2026 taxable assessment $0 × 1.3998%. Estimate—not a bill or account balance.
OPA also publishes a 2027 assessment of $43,200; it is not the 2026 billed-year value.
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2838 N Watts St
Vacant lot · Philadelphia Land Bank · fully tax-exempt (2026 OPA). On the 2800 block of N Watts St.
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Property summary
Assessment$42,8002026 OPA assessment · 2027: $43,200
Last sale—No sale value available
Est. tax bill$0/year2026 OPA · full assessment exemption shown
Tax delinquency$273City snapshot · Jun 2022
Permits0Dated events in report
Violations0 openNo historical match in fetched records
“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 8854528802026 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 Record found
$273.48 was recorded for this parcel in Philadelphia's June 2022 delinquency snapshot. That amount may have been paid, reduced, or increased since; it is not a current payoff figure.
A separate historical parcel ledger ending in 2016 records $6,266.59 and a lien entry. It is shown as historical context only.
1990$234.90 total · $58.69 principal · $125.89 interest · $4.11 penalty1991$260.82 total · $66.89 principal · $139.46 interest · $4.68 penalty1992$356.78 total · $91.23 principal · $184.74 interest · $6.39 penalty1993$350.33 total · $91.23 principal · $179.27 interest · $6.39 penalty1994$290.50 total · $76.03 principal · $144.84 interest · $5.32 penalty1995$285.12 total · $76.03 principal · $140.28 interest · $5.32 penalty1996$279.73 total · $76.03 principal · $135.71 interest · $5.32 penalty1997$274.35 total · $76.03 principal · $131.15 interest · $5.32 penalty1998$266.28 total · $76.03 principal · $124.31 interest · $5.32 penalty1999$258.21 total · $76.03 principal · $117.47 interest · $5.32 penalty2000$250.12 total · $76.03 principal · $110.62 interest · $5.32 penalty2001$303.20 total · $97.31 principal · $132.83 interest · $6.81 penalty2002$292.86 total · $97.31 principal · $124.07 interest · $6.81 penalty2003$420.13 total · $149.02 principal · $176.59 interest · $10.43 penalty2004$404.30 total · $149.02 principal · $163.18 interest · $10.43 penalty2005$388.48 total · $149.02 principal · $149.77 interest · $10.43 penalty2006$372.66 total · $149.02 principal · $136.36 interest · $10.43 penalty2007$356.82 total · $149.02 principal · $122.94 interest · $10.43 penalty2008$88.37 total · $30.41 principal · $22.35 interest · $2.13 penalty2009$85.15 total · $30.41 principal · $19.62 interest · $2.13 penalty2010$81.92 total · $30.41 principal · $16.88 interest · $2.13 penalty2011$84.13 total · $33.42 principal · $15.54 interest · $2.34 penalty2012$82.79 total · $34.71 principal · $13.02 interest · $2.43 penalty2013$81.10 total · $35.96 principal · $10.25 interest · $2.52 penalty2014$43.71 total · $29.28 principal · $5.71 interest · $2.05 penalty2015$40.59 total · $29.28 principal · $3.07 interest · $2.05 penalty2016$33.24 total · $30.59 principal · $0.46 interest · $0.31 penalty
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What stands out
From the public recordHistory
Record summary4 L&I violations (2019); 2 L&I violations (2020); L&I: 1 failed, 1 passed (2020); 5 L&I violations (2022); L&I: 6 failed, 1 passed (2022); 4 L&I violations (2023); Inspection failed ×4 (2023).
View supporting records →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 $43,200; it is not yet the billed-year tax basis.
Assessment history · all dated City records marked on the line
- OPA assessment · 2016$2K assessed valueOPA’s value on the City tax roll for that year. It is not an appraisal, listing price, sale price, or live tax balance.How Philadelphia property assessments work ↗
- OPA assessment · 2017$2K assessed valueOPA’s value on the City tax roll for that year. It is not an appraisal, listing price, sale price, or live tax balance.How Philadelphia property assessments work ↗
- OPA assessment · 2018$9K assessed valueOPA’s value on the City tax roll for that year. It is not an appraisal, listing price, sale price, or live tax balance.How Philadelphia property assessments work ↗
- OPA assessment · 2019$9K assessed valueOPA’s value on the City tax roll for that year. It is not an appraisal, listing price, sale price, or live tax balance.How Philadelphia property assessments work ↗
- OPA assessment · 2020$9K assessed valueOPA’s value on the City tax roll for that year. It is not an appraisal, listing price, sale price, or live tax balance.How Philadelphia property assessments work ↗
- OPA assessment · 2021$9K assessed valueOPA’s value on the City tax roll for that year. It is not an appraisal, listing price, sale price, or live tax balance.How Philadelphia property assessments work ↗
- OPA assessment · 2022$9K assessed valueOPA’s value on the City tax roll for that year. It is not an appraisal, listing price, sale price, or live tax balance.How Philadelphia property assessments work ↗
- OPA assessment · 2023$43K assessed valueOPA’s value on the City tax roll for that year. It is not an appraisal, listing price, sale price, or live tax balance.How Philadelphia property assessments work ↗
- OPA assessment · 2024$43K assessed valueOPA’s value on the City tax roll for that year. It is not an appraisal, listing price, sale price, or live tax balance.How Philadelphia property assessments work ↗
- OPA assessment · 2025$43K assessed valueOPA’s value on the City tax roll for that year. It is not an appraisal, listing price, sale price, or live tax balance.How Philadelphia property assessments work ↗
- OPA assessment · 2026$43K assessed valueOPA’s value on the City tax roll for that year. It is not an appraisal, listing price, sale price, or live tax balance.How Philadelphia property assessments work ↗
- OPA assessment · 2027$43K assessed valueOPA’s value on the City tax roll for that year. It is not an appraisal, listing price, sale price, or live tax balance.How Philadelphia property assessments work ↗
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Vacant landLand report
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$273 · Jun 2022 delinquency snapshot historical lien entry · through 2016
What it is
Vacant lot
Vacant Land Commer < Acre
Owner
Philadelphia Land Bank
OPA tax treatment
Full assessment exemption shown
2026 OPA taxable assessment $0 · basis and live balance require separate verification
Assessed value
$42,800
2026 OPA · 2027: $43,200
Lot size
686 sqft
Zoning
CMX3
Block context
2838 N Watts St sits on the 2800 block of N Watts St. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.
See the whole block →Next door: 2836 N Watts St · 2834 N Watts 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, 3:01 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. “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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