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Sharswood
Sharswood: 174 permits, $14.06M in deals, 3 sheriff-sale flags in the last 12 months.
Owed to the city $447,278 across 80 delinquent parcels
The numbers · last 12 months
- Permits
- 174
- New units
- 14
- New licenses
- 2
- Median sale
- $280K
- Deal $ volume
- $14.06M
- Violations
- 97
- Tax-delinquent
- 80
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 Apr 29, 2025
$1.76M
to PHILADELPHIA HOUSING AUTHORITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
Recent permits
12 entries
Newest building permits — new construction, additions and alterations.
- Issued Jun 30, 2026
1 units
Addition and/or Alteration · LEVEL II EXTERIOR ALTERATIONS (NO CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY) FOR RECONSTRUCTION OF EGRESS PLATFORMS FOR AN EXISTING EDUCATIONAL FACILITY AS PER APPROVED PLANS. *2018 IEBC REVIEW*
- Issued Jun 24, 2026
Alterations · Plumbing Permit (Exterior Building Drainage) for combo RP-2025-012261
- Issued Jun 24, 2026
Addition and/or Alterations · Mechanical / Fuel Gas Permit for combo RP-2025-012261
- Issued Jun 24, 2026
Alterations · Plumbing Permit (Water Distribution) for combo RP-2025-012261
- Issued Jun 22, 2026
New Construction · FOR THE INSTALLATION OF A FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM IN ACCORDANCE WITN NFPA 13D, WITH A ONE-INCH COMBINED FIRE SERVICE LINE, AS PER APPROVED PLANS. ALL WORK SHALL BE PERFORMED BY A FIRE SUPPRESSION CONTRACTOR LICENSED BY THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA.
- Issued Jun 22, 2026
EZ Deck (Exist. One-Family Dwellings) · EZ PERMIT DECKS- For New Decks to an Existing One Family Dwelling as per attached standards. Deviations from these standards require submission of construction and site plans.
- Issued Jun 8, 2026
New Construction · INSTALL NEW FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM AND 1” COMBINED SERVICE IN ACCORDANCE WITH NFPA 13D THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE BUILDING. ALL WORK SHALL COMPLY WITH THE APPROVED PLANS. ALL WORK SHALL BE PERFORMED BY A FIRE SUPPRESSION CONTRACTOR LICENSED BY THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA.
- Issued Jun 3, 2026
New Construction or Additions · Plumbing Permit (Water Distribution) for combo RP-2026-002320
New business licenses
2 entries
The newest businesses licensed to operate on this ground.
- Issued Mar 4, 2026
SELECT PORTFOLIO SERVICING
Vacant Residential Property / Lot · 2419 W Thompson St
- Issued Jan 22, 2026
Allyz World
Food Preparing and Serving (30+ SEATS) · 2058 Ridge Ave
On the record — distress
The signals that matter for diligence — back taxes, sheriff-sale filings, and open code violations tied to parcels in Sharswood.
Tax-delinquent parcels
$447,278 owed
- Sheriff sale5 yrs owed
$11,879
- Sheriff sale8 yrs owed
$6,624
- Sheriff sale8 yrs owed
$4,090
- 4 yrs owed
$24,461
- 18 yrs owed
$21,729
- 22 yrs owed
$18,958
- 32 yrs owed
$18,738
- 22 yrs owed
$16,323
- 9 yrs owed
$13,785
- 6 yrs owed
$13,484
- 5 yrs owed
$12,383
- 17 yrs owed
$11,831
Code violations & unsafe structures
- Unsafe Sep 24, 2025ACTIVE
Unsafe structure designation
- Unsafe Apr 30, 2024ACTIVE
Unsafe structure designation
- Unsafe Jul 16, 2023ACTIVE
Unsafe structure designation
- Violation Jul 2, 2026OPEN
RUBBISH & GARBAGE
- Violation Jul 2, 2026OPEN
EXTERIOR AREA WEEDS
- Violation Jul 2, 2026OPEN
RUBBISH & GARBAGE
- Violation Jul 2, 2026OPEN
EXTERIOR AREA WEEDS
- Violation Jul 2, 2026OPEN
RUBBISH & GARBAGE
- Violation Jul 2, 2026OPEN
EXTERIOR AREA WEEDS
- Violation Jun 24, 2026OPEN
VACANT STRUCTURE & LAND
- Violation Jun 24, 2026OPEN
VACANT STRUCTURE LICENSE
- Violation Jun 24, 2026OPEN
VACANT & OPEN PROPERTIES
Get the weekly pulse for Sharswood
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 1, 2026.