Land report

609 Emily St

Vacant lot · Golfand Developers LLC · assessed $76K (2026) · 2027 OPA assessment $84K. On the 600 block of Emily St.

Property summary

Assessment$76,4002026 OPA assessment · 2027: $83,700 Last sale$88KRecorded 2019 · later nominal deed Est. tax bill$1,069/year2026 taxable assessment × 1.3998% Tax delinquencyNo 2022 matchNot proof account is current Permits2Every fetched City permit Violations0 open27 historical across 14 cases

Report assembled Jul 10, 2026 “Open” reflects records available then historical records keep their source dates estimates are labeled

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Property tax

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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$1,069/year

2026 taxable assessment $76,400 × 1.3998%. Estimate—not a bill or account balance.

OPA also publishes a 2027 assessment of $83,700; it is not the 2026 billed-year value.

Official current account balanceCheck live

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 393032300

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Exemption classificationNo exemption shown

2026 taxable assessment equals the full assessed value.

Historical delinquency sources Record found

This parcel did not match the June 2022 delinquency snapshot. That absence does not confirm the account is current today.

A separate historical parcel ledger ending in 2016 records $814.75 and a lien entry. It is shown as historical context only.

2014$286.14 total · $144.85 principal · $28.25 interest · $10.14 penalty2015$272.31 total · $144.85 principal · $15.21 interest · $10.14 penalty2016$256.30 total · $151.32 principal · $2.26 interest · $1.51 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 record

Finding

New construction

Why it matters

Bought for $60K in 2019, built new under a 2019 permit, sold for $88K in 2019.

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City Property History

Fetched L&I and zoning records

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Recorded owner: Golfand Developers LLC
Tax mailing address: 609 EMILY ST, PHILADELPHIA PA, 19148
L&I district: SOUTH
Building ID (BIN): —
OPA account: 393032300

Permits2Every dated permit

Violation cases1427 violation records · 0 open

Investigations1612 failed · 4 passed · 0 closed

Building certifications0No match

Business licenses0No match

Appeals0No match

PermitsPermit number, issued date, work and City status2

Zoning/usePermit 1033797

Dec 13, 2019 COMPLETED Completed Dec 13, 2019

FOR THE ERECTION OF A THREE STORY STRUCTURE WITH A FULL BASEMENT, EGRESS WELL, AND A ROOF DECK. SIZE AND LOCATION PER PLANS. SEE AP#1023438 FOR APPROVED PLANS. FOR THE USE AS SINGLE FAMILY HOUSEHOLD LIVING

New ConstructionPermit FP-2023-000753

Jun 13, 2023 Issued

FOR THE INSTALLATION OF AN AUTOMATIC FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM IN ACCORDANCE WITH NFPA 13D THROUGHOUT THREE STORY BUILDING TO INCLUDE TWO (2) INCH FIRE WATER SERVICE LINES AS PER APPROVED PLANS. ALL WORK SHALL BE DONE IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPROVED PLANS/HYDRAULIC CALCULATIONS. IF FIELD CONDITIONS VARY CONTACT DESIGN ENGINEER PRIOR TO THE START OF ANY WORK.

Violation cases27 individual violation records; resolved history remains visible14

Case 140668CLOSED

STANDARD · Opened Jan 2, 2008 · completed Feb 3, 2010

VACANT LOT KEEP CLEAN GET LICViolation 787317Jan 2, 2008 COMPLIED
CLIP VIOLATION NOTICEViolation 787316Jan 2, 2008 COMPLIED

Case 204558CLOSED

STANDARD · Opened Jun 25, 2009 · completed Oct 29, 2009

LICENSE - VACANT LOTViolation 1374289Jun 25, 2009 COMPLIED
VACANT LOT STANDARDViolation 1374290Jun 25, 2009 COMPLIED

Case 257957CLOSED

STANDARD · Opened Nov 9, 2010 · completed Dec 15, 2010

CLIP VIOLATION NOTICEViolation 1880534Nov 1, 2010 COMPLIED
VACANT LOT KEEP CLEAN GET LICViolation 1880535Nov 1, 2010 COMPLIED

Case 296744CLOSED

STANDARD · Opened Sep 13, 2011 · completed Mar 12, 2012

CLIP VIOLATION NOTICEViolation 2210642Sep 13, 2011 COMPLIED
EXT A-VACANT LOT CLEAN/MAINTAIViolation 2210643Sep 13, 2011 COMPLIED

