{"asOf":"2026-07-09T23:59:15.848Z","block":"4200-4299 HAVERFORD AVE","blockUrl":"https://blockreport.homes/block/4200-4299-haverford-ave","address":"4205 HAVERFORD AVE","parcelNumber":"882933550","source":"https://property.phila.gov/?p=882933550","ownerType":"owner-occupied","kind":"commercial","isHouse":false,"residential":false,"taxExempt":false,"institutional":false,"buildingClass":"MISC FUNERAL HOME MASONRY","useLabel":"Commercial","owner":"TERRY FUNERAL HOME INC","marketValue":507500,"livableArea":3705,"yearBuilt":1925,"lastSale":{"price":10,"date":"2006-09-15T04:00:00Z"},"openViolations":0,"taxOwed":18364.24,"lat":39.962721265690384,"lng":-75.20720079036755,"geom":{"type":"Polygon","coordinates":[[[-75.207144463,39.962584384],[-75.207210956,39.962578088],[-75.207258364,39.962857363],[-75.207190524,39.962863211],[-75.207144463,39.962584384]]]},"zip":"19104","beds":null,"baths":null,"stories":null,"lotArea":1928,"zoning":"CMX2","grade":"C+","basement":null,"heater":null,"centralAir":null,"extCond":"5","intCond":"5","garage":null,"homestead":false,"mail":"4205 HAVERFORD AVE, PHILADELPHIA PA, 19104","mailOut":false,"appeals":[],"taxYears":[{"year":2015,"total":6235.63,"principal":4932.74,"interest":517.94,"penalty":345.29},{"year":2016,"total":5690.5,"principal":5152.87,"interest":77.3,"penalty":51.53}],"taxNet":11926.13,"taxLien":true,"timesSold":1,"abated":false,"valueSeries":[{"y":2016,"v":320100,"taxable":320100},{"y":2017,"v":320100,"taxable":320100},{"y":2018,"v":347800,"taxable":347800},{"y":2019,"v":319700,"taxable":319700},{"y":2020,"v":319700,"taxable":319700},{"y":2021,"v":319700,"taxable":319700},{"y":2022,"v":319700,"taxable":319700},{"y":2023,"v":518700,"taxable":518700},{"y":2024,"v":518700,"taxable":518700},{"y":2025,"v":481000,"taxable":481000},{"y":2026,"v":481000,"taxable":481000},{"y":2027,"v":507500,"taxable":507500}],"taxNow":7104,"familyHeld":true,"storyTag":"Improved","storyDelta":null,"timeline":[{"y":2000,"k":"sale","p":79300},{"y":2024,"k":"permit","w":"Change of Use"},{"y":2024,"k":"permit","w":"Change of Use"},{"y":2024,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"}],"rented":false,"signals":[{"kind":"record-pressure","level":"elevated","title":"Records to verify together","summary":"More than one separately dated public record deserves a current-status check.","evidence":["$18,364 appeared in the City's June 2022 delinquency snapshot","a lien number appears in the historical tax ledger through 2016"],"caveat":"A screening signal, not a foreclosure prediction. Tax entries are historical and must be verified with Philadelphia Revenue."},{"kind":"transition-activity","level":"watch","title":"Recent transition activity","summary":"The property has an unusually active paper trail worth monitoring for the next permit, inspection, deed, or listing.","evidence":["3 permit events since 2023"],"caveat":"Record activity alone does not establish that a sale or redevelopment is planned."}],"legalChecks":[{"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/"}]}