{"asOf":"2026-07-11T14:31:47.696Z","block":"1200-1299 S 24TH ST","blockUrl":"https://blockreport.homes/block/1200-1299-s-24th-st","address":"1246 S 24TH ST","parcelNumber":"361372700","source":"https://property.phila.gov/?p=361372700","ownerType":"owner-occupied","kind":"house","isHouse":true,"residential":true,"taxExempt":false,"institutional":false,"buildingClass":"ROW 2 STY MASONRY","useLabel":"House","owner":"MULLANE VICTORIA M","coOwner":null,"marketValue":460000,"livableArea":1308,"yearBuilt":1923,"lastSale":{"price":458000,"date":"2022-04-14T04:00:00Z"},"openViolations":0,"violations":[{"number":"2658106","date":"2012-09-25","code":"PM-312.2/1","title":"EXT-TREES PRUNE/REMOVE","status":"CLOSEDCASE","resolutionDate":null,"resolution":null},{"number":"2658104","date":"2012-09-25","code":"PM-302.2/2","title":"EXT A-CLEAN RUBBISH/GARBAGE","status":"CLOSEDCASE","resolutionDate":null,"resolution":null},{"number":"2658103","date":"2012-09-25","code":"PM-302.2/1","title":"EXT A-CLEAN/EXTERMINATE","status":"CLOSEDCASE","resolutionDate":null,"resolution":null},{"number":"2658102","date":"2012-09-25","code":"PM-102.4/2","title":"LICENSE-VAC RES BLDG","status":"CLOSEDCASE","resolutionDate":null,"resolution":null},{"number":"2658105","date":"2012-09-25","code":"PM-302.3/1","title":"EXT A-CLEAN WEEDS/PLANTS","status":"CLOSEDCASE","resolutionDate":null,"resolution":null},{"number":"VI-2021-029300","date":"2021-05-14","code":"A-301.1/6","title":"PARTIAL DEMOLITION","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":"2021-08-16","resolution":"COMPLIED - PERMIT OBTAINED"}],"violationCases":[{"number":"352045","type":"STANDARD","priority":"STANDARD","responsibility":"HCEU","status":"CLOSED","createdDate":"2012-09-25","completedDate":null,"violations":[{"number":"2658106","date":"2012-09-25","code":"PM-312.2/1","title":"EXT-TREES PRUNE/REMOVE","status":"CLOSEDCASE","resolutionDate":null,"resolution":null},{"number":"2658104","date":"2012-09-25","code":"PM-302.2/2","title":"EXT A-CLEAN RUBBISH/GARBAGE","status":"CLOSEDCASE","resolutionDate":null,"resolution":null},{"number":"2658103","date":"2012-09-25","code":"PM-302.2/1","title":"EXT A-CLEAN/EXTERMINATE","status":"CLOSEDCASE","resolutionDate":null,"resolution":null},{"number":"2658102","date":"2012-09-25","code":"PM-102.4/2","title":"LICENSE-VAC RES BLDG","status":"CLOSEDCASE","resolutionDate":null,"resolution":null},{"number":"2658105","date":"2012-09-25","code":"PM-302.3/1","title":"EXT A-CLEAN WEEDS/PLANTS","status":"CLOSEDCASE","resolutionDate":null,"resolution":null}]},{"number":"CF-2021-038914","type":"NOTICE OF VIOLATION","priority":"STANDARD","responsibility":"BUILDING INVESTIGATOR","status":"CLOSED","createdDate":"2021-05-13","completedDate":"2021-08-17","violations":[{"number":"VI-2021-029300","date":"2021-05-14","code":"A-301.1/6","title":"PARTIAL DEMOLITION","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":"2021-08-16","resolution":"COMPLIED - PERMIT OBTAINED"}]}],"violYears":[{"y":2012,"n":5,"worst":null},{"y":2021,"n":1,"worst":null}],"investigations":[{"caseNumber":"352045","date":"2012-09-25","type":"HCEU INSP","status":"FAILED"},{"caseNumber":"352045","date":"2012-10-31","type":"HCEU INSP","status":"FAILED"},{"caseNumber":"352045","date":"2012-12-05","type":"HCEU INSP","status":"CLOSED"},{"caseNumber":"CF-2021-038914","date":"2021-05-14","type":null,"status":"FAILED"},{"caseNumber":"CF-2021-038914","date":"2021-06-30","type":null,"status":"FAILED"},{"caseNumber":"CF-2021-038914","date":"2021-08-17","type":null,"status":"PASSED"}],"inspYears":[{"y":2012,"fails":2,"passes":0},{"y":2021,"fails":2,"passes":1}],"taxOwed":0,"taxSnapshot":{"available":true,"asOf":"2022-06","matched":false},"taxDelinquencySnapshotAsOf":"2022-06","taxDelinquencySnapshotAvailable":true,"lat":39.937166821719934,"lng":-75.18392641114393,"geom":{"type":"Polygon","coordinates":[[[-75.183816754,39.937173303],[-75.183825596,39.937132671],[-75.184036004,39.937160477],[-75.184027862,39.937200869],[-75.183816754,39.937173303]]]},"liDistrict":"CENTRAL