{"asOf":"2026-07-10T11:31:36.241Z","block":"500-599 W DAUPHIN ST","blockUrl":"https://blockreport.homes/block/500-599-w-dauphin-st","address":"507 W DAUPHIN ST","parcelNumber":"191424000","source":"https://property.phila.gov/?p=191424000","ownerType":"investor","kind":"multi-family","isHouse":false,"residential":true,"taxExempt":false,"institutional":false,"buildingClass":"ROW 3 STY MASONRY","useLabel":"Multi-family","owner":"GJ HOLDINGS LLC","coOwner":null,"marketValue":323300,"livableArea":1530,"yearBuilt":1915,"lastSale":{"price":30000,"date":"2024-06-21T04:00:00Z"},"openViolations":0,"violations":[],"violationCases":[],"investigations":[],"taxOwed":480.22,"taxSnapshot":{"available":true,"asOf":"2022-06","matched":true,"totalDue":480.22,"principalDue":310.21,"penaltyDue":18.61,"interestDue":16.29,"otherChargesDue":135.11,"yearsOwed":1,"oldestYearOwed":2021,"mostRecentYearOwed":2021,"mostRecentPaymentDate":"2022-01-12","assessmentYear":2022,"totalAssessment":31000,"taxableAssessment":31000,"exemptAbatementAssessment":0,"homesteadValue":0,"netTaxAfterHomestead":433.94,"actionableAtSnapshot":true,"paymentAgreementAtSnapshot":false,"bankruptcyAtSnapshot":false,"sheriffSaleAtSnapshot":false,"assessmentUnderAppealAtSnapshot":false,"yearMonth":"202206"},"taxDelinquencySnapshotAsOf":"2022-06","taxDelinquencySnapshotAvailable":true,"lat":39.986220348769976,"lng":-75.1417859414064,"geom":{"type":"Polygon","coordinates":[[[-75.141738346,39.986312066],[-75.141780606,39.986121311],[-75.141833324,39.986128618],[-75.14179167,39.986318838],[-75.141738346,39.986312066]]]},"liDistrict":"CENTRAL EAST","certifications":[],"cityRecordAvailability":{"violations":true,"investigations":true,"appeals":true,"certifications":true,"permits":true,"licenses":true},"zip":"19133","beds":4,"baths":null,"stories":3,"lotArea":1065,"zoning":"RM1","grade":"C","basement":"D","heater":"A","centralAir":true,"extCond":"2","intCond":"2","garage":null,"homestead":false,"mail":"1363 BUTTONWOOD DRIVE, SOUTHAMPTON PA, 18966","mailOut":true,"appeals":[],"taxYears":[{"year":2016,"total":1071.34,"principal":901.47,"interest":13.52,"penalty":9.01}],"taxNet":1071.34,"taxLien":true,"taxLedgerThrough":2016,"taxLedgerAvailable":true,"timesSold":1,"abated":false,"assessmentExemption":false,"exemptionBasisVerified":false,"valueSeries":[{"y":2016,"v":56000,"taxable":56000},{"y":2017,"v":56000,"taxable":56000},{"y":2018,"v":56000,"taxable":56000},{"y":2019,"v":35500,"taxable":35500},{"y":2020,"v":31000,"taxable":31000},{"y":2021,"v":31000,"taxable":31000},{"y":2022,"v":31000,"taxable":31000},{"y":2023,"v":77100,"taxable":77100},{"y":2024,"v":77100,"taxable":77100},{"y":2025,"v":77100,"taxable":77100},{"y":2026,"v":77100,"taxable":77100},{"y":2027,"v":323300,"taxable":81679}],"taxNow":1079,"familyHeld":false,"lastTransferNominal":false,"permits":[{"number":"GM-2024-005854","date":"2024-07-01","work":"Interior Non-Load-Bearing Wall Demo.","type":"General Permit Minor","description":"General Permit Minor","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2025-07-11","scope":"EZ INTERIOR DEMOLITION- For the interior demolition of non-bearing partition wall and ceilings as per attached standard. Deviations from these standards require submission of construction and site plans."},{"number":"ZP-2024-008627","date":"2024-09-09","work":"New construction, addition, GFA change","type":"Zoning","description":"Zoning Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2025-07-18","scope":"FOR INSTALLATION OF AN EGRESS WINDOW WELL TO AN EXISTING ATTACHED THREE STORY STRUCTURE; SIZE AND LOCATION AS SHOWN ON THE APPLICATION/PLAN."},{"number":"RP-2024-009233","date":"2024-10-11","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Residential Building","description":"Residential Building Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2025-07-18","scope":"FOR ALTERATIONS TO AN EXISTING ATTACHED THREE-STORY STRUCTURE AS PER APPROVED PLAN; FOR NEW USE AS A TWO-FAMILY DWELLING. *SEPARATE PERMITS REQUIRED FOR ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING, AND MECHANICAL WORK* **UNDERPINNING IS NOT PART OF THIS PERMIT**"},{"number":"PP-2025-000615","date":"2025-01-15","work":"Alterations","type":"Plumbing","description":"Plumbing Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2025-07-16","scope":"installing 18 fixtures 2 hot water heaters 4 toilets 4 lavs 4 shower/tubs 2 kitchen sinks 2 washer machines"},{"number":"MP-2025-000308","date":"2025-01-17","work":"Addition and/or Alterations","type":"Mechanical","description":"Mechanical / Fuel Gas Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2025-07-16","scope":"EZ PERMIT DUCTWORK & WARM-AIR APPLIANCES- For Mechanical Work to include the installation as per attached standards. Deviations from these standards require submission of construction and site plans. EACH HVAC UNIT TO BE SELF-CONTAINED WITHIN EACH DWELLING UNIT. NO PENETRATIONS OF RATED ASSEMBLIES."