2026 taxable assessment $118,000 × 1.3998%. Estimate—not a bill or account balance.
OPA also publishes a 2027 assessment of $134,100; it is not the 2026 billed-year value.
Land report
2549 E Somerset St
Vacant lot · Individual owner on record · assessed $118K (2026) · 2027 OPA assessment $134K. On the 2500 block of E Somerset St.
Property summary
Assessment$118,0002026 OPA assessment · 2027: $134,100
Last sale$190KRecorded 2014
Est. tax bill$1,652/year2026 taxable assessment × 1.3998%
Tax delinquencyNo 2022 matchNot proof account is current
Permits0Every fetched City permit
Violations0 open13 historical across 6 cases
“Open” reflects records available then historical records keep their source dates estimates are labeled
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OPA 2510166002026 taxable assessment equals the full assessed value.
Historical delinquency sources No current conclusion
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What stands out
From the public recordHistory
Why it matters5 L&I violations (2012); 3 L&I violations (2014); sold $190K (2014); 2 L&I violations (2015); L&I violation (2024); L&I: 1 failed, 1 passed (2024).
View supporting records →Assessment history
The City’s annual assessed value for this parcel, with dated permits, inspections, violations, and appeals marked when the record has a date. The line is an assessment history—not a sale-price chart or appraisal. OPA has also published a 2027 assessment of $134,100; it is not yet the billed-year tax basis.
City assessment over time · dated property records marked on the line
This propertyL&I violationPermit
Vacant landLand report
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What it is
Vacant lot
Vacant Land Reside < Acre
Owner
Individual owner on record
Individual name redacted
OPA tax treatment
Assessed $118K
Taxable assessment on the roll
Assessed value
$118,000
2026 OPA · 2027: $134,100
Lot size
1,917 sqft
Zoning
RSA5
City record timeline
Every dated deed, permit, inspection, license, violation, certification, and appeal—together.
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- Recorded owner
- Individual owner on record
- L&I district
- CENTRAL EAST
- OPA account
- 251016600
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.
- InvestigationL&I investigation
Case CF-2024-109961 · PASSED
- ViolationEXTERIOR AREA WEEDS
Case CF-2024-109961 · Violation VI-2024-084762 · COMPLIED
- InvestigationL&I investigation
Case CF-2024-109961 · FAILED
- ViolationCLIP VIOLATION NOTICE
Case 489223 · Violation 3639366 · COMPLIED
- ViolationHIGH WEEDS-CUT
Case 489223 · Violation 3639367 · COMPLIED
- ViolationEXT A-MOTOR VEH MUST BE REMOV
Case 449238 · Violation 3302102 · COMPLIED
- ViolationEXT A-VACANT LOT CLEAN/MAINTAI
Case 449238 · Violation 3302101 · COMPLIED
- ViolationCLIP VIOLATION NOTICE
Case 449238 · Violation 3302100 · COMPLIED
- Recorded transfer$190K transfer
2014
- ViolationCLIP VIOLATION NOTICE
Case 357197 · Violation 2622919 · COMPLIED
- ViolationHIGH WEEDS-CUT
Case 357197 · Violation 2622921 · COMPLIED
- ViolationRUBBISH/GARBAGE EXTERIOR-OWNER
Case 357197 · Violation 2622920 · COMPLIED
- ViolationCLIP VIOLATION NOTICE
Case 330568 · Violation 2456830 · COMPLIED
- ViolationVACANT LOT STANDARD
Case 330568 · Violation 2456831 · COMPLIED
- ViolationCLIP VIOLATION NOTICE
Case 299365 · Violation 2228113 · COMPLIED
- ViolationEXT A-VACANT LOT CLEAN/MAINTAI
Case 299365 · Violation 2228114 · COMPLIED
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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
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How the Office of Property Assessment works ↗Philadelphia property-tax guidance ↗Violations, cases, and status check current status
An open row is a dated City status, not a diagnosis of current condition or a conclusion about the property. Read the case, notice, and any subsequent inspection together, then verify the live file.
How L&I code enforcement works ↗City violation and order types ↗Block context
2549 E Somerset St sits on the 2500 block of E Somerset St. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.
See the whole block →Next door: 2547 E Somerset St · 2551 E Somerset 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, 8:59 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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