653 RADNOR VALLEY DR

VILLANOVA PA 19085, Pennsylvania

Tax DeedpendingSells Sep 24, 2026 · 9 days ago

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Opening bid

$596

Assessed value

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Market / AVM

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Taxes owed

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Parcel number: 36-05-03009-00
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Land use: —
Building: —
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Owner of record: SHEA JOHN M

Legal description

SHOP & PRV GAR 35 X 126

Aerial view of 653 RADNOR VALLEY DR — the parcel

Aerial view of 653 RADNOR VALLEY DR — what is around it

Site & surroundings

Physical conditions that affect value and rarely appear on a listing.

Composting Site1.3 mi from parcel centre
Odour travels much further than noise and is seasonal.

Context

Elevation 387 ft
Ground elevation at the parcel. Compare with the FEMA base flood elevation where one is published.
FEMA flood zone X
Outside the 1% annual chance floodplain.
2% of homes vacant year-round in Census Tract 4097.01
46 of 1,871 units vacant year-round, around or below the national tract average. A further 35 unit(s) are vacant seasonally — second homes rather than distress — so a headline vacancy rate quoted elsewhere for this tract will read 4%.
Tract median home value $879,200
Self-reported median across the whole tract — context for whether a number is plausible, not a comparable and never a bid input.

County records

Official appraiser / assessor — free, always available. Copy the parcel number if the link opens a search page.

Recorded Document Search ↗search: 36-05-03009-00
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Delaware County rules

Sale type: Tax Deed
Redemption: None in most counties for upset/judicial sales; limited redemption (90 days) survives in specific home-rule counties (e.g., Philadelphia, in narrow cases)
Return if redeemed: N/A — outright deed transfer in the large majority of counties
Statute: Pennsylvania Real Estate Tax Sale Law, 72 P.S. §5860.101 et seq.

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Historical comps

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Index 2026-08-01 · 87,879 total recorded outcomes

Liens that survive

Upset: many private liens/mortgages survive. Judicial: free and clear of most liens after proper notice (analyze federal tax liens separately). Strict RETSL notice compliance — defective notice can void sales.

Quiet title

Upset titles often need further litigation/insurance work; Judicial titles cleaner but quiet title still common for resale insurance.

Verify before you bid

This record was compiled from the published sale list. Parcels are pulled, redeemed, and re-priced up to the moment of sale. Confirm the lot is still in the sale, and confirm the opening bid, directly with the county.

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Deal analysis

Your maximum bid

Not enough data

The county published no assessed value for this parcel, no property provider returned a market estimate, and no comparable-sales figure has been entered. Enter a comparable-sales estimate below and every figure on this page recalculates — the engine needs one number, not a full appraisal.

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Confidence: low

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Median sold

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Your assumptions

After-repair value (ARV)

Rehab budget

You cannot inspect before bidding — budget for the worst plausible condition

Known surviving liens

Municipal code enforcement, special assessments, federal tax liens

Target margin — 30%

Required profit as a share of ARV. 30% is a common floor for tax-sale flips.

Before you bid

The county published no assessed value for this parcel, no property provider returned a market estimate, and no comparable-sales figure has been entered. Enter a comparable-sales estimate below and every figure on this page recalculates — the engine needs one number, not a full appraisal.

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Site & surroundings

Physical conditions that affect value and rarely appear on a listing.

Composting Site1.3 mi from parcel centre

Odour travels much further than noise and is seasonal.

Context

Elevation 387 ft

Ground elevation at the parcel. Compare with the FEMA base flood elevation where one is published.

FEMA flood zone X

Outside the 1% annual chance floodplain.

2% of homes vacant year-round in Census Tract 4097.01

46 of 1,871 units vacant year-round, around or below the national tract average. A further 35 unit(s) are vacant seasonally — second homes rather than distress — so a headline vacancy rate quoted elsewhere for this tract will read 4%.

Tract median home value $879,200

Self-reported median across the whole tract — context for whether a number is plausible, not a comparable and never a bid input.

Deal analysis

Your maximum bid

Not enough data

The county published no assessed value for this parcel, no property provider returned a market estimate, and no comparable-sales figure has been entered. Enter a comparable-sales estimate below and every figure on this page recalculates — the engine needs one number, not a full appraisal.

Enter an after-repair value below and the ceiling will compute.

Confidence: low

History-guided suggestion

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Add assessed value or ARV so the oracle can price a ceiling.

History sample

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Median sold

—

p(redeem) prior

—

No historical bucket for PA|Tax Deed; suggestion uses oracle only.
Oracle needs ARV/assessed data before a bid can be suggested.

Your assumptions

After-repair value (ARV)

Rehab budget

You cannot inspect before bidding — budget for the worst plausible condition

Known surviving liens

Municipal code enforcement, special assessments, federal tax liens

Target margin — 30%

Required profit as a share of ARV. 30% is a common floor for tax-sale flips.

Before you bid

The county published no assessed value for this parcel, no property provider returned a market estimate, and no comparable-sales figure has been entered. Enter a comparable-sales estimate below and every figure on this page recalculates — the engine needs one number, not a full appraisal.