},{"number":"EP-2025-000484","date":"2025-01-27","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Electrical","description":"Electrical Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2025-07-09","scope":"Wiring throughout the building, wiring and installing switches lights receptacles, tv cables, smoke detectors, installing 200 amp service ,installing grounding and bonding."}],"storyTag":"New construction","storyDelta":null,"timeline":[{"y":2024,"k":"sale","p":30000},{"y":2024,"k":"permit","w":"Interior Non-Load-Bearing Wall Demo."},{"y":2024,"k":"permit","w":"New construction, addition, GFA change"},{"y":2024,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2025,"k":"permit","w":"Alterations"},{"y":2025,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alterations"},{"y":2025,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"}],"rented":true,"licenses":[{"number":"0991427","type":"Rental","status":"Active","businessName":"GJ Holdings LLC","revenueCode":"3202","rentalCategory":"Residential Dwellings","units":2,"issuedDate":"2025-10-16","latestIssueDate":"2025-10-16","expirationDate":"2026-10-15","inactiveDate":null}],"units":2,"signals":[{"kind":"record-pressure","level":"elevated","title":"Records to verify together","summary":"More than one separately dated public record deserves a current-status check.","evidence":["$480 appeared in the City's June 2022 delinquency snapshot","a lien number appears in the historical tax ledger through 2016"],"caveat":"A screening signal, not a foreclosure prediction. Tax entries are historical and must be verified with Philadelphia Revenue."},{"kind":"post-purchase-work","level":"elevated","title":"Post-purchase work pattern","summary":"A recorded purchase followed by 6 permit events matches the early part of a renovate-and-resell sequence.","evidence":["purchase recorded in 2024","permit activity in 2024, 2025"],"caveat":"This does not show that the property is listed or that a sale is planned."},{"kind":"permit-mismatch","level":"watch","title":"Assessment/permit mismatch","summary":"The assessment jumped 319% in 2027, but no matching permit appears in the property timeline.","evidence":["assessment moved from $77,100 to $323,300","no permit shown in 2026-2028"],"caveat":"Not proof of unpermitted work; reassessment, corrected data, or a permit under another parcel can also explain it."}],"legalChecks":[{"id":"use-occupancy","level":"attention","title":"Zoning approval is not the occupancy file","finding":"The record identifies more than one dwelling/use.","why":"Philadelphia 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.","action":"Verify the lawful use, unit count, associated construction permits, and Certificate of Occupancy with L&I.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/services/permits-violations-licenses/get-a-certificate/get-a-certificate-of-occupancy/"},{"id":"dated-tax-balance","level":"attention","title":"A dated tax balance needs a current payoff","finding":"$480.22 was recorded in the City’s 2022-06 delinquency snapshot for 2021.","why":"That is historical evidence, not today’s amount due. A current exemption, payment, credit, or assistance agreement can coexist with an older snapshot row.","action":"Check period balances and request a dated Property Payoff statement for settlement.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/guides/philadelphia-tax-center/what-to-do/"},{"id":"rental-license","level":"verify","title":"A rental license does not transfer with the deed","finding":"1 active Rental License record matched.","why":"If dwelling space is rented, the buyer must obtain a new annual Rental License; the seller’s license is not transferable. New applications require proof of ownership and legal occupancy, tax compliance, no open L&I violations, and lead compliance where applicable.","action":"Plan the buyer’s replacement license before settlement.