2026 taxable assessment $3,200 × 1.3998%. Estimate—not a bill or account balance.
OPA also publishes a 2027 assessment of $105,200; it is not the 2026 billed-year value.
Commercial property report
542 High St
1,290 sqft · ICMX · built 1915
Store · William Grier · assessed $103K (2026) · 2027 OPA assessment $105K. On the 500 block of High St.
Property summary
Assessment$103,2002026 OPA assessment · 2027: $105,200
Last sale$24KRecorded 1986
Est. tax bill$45/year2026 OPA · Homestead-adjusted
Tax delinquency$21KCity snapshot · Jun 2022
Permits1Dated events in report
Violations0 openNo historical match in fetched records
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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 8829276002026 OPA removes $100,000 from the taxable assessment through the owner-occupant exemption.
Historical delinquency sources Record found
$20,764.66 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 $11,626.78 and a lien entry. It is shown as historical context only.
2009$523.47 total · $0.00 principal · $368.27 interest · $55.35 penalty2010$1,176.97 total · $495.96 principal · $426.12 interest · $55.35 penalty2011$1,597.55 total · $868.96 principal · $404.07 interest · $60.83 penalty2012$1,562.37 total · $902.45 principal · $338.42 interest · $63.17 penalty2013$1,518.39 total · $934.89 principal · $266.44 interest · $65.44 penalty2014$1,882.70 total · $1,192.73 principal · $232.59 interest · $83.49 penalty2015$1,756.03 total · $1,192.73 principal · $125.24 interest · $83.49 penalty2016$1,609.30 total · $1,245.97 principal · $18.68 interest · $12.46 penalty
For a purchase, refinance, or closing, request the City’s official Property Payoff statement in Tax Center under “More options.”
What stands out
From the public recordNew construction
Why it mattersbuilt new under a 2020 permit (reduced taxable assessment shown).
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What this record proves—and what it does not.
These checks are triggered by this property’s actual City rows. They identify the controlling document to verify; they do not declare a use legal, a building safe, or title clear.
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VerifyHomestead is tied to owner occupancy and the deedOPA shows the Homestead Exemption.
Why it mattersPhiladelphia limits Homestead to an owner’s primary residence. The City says a deed change can require a new application or update.
Verify nextA buyer should apply in their own name and not assume the seller’s benefit continues.
Open the controlling City guidance ↗VerifyA separate Commercial Trash account may applyOPA classifies the parcel as commercial. BlockReport does not receive a current Commercial Trash account balance.
Why it mattersPhiladelphia charges qualifying small commercial, mixed-use, and multi-unit properties that use City collection; exemptions and private collection can change applicability. A use category alone does not prove a fee is due.
Verify nextCheck the Commercial Trash account inside the date-effective Property Payoff.
Open the controlling City guidance ↗Closing file: checks no public-record summary can replace3 documents/searches to assign before settlement
Property Sales Certification
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.
Next: Obtain the fresh certificate and compare it with the CO, permits, and Atlas overlays.
Official guidance ↗Date-effective City Property Payoff
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.
Next: Request the City statement effective through settlement; read every period and invoice.
Official guidance ↗Professional title and water-lien searches
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.
Next: Use a Pennsylvania lawyer/title company and obtain owner’s title insurance; order the separate water search/payoff.
Official guidance ↗Separate water-lien guidance ↗Informational only—not a legal opinion, title report, code inspection, tax payoff, or substitute for a Pennsylvania lawyer, title company, inspector, or tax professional.
Records to verify together
Rule-based groupings across this property's dated public records. Each flag shows the records that belong in the same verification step and where the inference stops.
Records to verify together
More than one separately dated public record deserves a current-status check.
Evidence: $20,765 appeared in the City's June 2022 delinquency snapshot · a lien number appears in the historical tax ledger through 2016
Limit: A screening signal, not a foreclosure prediction. Tax entries are historical and must be verified with Philadelphia Revenue.
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Commercial propertyProperty report
This is a store, 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.
$21K · Jun 2022 delinquency snapshot historical lien entry · through 2016
What it is
Store
Auto Repair Shop Masonry
Owner
Grier William
OPA tax treatment
Assessed $103K
Taxable assessment on the roll
$ / sq ft
$82
below the $130 median for 12,035 commercial parcels citywide
Assessed value
$103,200
2026 OPA · 2027: $105,200
Interior area
1,290 sqft
Lot size
2,149 sqft
Built
1915
Zoning
ICMX
Block context
542 High St sits on the 500 block of High St. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.
See the whole block →Next door: 540 High St · 538 High 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 9, 2026, 8:11 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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