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Apartment building report

827 S 2nd St

4 stories · 5,940 sqft · CMX1 · built 1900

Apartment building · Her Lady Ellen LLC · assessed $1.5M (2026) · 2027 OPA assessment $1.0M. On the 800 block of S 2nd St.

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Property summary

Assessment$1,461,2002026 OPA assessment · 2027: $1,008,300 Last sale$1.4MRecorded 2022 Est. tax bill$20,454/year2026 taxable assessment × 1.3998% Tax delinquency—Snapshot unavailable Permits1Dated events in report Violations0 openNo historical match in fetched records

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Estimated annual Real Estate Tax$20,454/year

2026 taxable assessment $1,461,200 × 1.3998%. Estimate—not a bill or account balance.

OPA also publishes a 2027 assessment of $1,008,300; it is not the 2026 billed-year value.

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OPA 881001214
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Exemption classificationNo exemption shown

2026 taxable assessment equals the full assessed value.

Historical delinquency sources No current conclusion

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What stands out

From the public record
Finding

Improved

Why it matters

Bought for $563K in 2003. Owner pulled a roof covering replacement permit in 2022.

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Finding

"Built 1900" is usually a placeholder

Why it matters

Philadelphia records use 1900 as a stand-in when the real construction year was never documented. Treat the age as unknown, not as 120+ years.

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The property record, over time

Every dated deed, permit, inspection, license, violation, certification, and appeal is placed on the City’s annual assessment line. Select a point to read what happened; the line is an assessment history—not a sale-price chart or appraisal. OPA has also published a 2027 assessment of $1,008,300; it is not yet the billed-year tax basis.

Assessment history · all dated City records marked on the line

$0$1.0M$2.0M$1.0M2003200720112015201920232027
Property assessmentAssessmentDeed / sale

Each icon sits on its recorded date; records without a day are labeled and centered within their year. Select one to explain the filing.

Every dated record2 events · exact dates, newest first
  1. Deed / saleDeed / sale $1.4M
  2. Deed / saleDeed / sale $563K
Apartment buildingBuilding report

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What it is
Apartment building
Apts 5-50 Units Masonry
Owner
Her Lady Ellen LLC
OPA tax treatment
Assessed $1.5M
Taxable assessment on the roll
$ / sq ft
$170
above the $151 median for 3,983 apartments parcels citywide
Corridor
Central Waterfront/Washington
city commercial corridor
Assessed value
$1,461,200
2026 OPA · 2027: $1,008,300
Interior area
5,940 sqft
Lot size
1,340 sqft
Stories
4
Built
1900
Zoning
CMX1

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Browse 2 dated records deeds, permits, inspections, licenses, violations, certifications & appeals
  1. Recorded transfer$1.4M transfer

    2022

  2. Recorded transfer$563K transfer

    2003

What this record suggests

The dated deed and City-record sequence is assembled below. Read timing as a research lead, not proof of renovation, condition, or motive.

Where the record looks off

Places where the city's own paperwork disagrees with itself. These are flags on the data — not problems with the property.

"Built 1900" is usually a placeholder

Philadelphia records use 1900 as a stand-in when the real construction year was never documented. Treat the age as unknown, not as 120+ years.

Block context

827 S 2nd St sits on the 800 block of S 2nd St. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.

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Next door: 825 S 2nd St  ·  829 S 2nd St

Where this comes from
Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 9, 2026, 12:03 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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