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/services/permits-violations-licenses/rent-or-sell-property/get-a-rental-license/"},{"id":"managing-agent","level":"verify","title":"Tax mail goes outside Philadelphia; owner residence still needs verification","finding":"OPA mails the property tax record outside Philadelphia (1363 BUTTONWOOD DRIVE, SOUTHAMPTON PA, 18966).","why":"A tax mailing destination does not establish where the owner lives. If a rental owner lives outside Philadelphia, the City requires a managing agent with a Philadelphia mailing address; the owner remains legally responsible.","action":"Verify the buyer’s residence and, if the buyer will live outside Philadelphia, identify the Philadelphia managing agent on the new license application.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/services/permits-violations-licenses/rent-or-sell-property/get-a-rental-license/"},{"id":"lead","level":"verify","title":"Lead compliance is a separate record","finding":"OPA records a 1915 build year; BlockReport does not receive the Health Department’s unit-level lead certificate file.","why":"Philadelphia requires covered pre-March-1978 rentals to be certified lead-safe or lead-free for a new or renewed lease and for a new or renewed Rental License. A certificate is unit-specific; a renovation does not by itself create an exemption.","action":"Request the current lead certificate or City exemption for every dwelling unit.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/documents/lead-and-healthy-homes-resources-for-landlords/"},{"id":"commercial-trash","level":"verify","title":"A separate Commercial Trash account may apply","finding":"OPA classifies the parcel as multi-family. BlockReport does not receive a current Commercial Trash account balance.","why":"Philadelphia 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.","action":"Check the Commercial Trash account inside the date-effective Property Payoff.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/2026-06-09-pay-your-trash-fee-bill-by-june-30/"}],"closingChecks":[{"title":"Property Sales Certification","body":"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.","action":"Obtain the fresh certificate and compare it with the CO, permits, and Atlas overlays.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/services/permits-violations-licenses/get-a-certificate/get-a-property-sales-certification/"},{"title":"Date-effective City Property Payoff","body":"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.","action":"Request the City statement effective through settlement; read every period and invoice.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/guides/philadelphia-tax-center/what-to-do/"},{"title":"Professional title and water-lien searches","body":"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.","action":"Use a Pennsylvania lawyer/title company and obtain owner’s title insurance; order the separate water search/payoff.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/2026-04-07-why-title-insurance-is-your-best-friend-when-buying-a-home-in-philadelphia/","secondaryUrl":"https://www.phila.gov/services/water-gas-utilities/pay-or-dispute-a-water-bill/resolve-water-liens-judgments/"},{"title":"Seller-specific tax relief is not the buyer’s bill","body":"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.","action":"Have Revenue or OPA identify every current benefit, model the buyer’s bill without seller-specific relief, and confirm any verified abatement in writing.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/services/payments-assistance-taxes/payment-plans-and-assistance-programs/income-based-programs-for-residents/apply-for-the-longtime-owner-occupants-program-loop/","secondaryUrl":"https://www.phila.gov/services/payments-assistance-taxes/taxes/property-and-real-estate-taxes/get-real-estate-tax-relief/tax-freeze/"},{"title":"Seller disclosure and independent inspections","body":"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.","action":"Have the agreement and disclosure reviewed for this transaction’s coverage and exceptions.","url":"https://www.pa.gov/agencies/dos/department-and-offices/bpoa/boards-commissions/real-estate-commission"}]}