Case 331405CLOSED

STANDARD · Opened Jun 5, 2012 · completed Jun 26, 2012

VACANT LOT STANDARDViolation 2461903Jun 5, 2012 COMPLIED
CLIP VIOLATION NOTICEViolation 2461902Jun 5, 2012 COMPLIED

Case 343574CLOSED

STANDARD · Opened Aug 10, 2012 · completed Jan 8, 2013

CLIP VIOLATION NOTICEViolation 2534610Aug 10, 2012 COMPLIED
EXT A-VACANT LOT CLEAN/MAINTAIViolation 2534611Aug 10, 2012 COMPLIED

Case 446191CLOSED

STANDARD · Opened Aug 4, 2014 · completed Sep 20, 2014

EXT A-VACANT LOT CLEAN/MAINTAIViolation 3280098Aug 4, 2014 COMPLIED
CLIP VIOLATION NOTICEViolation 3280097Aug 4, 2014 COMPLIED

Case 495237CLOSED

STANDARD · Opened Aug 1, 2015

CLIP VIOLATION NOTICEViolation 3661646Aug 1, 2015 CLOSEDCASE
EXT A-VACANT LOT CLEAN/MAINTAIViolation 3661647Aug 1, 2015 CLOSEDCASE

Case CF-2021-064797CLOSED

NOTICE OF VIOLATION · Opened Jul 15, 2021 · completed Aug 6, 2021

LITTER ON VACANT LOTSViolation VI-2021-046475Jul 15, 2021 COMPLIED

Case CF-2021-082357CLOSED

NOTICE OF VIOLATION · Opened Aug 26, 2021 · completed Aug 27, 2021

EXTERIOR AREA SANITATIONViolation VI-2021-059180Jul 20, 2021 CLOSED
EXTERIOR AREA WEEDSViolation VI-2021-059181Jul 20, 2021 CLOSED
VACANT STRUCTURE & LANDViolation VI-2021-059182Jul 20, 2021 CLOSED
VACANT PROPERTIESViolation VI-2021-059183Jul 20, 2021 CLOSED
VACANT STRUCTURE LICENSEViolation VI-2021-059184Jul 20, 2021 CLOSED

Case CF-2022-056862CLOSED

NOTICE OF VIOLATION · Opened Jun 11, 2022 · completed Jul 18, 2022

VACANT STRUCTURE & LANDViolation VI-2022-041521Jun 11, 2022 COMPLIED

Case CF-2022-089272CLOSED

NOTICE OF VIOLATION · Opened Aug 30, 2022 · completed Oct 13, 2022

VACANT STRUCTURE & LANDViolation VI-2022-065533Aug 30, 2022 COMPLIED

Case CF-2023-029077IN VIOLATION - COURT

NOTICE OF VIOLATION · Opened Apr 10, 2023

NEW STRUCTUREViolation VI-2023-022105Apr 10, 2023 OPEN

Case CF-2024-063536CLOSED

NOTICE OF VIOLATION · Opened Jun 17, 2024 · completed Aug 28, 2024

RUBBISH & GARBAGEViolation VI-2024-050264Jun 17, 2024 COMPLIED
EXTERIOR AREA WEEDSViolation VI-2024-050263Jun 17, 2024 COMPLIED

InvestigationsEvery inspector visit, including CLOSED outcomes16

L_CLIPCase 47305

Nov 7, 2005 FAILED

L_CLIPCase 47305

Jan 2, 2008 PASSED

L&I investigationCase CF-2021-064797

Jul 15, 2021 FAILED

L&I investigationCase CF-2021-064797

Aug 6, 2021 FAILED

L&I investigationCase CF-2021-064797

Aug 6, 2021 PASSED

L&I investigationCase CF-2021-082357

Aug 26, 2021 FAILED

L&I investigationCase CF-2021-082357

Aug 27, 2021 PASSED

L&I investigationCase CF-2022-056862

Jun 11, 2022 FAILED

L&I investigationCase CF-2022-056862

Jul 18, 2022 FAILED

L&I investigationCase CF-2022-089272

Aug 30, 2022 FAILED

L&I investigationCase CF-2022-089272

Oct 13, 2022 PASSED

L&I investigationCase CF-2023-029077

Apr 10, 2023 FAILED

L&I investigationCase CF-2024-063536

Jun 17, 2024 FAILED

L&I investigationCase CF-2024-063536

Jul 1, 2024 FAILED

L&I investigationCase CF-2023-029077

Aug 12, 2024 FAILED

L&I investigationCase CF-2023-029077

Sep 16, 2024 FAILED

Building certificationsInspection result and filed expiration date by L&I building ID0

No building certifications matched this parcel in the fetched City dataset.

