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608 S 56th St

Vacant lot · Individual owner on record · assessed $33K (2026) · 2027 OPA assessment $48K. On the 600 block of S 56th St.

Property summary

Assessment$32,5002026 OPA assessment · 2027: $48,400 Last sale—No sale value available Est. tax bill$455/year2026 taxable assessment × 1.3998% Tax delinquency$8KCity snapshot · Jun 2022 Permits0Every fetched City permit Violations0 open12 historical across 6 cases

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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.

Estimated annual Real Estate Tax$455/year

2026 taxable assessment $32,500 × 1.3998%. Estimate—not a bill or account balance.

OPA also publishes a 2027 assessment of $48,400; it is not the 2026 billed-year value.

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OPA 463219700
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Exemption classificationNo exemption shown

2026 taxable assessment equals the full assessed value.

Historical delinquency sources Record found

$7,896.92 was recorded for this parcel in Philadelphia's June 2022 delinquency snapshot for 1997–2021. That amount may have been paid, reduced, or increased since; it is not a current payoff figure.

$2,761.23 principal$3,398.76 interest$192.31 penalty$1,544.62 other charges
25years recorded 1997–2021tax periods 1990-05-10last payment in snapshot Yesactionable flag Nopayment agreement Nobankruptcy flag Nosheriff-sale flag Noassessment appeal

The snapshot’s 2022 context used $6,100 total assessment, $6,100 taxable, and $0 exempt/abated. Those historical fields can differ from today’s OPA exemption status.

A separate historical parcel ledger ending in 2016 records $5,840.15 and a lien entry. It is shown as historical context only.

1997$525.08 total · $152.05 principal · $262.29 interest · $10.64 penalty1998$508.92 total · $152.05 principal · $248.60 interest · $10.64 penalty1999$492.78 total · $152.05 principal · $234.92 interest · $10.64 penalty2000$476.63 total · $152.05 principal · $221.23 interest · $10.64 penalty2001$460.48 total · $152.05 principal · $207.55 interest · $10.64 penalty2002$536.92 total · $185.51 principal · $236.52 interest · $12.99 penalty2003$266.35 total · $91.23 principal · $108.10 interest · $6.39 penalty2004$256.66 total · $91.23 principal · $99.89 interest · $6.39 penalty2005$246.97 total · $91.23 principal · $91.68 interest · $6.39 penalty2006$237.29 total · $91.23 principal · $83.47 interest · $6.39 penalty2007$227.60 total · $91.23 principal · $75.26 interest · $6.39 penalty2008$217.91 total · $91.23 principal · $67.05 interest · $6.39 penalty2009$208.22 total · $91.23 principal · $58.84 interest · $6.39 penalty2010$198.54 total · $91.23 principal · $50.63 interest · $6.39 penalty2011$205.21 total · $100.27 principal · $46.62 interest · $7.02 penalty2012$201.15 total · $104.13 principal · $39.05 interest · $7.29 penalty2013$196.07 total · $107.87 principal · $30.74 interest · $7.55 penalty2014$140.33 total · $94.00 principal · $18.34 interest · $6.58 penalty2015$130.34 total · $94.00 principal · $9.88 interest · $6.58 penalty2016$106.70 total · $98.20 principal · $1.48 interest · $0.98 penalty

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What stands out

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History

Why it matters

2 L&I violations (2016); 2 L&I violations (2017); 2 L&I violations (2018); 2 L&I violations (2020); Inspection failed ×2 (2020).

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Assessment history

The City’s annual assessed value for this parcel, with dated permits, inspections, violations, and appeals marked when the record has a date. The line is an assessment history—not a sale-price chart or appraisal. OPA has also published a 2027 assessment of $48,400; it is not yet the billed-year tax basis.

