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957 N 5th St

3 stories · RM1 · built 1920

Apartment building · 957 North LLC · assessed $814K (2026) · 2027 OPA assessment $814K. On the 900 block of N 5th St.

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Property summary

Assessment$814,2002026 OPA assessment · 2027: $814,200 Last sale$730KRecorded 2026 Est. tax bill$11,397/year2026 taxable assessment × 1.3998% Tax delinquencyNo 2022 matchNot proof account is current Permits6Every fetched City permit Violations0 openNo historical match in fetched records

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Estimated annual Real Estate Tax$11,397/year

2026 taxable assessment $814,200 × 1.3998%. Estimate—not a bill or account balance.

OPA also publishes a 2027 assessment of $814,200; it is not the 2026 billed-year value.

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OPA 881000623
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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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Finding

Permit between transfers

Record summary

$425K transfer in 2005; change of use permit in 2023; $730K transfer in 2026 (+72% between recorded amounts).

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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 $814,200; it is not yet the billed-year tax basis.

Assessment history · all dated City records marked on the line

$0$500K$1.0M$814K2005200920132017202120252027
Property assessmentAssessmentDeed / salePermit

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Every dated record8 events · exact dates, newest first
  1. Deed / saleDeed / sale $730K
  2. PermitAddition and/or Alterations
  3. PermitAddition and/or Alteration
  4. PermitAlterations
  5. PermitAddition and/or Alterations
  6. PermitChange of Use
  7. Deed / saleDeed / sale $818K
  8. Deed / saleDeed / sale $425K
Apartment buildingBuilding report

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What it is
Apartment building
Row Conv/Apt 3 Sty Mason
Owner
957 North LLC
OPA tax treatment
Assessed $814K
Taxable assessment on the roll
Assessed value
$814,200
2026 OPA · 2027: $814,200
Lot size
4,176 sqft
Stories
3
Built
1920
Zoning
RM1

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Browse 9 dated records deeds, permits, inspections, licenses, violations, certifications & appeals
  1. Recorded transfer$730K transfer

    2026

  2. PermitAddition and/or Alterations

    Permit FP-2023-002893 · Issued

    FOR THE INSTALLATION OF A FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM IN ACCORDANCE WITH NFPA 13R THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE BUILDING WITH 2” FIRE SERVICE AND 2" BACKFLOW PREVENTION ASSEMBLY. ALL WORK SHALL COMPLY WITH THE APPROVED PLANS. ALL WORK SHALL BE PERFORMED BY A FIRE SUPPRESSION CONTRACTOR LICENSED BY THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA.

  3. PermitAlterations

    Permit PP-2023-011746 · Issued

    Plumbing Permit (Interior) for combo CP-2023-003597

  4. PermitAddition and/or Alteration

    Permit EP-2023-008120 · Issued

    INSTALL A 400 AMP SERVICE, (9) GANG METER BANK, (7) 100 AMP PANELS & FEEDERS, (1) 125 AMP PANEL & FEEDER, (1) 60 AMP PANEL & FEEDER. INSTALL WIRING THROUGHOUT THE COMMON AREAS & EIGHT DWELLING UNITS. INSTALL LIGHTS NORMAL & EMERGENCY, SWITCHES, SENSORS, RECEPTACLES, SMOKE & CARBON MONOXIDE ALARMS. PROVIDE POWER FOR THE MECHANICAL & HVAC EQUIPMENT. INSTALL A NEW FIRE ALARM SYSTEM THROUGHOUT. ALL WORK IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE 2017 NEC.

  5. PermitAddition and/or Alterations

    Permit MP-2023-003705 · Issued

    FOR THE INSTALLATION OF A NEW HVAC SYSTEMS, ASSOCIATED DUCT WORK, ROOFTOP UNITS, DUCTLESS SYSTEMS, AND REGISTERS/DIFFUSERS AS PER APPROVED PLANS. SEPARATE PERMIT REQUIRED FOR ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING, FIRE SUPPRESSION

  6. PermitAddition and/or Alteration

    Permit CP-2023-003597 · Issued

    FOR LEVEL II ALTERATION TO ADD ADDITIONAL 5 UNITS (8 TOTAL) TO INCLUDE NEW PARTITIONS, DOORS, FIXTURES, FURNISHINGS, FINISHES AS PER APPROVED PLANS. BUILDING TO SPRINKLERED PER NFPA 13R MINIMUM. SEPARATE PERMIT REQUIRED FOR MEP AND FIRE SUPPRESSION WORK. IEBC 2018 **AMENDMENT 7/1/2026 FOR LAYOUT CHANGES AS PER PLANS.

  7. PermitChange of Use

    Permit ZP-2023-006781 · Issued

    Residential - Household Living - Multi-Family

  8. Recorded transfer$818K transfer

    2023

  9. Recorded transfer$425K transfer

    2005

What this record suggests

The City file documents 6 permits touching electrical work, plumbing, roof work. 6 carries a completed, issued, or approved status; that documents the filing, not the present quality of the work.

Unavailable when this report assembled: certifications. Unavailable does not mean no record.

Who's behind it

957 North LLC · corporate / LLC owner

• Tax bills mail to 1013 W Ritner St, Philadelphia PA, 19148

PA corporate registry ↗OpenCorporates ↗City record ↗

Block context

957 N 5th St sits on the 900 block of N 5th St. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.

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Next door: 959 N 5th St  ·  953 N 5th St

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Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 11, 2026, 2:14 AM 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. For this property: Permits: queried · Violations: queried · Investigations: queried · Appeals: queried · Licenses: queried · Building certifications: unavailable. “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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