Commercial property report

4948 Germantown Ave

3 stories · 3,180 sqft · CMX2.5 · built 1915

Apartment building · Germantown Masjid · assessed $252K. On the 4900 block of Germantown Ave.

Property summary

Assessment$252KCity assessed value Last sale$50KRecorded 2018 Est. annual tax$4K/yearAssessment × 1.3998% Tax delinquency$288City snapshot · Jun 2022 Permits0Dated events in report ViolationsNone openNone open when assembled

Report assembled Jul 9, 2026 “Open” reflects records available then historical records keep their source dates estimates are labeled

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Historical tax record

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$288 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.

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What stands out

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Finding

History

Why it matters

sold $25K (2018); L&I violation (2019); Inspection failed (2019); Inspection failed ×2 (2020); Inspection passed (2022).

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Dated record flagAssessment/permit mismatch

The assessment jumped 43% in 2025, but no matching permit appears in the property timeline.

Evidence: assessment moved from $243,300 to $347,200 · no permit shown in 2024-2026

Limit: Not proof of unpermitted work; reassessment, corrected data, or a permit under another parcel can also explain it.

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Commercial propertyProperty report

This is a apartment building, recorded under the city's commercial category. The homeowner tools (rent estimate, homestead playbook) don't apply, so they're hidden. The full record and owner trail are below.

$288 · Jun 2022 delinquency snapshot

What it is

Apartment building

Row Conv/Apt 3 Sty Mason

Owner

Germantown Masjid

Tax standing

Assessed $252K

On the tax roll

$ / sq ft

$79

below the $130 median for 12,035 commercial parcels citywide

Corridor

Lower Germantown

city commercial corridor

Assessed value

$252K

City market value

Interior area

3,180 sqft

Lot size

1,900 sqft

Stories

Built

1915

Zoning

CMX2.5

Block context

4948 Germantown Ave sits on the 4900 block of Germantown Ave. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.

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Next door: 4946 Germantown Ave · 4950 Germantown Ave

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

Methodology & freshness

Available City datasets are queried from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com), then reports are cached and refreshed on a rolling schedule. Source dates vary: the parcel-level tax-delinquency snapshot is June 2022 and the separate detailed tax ledger ends in 2016, so neither establishes today’s balance. Other dossiers re-pull on view once stale, and citywide benchmarks recompute weekly. AI-written passages are generated from these records only and rejected if they state a number the record doesn't hold.

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About this data & fine print

Answers are generated by an AI agent querying available City of Philadelphia open data at the moment you ask: OPA property assessments, Recorder of Deeds transfer records, L&I permits, violations & licenses, dated Dept. of Revenue tax records, Zoning Board appeals, Police incident reports, Philly311 requests, and School District of Philadelphia catchment and school data.

For an explicit web search or a current listing/news question, the agent may also search the public web through OpenRouter and must link every web-derived claim. Public listing pages can be stale and are not direct or comprehensive MLS access.

Property-level tax data is historical: the delinquency snapshot is dated June 2022 and the separate detailed ledger ends in 2016. Neither shows what is owed today; verify a current balance with Philadelphia Revenue.

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