City assessment over time · dated property records marked on the line

$0$25K$50KBefore this chart — 2013: CLIP VIOLATION NOTICE 2013: EXT A-VACANT LOT CLEAN/MAINTAI 2015: EXT A-VACANT LOT CLEAN/MAINTAI 2015: CLIP VIOLATION NOTICE2016: 2 L&I violations 2016: EXT A-VACANT LOT CLEAN/MAINTAI 2016: CLIP VIOLATION NOTICE2017: 2 L&I violations 2017: CLIP VIOLATION NOTICE 2017: EXT A-VACANT LOT CLEAN/MAINTAI2018: 2 L&I violations 2018: EXT A-VACANT LOT CLEAN/MAINTAI 2018: CLIP VIOLATION NOTICE2020: 2 L&I violations 2020: Inspection failed ×2 2020: VACANT STRUCTURE & LAND 2020: EXTERIOR AREA WEEDS 2020: L&I investigation$48K2016201820202022202420262027
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Vacant landLand report

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$8K · Jun 2022 delinquency snapshot historical lien entry · through 2016

What it is
Vacant lot
Vacant Land Reside < Acre
Owner
Individual owner on record
Individual name redacted
OPA tax treatment
Assessed $33K
Taxable assessment on the roll
Corridor
56th and Cedar
city commercial corridor
Assessed value
$32,500
2026 OPA · 2027: $48,400
Lot size
1,184 sqft
Zoning
CMX2

Every dated deed, permit, inspection, license, violation, certification, and appeal—together.

The timeline combines the report’s transfer history with every successfully fetched L&I and zoning row. A date or status is the City’s filed record, not a statement that the condition remains current; use the official file for live detail.

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Recorded owner
Individual owner on record
L&I district
CENTRAL WEST
OPA account
463219700

What this record suggests

The timeline preserves the dated City rows that matched this parcel. It is a sequence to verify, not a conclusion about present condition.

  1. InvestigationL&I investigation

    Case CF-2020-032199 · FAILED

  2. ViolationVACANT STRUCTURE & LAND

    Case CF-2020-032199 · Violation VI-2020-014022 · COMPLIED

  3. ViolationEXTERIOR AREA WEEDS

    Case CF-2020-032199 · Violation VI-2020-014021 · COMPLIED

  4. ViolationEXT A-VACANT LOT CLEAN/MAINTAI

    Case 640458 · Violation 4716978 · COMPLIED

  5. ViolationCLIP VIOLATION NOTICE

    Case 640458 · Violation 4716977 · COMPLIED

  6. ViolationCLIP VIOLATION NOTICE

    Case 592333 · Violation 4374290 · COMPLIED

  7. ViolationEXT A-VACANT LOT CLEAN/MAINTAI

    Case 592333 · Violation 4374291 · COMPLIED

  8. ViolationEXT A-VACANT LOT CLEAN/MAINTAI

    Case 567104 · Violation 4174610 · COMPLIED

  9. ViolationCLIP VIOLATION NOTICE

    Case 567104 · Violation 4174609 · COMPLIED

  10. ViolationEXT A-VACANT LOT CLEAN/MAINTAI

    Case 501136 · Violation 3702434 · COMPLIED

  11. ViolationCLIP VIOLATION NOTICE

    Case 501136 · Violation 3702433 · COMPLIED

  12. ViolationCLIP VIOLATION NOTICE

    Case 409116 · Violation 3004473 · COMPLIED

  13. ViolationEXT A-VACANT LOT CLEAN/MAINTAI

    Case 409116 · Violation 3004474 · COMPLIED

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Permits and inspections

A permit is the City’s authorization and review pathway for construction or repair work. No fetched permit is not proof that no work ever happened.

L&I inspections are scheduled at defined stages; final inspection and required certifications are separate steps in closing out applicable work.

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Assessments and taxes

The OPA assessment is the City’s value on the tax roll—not an asking price, appraisal, or live account balance. The taxable assessment can differ from the full assessment because the City roll records exemptions or other treatment; the report keeps those fields separate.

Your annual estimate uses the taxable assessment. Payments, credits, interest, and the amount due are maintained separately in Tax Center.

How the Office of Property Assessment works ↗Philadelphia property-tax guidance ↗
Violations, cases, and status check current status

An open row is a dated City status, not a diagnosis of current condition or a conclusion about the property. Read the case, notice, and any subsequent inspection together, then verify the live file.

How L&I code enforcement works ↗City violation and order types ↗

Block context

608 S 56th St sits on the 600 block of S 56th St. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.

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Next door: 610 S 56th St  ·  612 S 56th St

Where this comes from
Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 10, 2026, 1:06 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. For this property: Permits: queried · Violations: queried · Investigations: queried · Appeals: queried · Licenses: queried · Building certifications: queried. “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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