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City Hall Auction Type: Tax Deed |
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Tax Sale Overview:
If Philadelphia county, Pennsylvania is unable to collect real estate property taxes they are also unable to provide important government services like police protection, public schooling and medical services.
Unpaid property taxes create a serious cashflow problem for Philadelphia county, Pennsylvania.
Property taxes that are delinquent are added to any previously uncollected taxes on a parcel of Philadelphia county. Parcels whose taxes are subject to sale will be advertised in a Philadelphia county newspaper of general circulation. They are listed by sequence number. Parcels fall into 1 of 2 groups. Each group is sorted by parcel number.
The advertisement appears about three to six weeks before the Philadelphia county tax sale auction and is also posted on the Internet.
To solve this problem Philadelphia county, Pennsylvania allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Philadelphia county, Pennsylvania lien for taxes. A tax lien is simply a claim for delinquent taxes.
Why would investors do this?
Well, depending on Pennsylvania laws and competition, savvy Philadelphia county tax sale investors can realize high-yielding returns with Pennsylvania tax lien certificates and/or purchase real estate for a fraction of its true market value with Pennsylvania tax deeds.
Elected Public Officials:
| Name: | Position: | Email: |
| John Street | Mayor | mayor@phila.gov |
| Anna Verna | Council President, District 2 | |
| Jannie Blackwell | Council Member, District 3 | |
| Darrell Clarke | Council Member, District 5 | |
| David Cohen | Council Member, District At-Large | |
| Frank DiCicco | Council Member, District 1 | |
| Joseph Duda | Commissioner | |
| W. Wilson Goode Jr. | Council Member, District At-Large | |
| Edgar Howard | Commissioner | |
| Jack Kelly | Council Member | |
| James Kenney | Council Member, District At-Large | |
| Joan Krajewski | Council Member, District 6 | |
| Richard Mariano | Council Member, District 7 | |
| Donna Miller | Council Member, District 8 | |
| Michael Nutter | Council Member, District 4 | |
| Brian O'Neill | Council Member, District 10 | |
| Juan Ramos | Council Member | |
| Blondell Reynolds Brown | Council Member, District At-Large | |
| Frank Rizzo | Council Member, District AL | |
| Margaret Tartaglione | Commissioner | |
| Marian Tasco | Council Member, District 9 | tasco@libertynet.org |
| Lynne Abraham | District Attorney | |
| Ben Hayllar | Finance Director |
Please contact the county to get the most current information. To report any errors, updates, deletions or additions click here.
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