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ASBESTOS CONTROL REGULATIONS WERE IN CONFORMANCE WITH RESPECT TO REQUIRED PRE-TESTS ANALYZED.","status":"CLOSED","outcome":"Withdrawn","date":"2013-03-20","number":"18654"},{"type":"RB_LIRB","grounds":"296 SAMPLES WERE TAKEN BETWEEN 5/18/12 TO 5/25/12 AS PER AFR 1.A.Z. AND V1.D.Z. ALL SAMPLES AIR FLOW RATES AND SAMPLE TIMES WERE KNOWN WHEN SAMPLES WERE COLLECTED ALSO NIOSH 7400 WAS FOLLOWED.","status":"OPEN","outcome":"City affirmed","date":"2013-03-06","number":"18655"}],"taxYears":[{"year":2016,"total":2316.66,"principal":2047.63,"interest":30.72,"penalty":20.48}],"taxNet":2316.66,"taxLien":true,"taxLedgerThrough":2016,"taxLedgerAvailable":true,"timesSold":4,"abated":false,"valueSeries":[{"y":2016,"v":127200,"taxable":127200},{"y":2017,"v":127200,"taxable":127200},{"y":2018,"v":149700,"taxable":149700},{"y":2019,"v":149700,"taxable":149700},{"y":2020,"v":767700,"taxable":767700},{"y":2021,"v":767700,"taxable":767700},{"y":2022,"v":767700,"taxable":767700},{"y":2023,"v":158100,"taxable":158100},{"y":2024,"v":158100,"taxable":158100},{"y":2025,"v":218100,"taxable":218100},{"y":2026,"v":218100,"taxable":218100},{"y":2027,"v":1526700,"taxable":1526700}],"taxNow":3053,"familyHeld":false,"lastTransferNominal":true,"storyTag":"Improved","storyDelta":1.05,"timeline":[{"y":2018,"k":"sale","p":1950000},{"y":2019,"k":"viol","w":"2 L&I violations incl EXTERIOR STRUCT UNSAFE COND 7"},{"y":2021,"k":"viol","w":"4 L&I violations"},{"y":2022,"k":"viol","w":"5 L&I violations"},{"y":2023,"k":"sale","p":4006695},{"y":2023,"k":"sale","p":4006695},{"y":2023,"k":"viol","w":"4 L&I violations"},{"y":2023,"k":"insp","w":"L&I: 3 failed, 1 passed"},{"y":2024,"k":"permit","w":"Commercial Make Safe Permit"},{"y":2024,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection failed ×5"},{"y":2025,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection failed ×3"},{"y":2026,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection passed"}],"rented":false,"signals":[{"kind":"record-pressure","level":"strong","title":"Public-record pressure","summary":"Several independent records stack up here, making this property worth prompt verification.","evidence":["4 open L&I violations","$23,309 appeared in the City's June 2022 delinquency snapshot","a lien number appears in the historical tax ledger through 2016","failed L&I inspection activity in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025"],"caveat":"A screening signal, not a foreclosure prediction. Tax entries are historical and must be verified with Philadelphia Revenue."},{"kind":"post-purchase-work","level":"watch","title":"Post-purchase work pattern","summary":"A recorded purchase followed by 1 permit event matches the early part of a renovate-and-resell sequence.","evidence":["purchase recorded in 2023","permit activity in 2024"],"caveat":"This does not show that the property is listed or that a sale is planned."},{"kind":"permit-mismatch","level":"watch","title":"Assessment/permit mismatch","summary":"The assessment jumped 600% in 2027, but no matching permit appears in the property timeline.","evidence":["assessment moved from $218,100 to $1,526,700","no permit shown in 2026-2028"],"caveat":"Not proof of unpermitted work; reassessment, corrected data, or a permit under another parcel can also explain it."}],"legalChecks":[{"id":"violations","level":"attention","title":"4 open L&I violations","finding":"4 violation rows are retained in the City ledger.","why":"Open notices can accrue fees, block permits or license renewal, and move to court or collection. Standard initial notices generally have a 30-day appeal window; unsafe or imminently-dangerous notices have a much shorter window.","action":"Read the notice—not only the summary status—and confirm reinspection, fees, and appeal posture with L&I.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/departments/department-of-licenses-and-inspections/inspections/violation-and-order-types/"},{"id":"deed-chain","level":"verify","title":"The latest nominal transfer is not a market sale—or a title opinion","finding":"The latest deed in the assembled record moved for nominal consideration.","why":"A $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.","action":"Read the recorded deed and have the title search confirm every grantor, grantee, estate/probate step, lien, and authority to sell.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/services/property-lots-housing/get-a-copy-of-a-deed-or-other-recorded-document/"}],"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/"}]}