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Sheriff-sale activityPhiladelphia
Germantown - Westside
Germantown - Westside: 100 permits, $25.37M in deals, 5 sheriff-sale flags in the last 12 months.
Owed to the city $1,321,738 across 116 delinquent parcels
The numbers · last 12 months
- Permits
- 100
- New units
- 50
- New licenses
- 7
- Median sale
- $425K
- Deal $ volume
- $25.37M
- Violations
- 168
- Tax-delinquent
- 116
Permit & deal figures cover the last 12 months; violations and tax delinquencies are the current standing. Same definitions the metro map shades by.
Notable transfers
12 entries
The biggest recorded deeds on the public record here, largest first.
- Recorded May 14, 2026
$650K
to FIDUCIARY TRUST COMPANY INTERNATIONAL OF PENNSYLVANIA TR;AHDEEN BOYKINS SETTLEMENT TRUST
Recent permits
12 entries
Newest building permits — new construction, additions and alterations.
- Issued Jul 9, 2026
Addition and/or Alteration · Total wire of SFD as per NEC 2020. New 100-amp service complete.
- Issued Jul 8, 2026
Addition and/or Alterations · EZ PERMIT DUCTWORK & WARM-AIR APPLIANCES - For the installation of New Ductwork, Registers/Grilles/Diffusers, and Warm-Air Appliances as per attached standards. Deviations from these standards require submission of construction and site plans. Replace existing heat pump and AC only, in like and kind, no new ductwork
- Issued Jul 2, 2026
Retaining Wall · EZ PERMIT STANDARDS RETAINING WALLS - For New Retaining Walls as per attached standard. Deviations from these standards require submission of construction and site plans.
- Issued Jul 2, 2026
Addition and/or Alteration · For interior and exterior alterations to an existing attached single-family dwelling per plans. Separate permits are required for all associated Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing work.
- Issued Jun 24, 2026
Minor Demolition · FOR THE COMPLETE DEMOLITION OF THE EXISTING TWO (2) STORY MASONRY STRUCTURE. ALL PERMITTED DEMOLITION ACTIVITY TO BE DONE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SITE SAFETY DEMOLITION PLAN AND SUCH PLAN TO BE MAINTAINED ON SITE AT ALL TIMES. DEMOLITION TO BE DONE BY MECHANICAL AND BY HAND ONLY. PROTECTION OF PEDESTRIANS, PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY, AND ADJACENT PROPERTIES TO BE IN PLACE PRIOR TO START OF WORK. SEPARATE STREETS DEPARTMENT APPROVAL REQUIRED FOR RIGHT-OF-WAY ENCROACHMENT OR CLOSURE.
- Issued Jun 22, 2026
Addition and/or Alteration · 200 amp service with a full interior rewire
- Issued Jun 18, 2026
Addition and/or Alterations · EZ PERMIT DUCTWORK & WARM-AIR APPLIANCES - For the installation of New Ductwork, Registers/Grilles/Diffusers, and Warm-Air Appliances as per attached standards. Deviations from these standards require submission of construction and site plans. Install a 90% 54k BTU furnace and 2.5 ton AC in the attic, 90% 54K BTU furnace and 2 ton AC in basement, ductwork, and 18 total diffusers.
- Issued Jun 16, 2026
Make Safe Permit For RP · IN ACCORDANCE WITH CODE BULLETIN PM-1801, A PA PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER IS REQUIRED TO MONITOR REPAIRS MADE UNDER THIS PERMIT. THE ENGINEER MUST SUBMIT A SEALED STATEMENT TO THE DEPARTMENT CONFIRMING THAT THE STRUCTURE IS IN SOUND CONDITION AT COMPLETION. MAKE SAFE PERMIT - FOR THE REPAIR OF MAIN ROOF AS PER PLAN AND ENGINEER’S REPORT TO RESOLVE CASE #CF-2025-123018. ABUTTING SIDEWALK MUST BE CLOSED WITH FENCING A MINIMUM OF 6’ IN HEIGHT. SEPARATE STREETS DEPARTMENT PERMIT REQUIRED FOR SIDEWALK CLO
New business licenses
7 entries
The newest businesses licensed to operate on this ground.
- Issued Jun 2, 2026
Shellpoint Mortgage Servicing (414 W CHELTEN AVE)
Vacant Residential Property / Lot · 414 W Chelten Ave
- Issued Jan 9, 2026
UMMIS LEARNING CENTER 2
Food Preparing and Serving · 350 W Queen Ln
- Issued Jan 7, 2026
Wayne W Harris
Vacant Residential Property / Lot · 410 W School House Ln
- Issued Jan 7, 2026
Fay Servicing LLC
Vacant Residential Property / Lot · 427 Hansberry St
- Issued Nov 20, 2025
QUEEN LANE GROCERY INC
Food Preparing and Serving · 5237-39 Laurens St
- Issued Sep 30, 2025
Lisa Dattel
Vacant Residential Property / Lot · 247 W Coulter St
- Issued Aug 18, 2025
Women in Forensics, LLC.
Food Estab, Retail Non-Permanent Location (Annual) · 304 W Coulter St
On the record — distress
The signals that matter for diligence — back taxes, sheriff-sale filings, and open code violations tied to parcels in Germantown - Westside.
Tax-delinquent parcels
$1,321,738 owed
- Sheriff sale12 yrs owed
$34,859
- Sheriff sale14 yrs owed
$20,492
- Sheriff sale5 yrs owed
$9,822
- Sheriff sale6 yrs owed
$4,074
- Sheriff sale9 yrs owed
$1,159
- 9 yrs owed
$85,855
- 24 yrs owed
$70,463
- 33 yrs owed
$66,219
- 32 yrs owed
$63,346
- 12 yrs owed
$47,441
- 33 yrs owed
$43,661
- 22 yrs owed
$37,930
Code violations & unsafe structures
- Unsafe Jun 23, 2026ACTIVE
Unsafe structure designation
- Unsafe Apr 24, 2026ACTIVE
Unsafe structure designation
- Unsafe Nov 11, 2025ACTIVE
Unsafe structure designation
- Unsafe Nov 11, 2025ACTIVE
Unsafe structure designation
- Unsafe Oct 29, 2025ACTIVE
Unsafe structure designation
- Unsafe Jul 14, 2022ACTIVE
Unsafe structure designation
- Unsafe May 14, 2021ACTIVE
Unsafe structure designation
- Unsafe Sep 10, 2020ACTIVE
Unsafe structure designation
- Unsafe Jun 13, 2020ACTIVE
Unsafe structure designation
- Unsafe Nov 6, 2018ACTIVE
Unsafe structure designation
- Violation Jul 7, 2026OPEN
VACANT STRUCTURE & LAND
- Violation Jul 7, 2026OPEN
VACANT STRUCTURE LICENSE
Get the weekly pulse for Germantown - Westside
Every deal, permit, and filing on this ground — one email a week, before the neighbors know.
Sources: Phila. Dept. of Records (deeds), L&I (permits, licenses & violations), Dept. of Revenue (tax delinquencies), tagged to neighborhoods by point-in-polygon in our weekly ingest. Neighborhood boundaries from the Azavea / OpenDataPhilly Philadelphia neighborhoods dataset. Verify independently before relying on any figure.
Last generated August 2, 2026.