WEST","certifications":[],"cityRecordAvailability":{"violations":true,"investigations":true,"appeals":true,"certifications":true,"permits":true,"licenses":true},"zip":"19146","beds":3,"baths":1,"stories":2,"lotArea":900,"zoning":"RSA5","grade":"C","basement":"A","heater":"A","centralAir":true,"extCond":"2","intCond":"2","garage":null,"homestead":false,"mail":"1246 S 24TH ST, PHILADELPHIA PA, 19146","mailOut":false,"appeals":[],"taxYears":[{"year":2016,"total":1440.4,"principal":1241.14,"interest":18.62,"penalty":12.41}],"taxNet":1440.4,"taxLien":true,"taxLedgerThrough":2016,"taxLedgerAvailable":true,"timesSold":2,"abated":true,"assessmentExemption":true,"exemptionBasisVerified":false,"valueSeries":[{"y":2016,"v":77100,"taxable":77100},{"y":2017,"v":77100,"taxable":77100},{"y":2018,"v":77100,"taxable":77100},{"y":2019,"v":112900,"taxable":112900},{"y":2020,"v":121400,"taxable":121400},{"y":2021,"v":121400,"taxable":121400},{"y":2022,"v":121400,"taxable":121400},{"y":2023,"v":458000,"taxable":121400},{"y":2024,"v":458000,"taxable":121400},{"y":2025,"v":460000,"taxable":121930},{"y":2026,"v":460000,"taxable":121930},{"y":2027,"v":460000,"taxable":121930}],"taxNow":1707,"familyHeld":false,"lastTransferNominal":false,"permits":[{"number":"ZP-2021-003955","date":"2021-05-06","work":"New construction, addition, GFA change","type":"Zoning","description":"Zoning Permit","status":"Issued","completedDate":null,"scope":"FOR ERECTION OF AN ADDITION OF ROOF DECK AND ROOF DECK ACCESS STRUCTURE ABOVE EXISTING ATTACHED STRUCTURE. SIZE AND LOCATION AS SHOWN IN PLAN."},{"number":"EP-2021-005967","date":"2021-06-09","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Electrical","description":"Electrical Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2021-06-24","scope":"Install 200 amp service Meter and grounding as per 2014 nec"},{"number":"RP-2021-006698","date":"2021-07-15","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Residential Building","description":"Residential Building Permit","status":"Expired","completedDate":"2024-05-16","scope":"FOR ERECTION OF AN ADDITION OF A ROOF DECK WITH ROOF DECK ACCESS STRUCTURE ABOVE EXISTING ATTACHED STRUCTURE AND ALTERATIONS AS PER APPROVED PLAN; FOR USE AS SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSEHOLD LIVING. *SEPARATE PERMITS REQUIRED FOR ELECTRICAL, MECHANICAL, AND PLUMBING WORK* **UNDERPINNING IS NOT PART OF THIS PERMIT** **AMEND TO CHANGE FROM FIBERGLASS ROOF TO WOOD FRAMED ROOF DECK ON EXISTING ROOF AS PER APPROVED PLAN**"},{"number":"EP-2021-007377","date":"2021-07-16","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Electrical","description":"Electrical Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2022-04-05","scope":"rewire throughout as per nec install 30 recess lights smokes and co cable ready no service (existing)"},{"number":"PP-2021-012882","date":"2021-07-20","work":"Alterations","type":"Plumbing","description":"Plumbing Permit","status":"Expired","completedDate":"2024-05-16","scope":"2 wc, 2 bt, 2 lavs, 1 kit, 1 stand pipe"},{"number":"MP-2021-006115","date":"2021-10-17","work":"Addition and/or Alterations","type":"Mechanical","description":"Mechanical / Fuel Gas Permit","status":"Expired","completedDate":"2024-05-16","scope":"EZ PERMIT DUCTWORK & WARM-AIR APPLIANCES - For the installation of New Ductwork, Registers/Grilles/Diffusers, and Warm-Air Appliances 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. (NEW HVAC and associated ductwork)."