CLOSED outcomes21
L&I investigationCase CF-2022-014189
Feb 22, 2022 FAILED
L&I investigationCase CF-2022-014189
Mar 22, 2022 FAILED
L&I investigationCase CF-2022-068317
Jul 12, 2022 FAILED
L&I investigationCase CF-2022-068317
Aug 3, 2022 FAILED
L&I investigationCase CF-2022-121114
Dec 6, 2022 FAILED
L&I investigationCase CF-2022-121114
Dec 21, 2022 PASSED
L&I investigationCase CF-2023-002192
Jan 9, 2023 FAILED
L&I investigationCase CF-2022-068317
Jan 18, 2023 PASSED
L&I investigationCase CF-2023-002192
Feb 6, 2023 FAILED
L&I investigationCase CF-2023-002192
Mar 14, 2023 PASSED
L&I investigationCase CF-2023-043578
May 13, 2023 FAILED
L&I investigationCase CF-2023-043578
May 31, 2023 FAILED
L&I investigationCase CF-2024-063097
Jun 15, 2024 FAILED
L&I investigationCase CF-2024-063097
Jul 3, 2024 FAILED
L&I investigationCase CF-2024-100388
Sep 11, 2024 FAILED
L&I investigationCase CF-2024-100388
Nov 13, 2024 FAILED
L&I investigationCase CF-2024-100388
Jan 27, 2025 PASSED
L&I investigationCase CF-2024-063097
Mar 17, 2025 PASSED
L&I investigationCase CF-2025-061366
Jun 20, 2025 FAILED
L&I investigationCase CF-2025-061366
Aug 5, 2025 FAILED
L&I investigationCase CF-2026-071696
Jun 16, 2026 FAILED
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 retained0
No business licenses matched this parcel in the fetched City dataset.
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.
2 resolve before relying
1 verify
Resolve before relying1 open L&I violation10 violation rows are retained in the City ledger.
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 ↗Resolve before relyingA dated tax balance needs a current payoff$11,686.83 was recorded in the City’s 2022-06 delinquency snapshot for 2016–2021.
Why it mattersThat is historical evidence, not today’s amount due. A current exemption, payment, credit, or assistance agreement can coexist with an older snapshot row.
Verify nextCheck period balances and request a dated Property Payoff statement for settlement.
Open the controlling City guidance ↗VerifyFailed inspections are dated events—not the current condition16 failed, 5 passed, and 0 CLOSED investigation outcomes are in the fetched history; the latest dated visit was FAILED on Jun 16, 2026.
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 ↗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.
Records to verify together
More than one separately dated public record deserves a current-status check.
Evidence: 1 open L&I violation · $11,687 appeared in the City's June 2022 delinquency snapshot · failed L&I inspection activity in 2022, 2023, 2024, 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.
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 1945: 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.
Zoned RSA3: one household by right
Single-family attached. Converting to a duplex or apartments needs a use variance the zoning board rarely grants — Pennsylvania courts require a physical hardship of the lot itself, and economics alone do not qualify.
If you own it
$1,399/yr may be unclaimed
This home reads owner-occupied but shows no Homestead Exemption, which removes $100,000 from the taxable assessment (worth up to $1,399/yr). Applying through the City is free and takes minutes.
1 open violation: the clock matters
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.
$20 in the historical tax ledger through 2016
Historical context only, not a current payoff figure. Verify today's balance and lien status directly with Philadelphia Revenue before relying on it.
Construction next door (1639 Dyre St, 2025)
Excavation deeper than 5 feet, or within 10 feet of an adjacent structure, legally requires the developer to survey neighboring homes first and give owners 10 days' written notice. Insist on the pre-construction survey — it is your evidence if cracks appear.
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 house 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
$164,200
2026 billed-year assessment · 2027: $175,800 · built 1945
Price / sq ft
$106
block $105 · in line w/ block
Appreciation
+89%
+7%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$176K
+7%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax bill / yr
$2,298
1.31% effective
Jun 2022 tax snapshot
$12K
recorded then · verify current
Gross yield
8.1%
≈$1K/mo rent
Times sold
0
Value vs. the block, over time — sales, permits & L&I events marked on the line
This houseBlock median & rangeL&I violation
The paper trail
History3 L&I violations (2023); L&I: 4 failed, 2 passed (2023); 2 L&I violations (2024); Inspection failed ×4 (2024); L&I violation (2025); L&I: 2 failed, 2 passed (2025); L&I violation (2026); Inspection failed (2026).
- 2023 3 L&I violationsL&IL&I: 4 failed, 2 passedL&I visit
- 2024 2 L&I violationsL&IInspection failed ×4L&I visit
- 2025 L&I violationL&IL&I: 2 failed, 2 passedL&I visit
- 2026 L&I violationL&IInspection failedL&I visit
Flags: 1 open L&I violation · $12K recorded in the June 2022 delinquency snapshot — verify current balance · historical tax ledger through 2016 recorded $20. 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
3
Bathrooms
1
Stories
2
Interior
1,664 sqft
livable area
Lot
2,398 sqft
Basement
Basement
city code J
Heat
Undetermined
city code H
Central air
No
Garage
1 space
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 1640 Dyre 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.
Mortgage
—
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
1640 Dyre St sits on the 1600 block of Dyre St. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.
See the whole block →Next door: 1638 Dyre St · 1642 Dyre 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 10, 2026, 4:48 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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