{"asOf":"2026-07-10T06:40:19.356Z","block":"9700-9799 VERREE RD","blockUrl":"https://blockreport.homes/block/9700-9799-verree-rd","address":"9768 VERREE RD","parcelNumber":"778323000","source":"https://property.phila.gov/?p=778323000","ownerType":"absentee","kind":"commercial","isHouse":false,"residential":false,"taxExempt":true,"institutional":true,"buildingClass":"HSE WORSHIP ALL 2 STY MAS","useLabel":"Place of worship","owner":"BLOCK CHURCH","marketValue":5866400,"livableArea":52577,"yearBuilt":1975,"lastSale":{"price":5050000,"date":"2024-07-01T04:00:00Z"},"openViolations":0,"violYears":[{"y":2010,"n":1,"worst":null},{"y":2011,"n":8,"worst":null},{"y":2019,"n":1,"worst":null},{"y":2024,"n":2,"worst":null}],"inspYears":[{"y":2010,"fails":2,"passes":0},{"y":2011,"fails":1,"passes":2},{"y":2019,"fails":2,"passes":0},{"y":2020,"fails":0,"passes":1},{"y":2024,"fails":2,"passes":0},{"y":2025,"fails":0,"passes":1}],"taxOwed":0,"lat":40.099985899931994,"lng":-75.04547063602983,"geom":{"type":"Polygon","coordinates":[[[-75.045456247,40.099282943],[-75.046183227,40.100182272],[-75.046152852,40.100196753],[-75.046323882,40.100408296],[-75.045627702,40.100739094],[-75.045332516,40.100254764],[-75.04443567,40.099769477],[-75.045456247,40.099282943]]]},"zip":"19115","beds":null,"baths":null,"stories":null,"lotArea":115164,"zoning":"RSD1","grade":"C+","basement":null,"heater":null,"centralAir":null,"extCond":"4","intCond":"4","garage":null,"homestead":false,"mail":"PO BOX 18055, PHILADELPHIA PA, 19147","mailOut":false,"appeals":[{"type":"Zoning board appeal","grounds":"PERMIT FOR THE ERECTION OF TWO (2) SINGLE FACED WALL SIGNS (3'X6' AND 23'-2\"X1'-3\"), ONE (1) NONILLUMINATED\nTWO FACED FREESTANDING SIGN (3'X2'), AND ONE (1) STATICALLY ILLUMINATED TWO FACED FREESTANDING SIGN (8'X8'-7\"). 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The current owner/use record is not a buyer’s tax forecast.","action":"Confirm the exact exemption basis, buyer eligibility, and next tax-year treatment directly with OPA.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/departments/office-of-property-assessment/tax-exemptions-and-abatements/"},{"id":"commercial-trash","level":"verify","title":"A separate Commercial Trash account may apply","finding":"OPA classifies the parcel as commercial. BlockReport does not receive a current Commercial Trash account balance.","why":"Philadelphia 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.","action":"Check the Commercial Trash account inside the date-effective Property Payoff.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/2026-06-09-pay-your-trash-fee-bill-by-june-30/"}],"closingChecks":[{"title":"Property Sales Certification","body":"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.","action":"Obtain the fresh certificate and compare it with the CO, permits, and Atlas overlays.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/services/permits-violations-licenses/get-a-certificate/get-a-property-sales-certification/"},{"title":"Date-effective City Property Payoff","body":"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.","action":"Request the City statement effective through settlement; read every period and invoice.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/guides/philadelphia-tax-center/what-to-do/"},{"title":"Professional title and water-lien searches","body":"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.","action":"Use a Pennsylvania lawyer/title company and obtain owner’s title insurance; order the separate water search/payoff.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/2026-04-07-why-title-insurance-is-your-best-friend-when-buying-a-home-in-philadelphia/","secondaryUrl":"https://www.phila.gov/services/water-gas-utilities/pay-or-dispute-a-water-bill/resolve-water-liens-judgments/"}]}