}],"storyTag":"New construction","storyDelta":1.29,"timeline":[{"y":2012,"k":"viol","w":"5 L&I violations"},{"y":2012,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection failed ×2"},{"y":2021,"k":"sale","p":200000},{"y":2021,"k":"permit","w":"New construction, addition, GFA change"},{"y":2021,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2021,"k":"viol","w":"L&I violation"},{"y":2021,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2021,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2021,"k":"permit","w":"Alterations"},{"y":2021,"k":"insp","w":"L&I: 2 failed, 1 passed"},{"y":2021,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alterations"},{"y":2022,"k":"sale","p":458000}],"rented":false,"licenses":[],"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":["a lien number appears in the historical tax ledger through 2016","failed L&I inspection activity in 2021"],"caveat":"A screening signal, not a foreclosure prediction. Tax entries are historical and must be verified with Philadelphia Revenue."},{"kind":"permit-mismatch","level":"watch","title":"Assessment/permit mismatch","summary":"The assessment jumped 277% in 2023, but no matching permit appears in the property timeline.","evidence":["assessment moved from $121,400 to $458,000","no permit shown in 2022-2024"],"caveat":"Not proof of unpermitted work; reassessment, corrected data, or a permit under another parcel can also explain it."}],"legalChecks":[{"id":"permit-status","level":"attention","title":"A permit row needs file-level verification","finding":"3 permits not marked completed: RP-2021-006698 (Expired), PP-2021-012882 (Expired), MP-2021-006115 (Expired). At least one row also carries a completion date, so the City fields conflict.","why":"Issued work is not the same as approved final work. L&I uses final inspections and required certifications to close construction permits; expired, withdrawn, and completed are different City statuses.","action":"Open the permit file and confirm final inspections, holds, and any resulting occupancy certificate.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/departments/department-of-licenses-and-inspections/inspections-by-permit-type/"},{"id":"investigations","level":"verify","title":"Failed inspections are dated events—not the current condition","finding":"4 failed, 1 passed, and 1 CLOSED investigation outcome are in the fetched history; the latest dated visit was PASSED on Aug 17, 2021.","why":"A 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.","action":"Open the parent case/permit for each material failure and confirm its later disposition.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/departments/department-of-licenses-and-inspections/inspections-by-permit-type/"},{"id":"abatement","level":"verify","title":"A reduced taxable assessment is not a verified abatement","finding":"OPA’s numeric assessment fields show a reduced taxable assessment; BlockReport has no official program determination for this parcel.","why":"The numeric treatment can reflect an improvement abatement or another exemption. It does not identify the ordinance, approval, start or end date, or continuation requirements after a transfer. Once OPA verifies a specific active abatement, many common programs attach the benefit to the property for the remaining term rather than ending automatically at sale, but some require a new-owner filing and continued qualifying use or tax compliance.","action":"Obtain the OPA exemption/abatement determination and history, then underwrite the buyer’s bill from the verified program terms.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/services/payments-assistance-taxes/taxes/property-and-real-estate-taxes/get-real-estate-tax-relief/get-a-property-tax-abatement/"},{"id":"violations","level":"clear","title":"No open violation; closed history remains relevant","finding":"The fetched record shows 0 open and 6 historical violations across 2 cases.","why":"A closed case is materially better than an open one, but it does not by itself prove that every altered use, unit, or concealed condition matches today’s approvals.","action":"Use the closed cases to target the inspection and occupancy-file review.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/departments/department-of-licenses-and-inspections/inspections/violation-and-order-types/"}],"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"}]}