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Philadelphia Tax Sale: 72 Properties on the Block Wednesday, November 18

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The sale, in numbers

The published list carries 72 properties for the November 18 sale. One data note, stated plainly: the county's published list for this sale does not carry amounts due or minimum bids for these parcels, so neither do we. The report for this sale is the complete parcel list exactly as the county published it — no estimated amounts, no invented figures. What you are buying is completeness and currency: every parcel, kept current as the county's list changes, instead of a stale PDF pulled weeks before the sale.

• 72 properties live on the published list
• Sale date: Wednesday, November 18, 2026 — online via Bid4Assets

How this Pennsylvania sale works

Philadelphia sells through sheriff sales under the Municipal Claims and Tax Lien Law, a different system from the Tax Claim Bureau sales used in most of Pennsylvania. The buyer receives a sheriff's deed, but the owner may redeem within 9 months of the deed's acknowledgment by repaying the bid amount, costs and taxes actually paid, plus interest at 10% per year on each amount paid. Budget for that 9-month window — the property is not fully yours until it runs.

Before Wednesday: how to work this list

Start from the full list on the Philadelphia page linked below and work it down to a bid list before sale day: screen for the areas and property types you actually buy, verify each finalist against county records, and confirm registration, deposit and payment rules on Bid4Assets well before November 18. The sale is in 14 days; the buyers who win it are the ones who did the sorting in advance, not the ones scrolling on sale day.

Questions

Why doesn't the report show amounts owed?
The county's published list for this sale does not include amounts due for these parcels. We publish data exactly as the county releases it and never invent figures — the report is the complete, current parcel list; amounts can be confirmed per-parcel in the county's tax records.

Can the owner redeem after a Philadelphia sheriff sale?
Yes. Under the Municipal Claims and Tax Lien Law the owner may redeem within 9 months of acknowledgment of the sheriff's deed by repaying the bid amount, costs and taxes actually paid, plus 10% per year interest on each payment.