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2609 W Montgomery Ave

4 bd · 2 ba · 3 stories · 1,608 sqft · RSA5 · built 1915

House · Philadelphia Housing Auth · fully tax-exempt (2026 OPA). On the 2600 block of W Montgomery Ave.

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Property summary

Assessment$87,2002026 OPA assessment · 2027: $255,600 Last sale$80KRecorded 2023 Est. tax bill$0/year2026 OPA · full assessment exemption shown Tax delinquency—Snapshot unavailable Permits4Dated events in report Violations0 openNo historical match in fetched records

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Estimated annual Real Estate Tax$0/year

2026 taxable assessment $0 × 1.3998%. Estimate—not a bill or account balance.

OPA also publishes a 2027 assessment of $255,600; it is not the 2026 billed-year value.

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OPA 322217301
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Exemption classificationFull assessment exemption shown

2026 OPA shows a zero or de minimis taxable assessment. The open assessment split does not establish the exemption's legal basis, continuing eligibility, or treatment after a transfer.

Historical delinquency sources No current conclusion

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What stands out

From the public record
Finding

New construction

Record summary

new construction appears in a 2023 permit with a reduced taxable assessment shown, followed by a recorded transfer of $80K in 2023.

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The property record, over time

Every dated deed, permit, inspection, license, violation, certification, and appeal is placed on the City’s annual assessment line. Select a point to read what happened; the line is an assessment history—not a sale-price chart or appraisal. OPA has also published a 2027 assessment of $255,600; it is not yet the billed-year tax basis.

Assessment history · all dated City records marked on the line

$0$250K$500K$256K2016201820202022202420262027
Property assessmentAssessmentDeed / sale

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Every dated record1 event · exact dates, newest first
  1. Deed / saleDeed / sale $80K
Not a houseProperty report

This is a house, not a home, and OPA shows a full or near-full assessment exemption whose basis must be verified. A $0 assessment-based tax estimate does not prove the live Tax Center account has no prior-period balance or other charges. Homeowner investment tools are hidden; the assembled public-source record remains below.

What it is
House
Row 3 Sty Masonry
Owner
Philadelphia Housing Auth
Public / institutional
OPA tax treatment
Full assessment exemption shown
2026 OPA taxable assessment $0 · basis and live balance require separate verification
$ / sq ft
$159
assessed value ÷ interior sqft
Assessed value
$87,200
2026 OPA · 2027: $255,600
Interior area
1,608 sqft
Lot size
751 sqft
Stories
3
Built
1915
Zoning
RSA5

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Browse 1 dated record deeds, permits, inspections, licenses, violations, certifications & appeals
  1. Recorded transfer$80K transfer

    2023

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.

Block context

2609 W Montgomery Ave sits on the 2600 block of W Montgomery Ave. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.

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Next door: 2611 W Montgomery Ave  ·  2613 W Montgomery Ave

Where this comes from
Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 9, 2026, 10:36 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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