Business licensesHistorical and active licenses are both retained0

No business licenses matched this parcel in the fetched City dataset.

AppealsApplication status and decision are separate City fields0

No appeals matched this parcel in the fetched City dataset.

City of Philadelphia OPA, L&I and Zoning Board records, shown as filed. A CLOSED investigation is an outcome label, not a missing visit; an appeal's application status and decision may differ.

Legal due diligence

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.

2 resolve before relying 3 verify 1 favorable dated record

Resolve before relyingZoning approval is not the occupancy fileUse permit #1033797: COMPLETED.

Why it mattersPhiladelphia says a zoning approval or Property Sales Certification can identify a use without proving that it was established under the Building Code. A change of use, unit count, exits, or fire rating can require a Building Permit and Certificate of Occupancy.

Verify nextVerify the lawful use, unit count, associated construction permits, and Certificate of Occupancy with L&I.

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Resolve before relyingA permit row needs file-level verification1 permit not marked completed: FP-2023-000753 (Issued).

Why it mattersIssued 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.

Verify nextOpen the permit file and confirm final inspections, holds, and any resulting occupancy certificate.

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VerifyFailed inspections are dated events—not the current condition12 failed, 4 passed, and 0 CLOSED investigation outcomes are in the fetched history; the latest dated visit was FAILED on Sep 16, 2024.

Why it mattersA 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.

Verify nextOpen the parent case/permit for each material failure and confirm its later disposition.

Open the controlling City guidance ↗

VerifyA fire-system permit exists, but no annual certification matched1 fire/suppression-related permit matched; the fetched BIN certification feed returned no row.

Why it mattersInstalled systems in mixed-use and larger buildings generally require periodic certification, but applicability and limited-area exceptions vary. A missing BIN/address join is not proof of a compliance failure.

Verify nextConfirm what system was installed and whether a current annual certificate is required and filed.

Open the controlling City guidance ↗

VerifyThe latest nominal transfer is not a market sale—or a title opinionThe latest deed in the assembled record moved for nominal consideration and appears related-party/family-held.

Why it mattersA $1 or nominal deed can be a valid family, estate, or entity transfer. It does not establish a sale price, clear title, or by itself prove a tangled title.

Verify nextRead the recorded deed and have the title search confirm every grantor, grantee, estate/probate step, lien, and authority to sell.

Open the controlling City guidance ↗

Favorable dated recordNo open violation; closed history remains relevantThe fetched record shows 0 open and 27 historical violations across 14 cases.

Why it mattersA 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.

Verify nextUse the closed cases to target the inspection and occupancy-file review.

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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.

Dated record flagRecords to verify together

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, 2022, 2023, 2024

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

Transparent record rules, not a score or forecast. Each flag is a prompt to verify the cited records, not a prediction or allegation.

Vacant landLand report

An empty lot: no building, just the land and its paper trail. The homeowner tools don't apply; the deed history, owner and zoning are below, and the analyst can trace what the owner holds citywide.

historical lien entry · through 2016

What it is

Vacant lot

Vacant Land Reside < Acre

Owner

Golfand Developers Llc

OPA tax treatment

Assessed $76K

Taxable assessment on the roll

Assessed value

$76,400

2026 OPA · 2027: $83,700

Lot size

630 sqft

Zoning

RSA5

Block context

609 Emily St sits on the 600 block of Emily St. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.

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Next door: 607 Emily St · 611 Emily 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

Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 10, 2026, 2:38 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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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.

City data is published as-is and can lag, contain errors, or be corrected later; school performance datasets run years behind and are labeled with their school year. AI answers can contain mistakes — verify anything that matters against the official record (property.phila.gov, atlas.phila.gov) before acting on it.

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