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8619 Gillespie St

3 bd · 1 ba · 2 stories · 1,152 sqft · RSA5 · built 1963

House · Federal National Mortgage · assessed $227K (2026) · 2027 OPA assessment $246K. On the 8600 block of Gillespie St.

Property summary

Assessment$226,7002026 OPA assessment · 2027: $246,100 Last sale$2KRecorded 2013 Est. tax bill$1,774/year2026 OPA · Homestead-adjusted Tax delinquency—Snapshot unavailable Permits0Dated events in report Violations0 openNo historical match in fetched records

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Estimated annual Real Estate Tax$1,774/year

2026 taxable assessment $126,700 × 1.3998%. Estimate—not a bill or account balance.

OPA also publishes a 2027 assessment of $246,100; it is not the 2026 billed-year value.

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OPA 652242300
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Exemption classificationHomestead exemption

2026 OPA removes $100,000 from the taxable assessment through the owner-occupant exemption.

Historical delinquency sources No current conclusion

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What stands out

From the public record
Finding

Homestead exemption, mail goes elsewhere

Why it matters

The parcel claims the homestead exemption (owner lives here) while the tax bill mails to 14221 Dallas Pkwy, Dallas Tx, 75254. Those two facts sit in tension on the record — there can be innocent reasons, but one of them is usually out of date.

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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 $246,100; it is not yet the billed-year tax basis.

Assessment history · all dated City records marked on the line

$0$125K$250K2016 OPA assessment: $121K2017 OPA assessment: $121K2018 OPA assessment: $121K2019 OPA assessment: $139K2020 OPA assessment: $148K2021 OPA assessment: $148K2022 OPA assessment: $148K2023 OPA assessment: $182K2024 OPA assessment: $182K2025 OPA assessment: $227K2026 OPA assessment: $227K2027 OPA assessment: $246K2007 — Deed / sale $166K2013 — Deed / sale $104K$246K200720112015201920232027
This propertyDeed / sale
Deed / sale $104K
Every dated record2 events · scroll to browse
  1. Deed / saleDeed / sale $104K
  2. Deed / saleDeed / sale $166K
Not a houseProperty report

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What it is
House
Row B/Gar 2 Sty Masonry
Owner
Federal National Mortgage
Public / institutional
OPA tax treatment
Assessed $227K
Taxable assessment on the roll
$ / sq ft
$214
assessed value ÷ interior sqft
Assessed value
$226,700
2026 OPA · 2027: $246,100
Interior area
1,152 sqft
Lot size
1,524 sqft
Stories
2
Built
1963
Zoning
RSA5

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Browse 2 dated records deeds, permits, inspections, licenses, violations, certifications & appeals
  1. Recorded transfer$104K transfer

    2013

  2. Recorded transfer$166K transfer

    2007

What this record suggests

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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.

Homestead exemption, mail goes elsewhere

The parcel claims the homestead exemption (owner lives here) while the tax bill mails to 14221 Dallas Pkwy, Dallas Tx, 75254. Those two facts sit in tension on the record — there can be innocent reasons, but one of them is usually out of date.

Block context

8619 Gillespie St sits on the 8600 block of Gillespie St. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.

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Where this comes from
Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 9, 2026, 7:22 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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