Apartment building report

5208 Germantown Ave

3 stories · 3,411 sqft · RSA3 · built 1800

Apartment building · Elwyn INC · assessed $281K. On the 5200 block of Germantown Ave.

Property summary

Assessment$281KCity assessed value Last sale$499KRecorded 2002 Est. annual tax$4K/yearAssessment × 1.3998% Tax delinquency—Snapshot unavailable Permits2Dated events in report Violations5Open when report assembled

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

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What stands out

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Finding

Improved

Why it matters

Bought for $499K in 2002. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2011.

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Records to verify together

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Dated record flagRecords to verify together

More than one separately dated public record deserves a current-status check.

Evidence: 5 open L&I violations · failed L&I inspection activity in 2026

Limit: A screening signal, not a foreclosure prediction. Tax entries are historical and must be verified with Philadelphia Revenue.

Dated record flagAssessment/permit mismatch

The assessment jumped 51% in 2025, but no matching permit appears in the property timeline.

Evidence: assessment moved from $262,500 to $396,300 · 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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5 open violations

What it is

Apartment building

Det Conv Apt 2.5 Sty Mas

Owner

Elwyn Inc

Tax standing

Assessed $281K

On the tax roll

$ / sq ft

$82

below the $151 median for 3,983 apartments parcels citywide

Corridor

Lower Germantown

city commercial corridor

Assessed value

$281K

City market value

Interior area

3,411 sqft

Lot size

11,351 sqft

Stories

Built

1800

Zoning

RSA3

Who's behind it

Elwyn INC · corporate / LLC owner

• Owns 6 properties across Philadelphia under this name, assessed at $4.6M combined
• Tax bills mail to 111 Elwyn Rd, Media PA, 19063 — outside Philadelphia

PA corporate registry ↗OpenCorporates ↗City record ↗

Block context

5208 Germantown Ave sits on the 5200 block of Germantown Ave. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.

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Next door: 5214 Germantown Ave · 5218 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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