TaxSaleSignal — Distress Funnel
1423 N 7th St — where it sits today
Tax status
Real-estate tax account
Delinquent
Tax lien on file
Recorded against the parcel
Yes
Sheriff's-sale exposure
Estimated risk, not a sale date
Elevated
How it works
01

Search a property or owner

Start from an address, or from an owner to see their whole portfolio.

02

See where it sits in the funnel

Current, delinquent, lien on file, or exposed to sheriff's-sale risk.

03

Watch for movement

Get alerted when a subject slides deeper, and export your watchlist.

What it does

The tax-distress funnel

Places a property on the path from current to delinquent to tax lien to sheriff's-sale exposure — the whole slide in one read.

Owner portfolio view

Every parcel tied to an owner, each with its own funnel stage, so distress reads as a portfolio pattern — not one property at a time.

Neighborhood funnel

A per-area rollup of how many nearby properties are delinquent, liened, or exposed, measured against the citywide picture.

Watches & alerts

Follow a property or an owner and hear only when they move deeper into the funnel.

Watchlist CSV export

Take your tracked subjects and their funnel stage out as a spreadsheet.

Honest by design

Sheriff's-sale exposure is shown as an estimated risk from delinquency depth and lien status — never as a confirmed sale date.

The old way vs. TaxSaleSignal

Without it

Cross-reference tax-balance records, lien filings, and ownership by hand, one parcel at a time, to guess how close a property is to the block.

With TaxSaleSignal

Search once. See exactly where a property — or an owner's whole portfolio — sits in the tax-distress funnel, and watch for it to move.

WHO IT'S FOR

Housing counselors and legal-aid advocates, community development organizations, investors, journalists, and property owners or heirs tracking a parcel's exposure to sheriff's sale.

DATA SOURCE

Philadelphia real-estate tax-delinquency records, joined to the city's property and assessment data.

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Frequently asked questions
Does TaxSaleSignal list scheduled sheriff's sales?
No. It estimates a property's exposure to sheriff's sale from how deep its tax delinquency runs and whether a lien is on file — it does not publish the Sheriff's official sale calendar. Treat the exposure stage as a risk signal, not a confirmed sale date.
What are the stages of the tax-distress funnel?
Current → delinquent → tax lien on file → exposed to sheriff's-sale risk. TaxSaleSignal places each property on that path so you can see how far it has slid.
Can I follow a property or an owner over time?
Yes — set a watch on a property or an owner and get an alert when a subject moves deeper into the funnel. You can also export a watchlist to CSV.
Can I see an owner's whole portfolio, not just one property?
Yes — TaxSaleSignal ties every parcel back to its owner and shows each one's funnel stage, so distress across a portfolio reads as a pattern instead of one property at a time.
How current is the tax-delinquency data?
It reflects Philadelphia's published real-estate tax-delinquency records. Any lag comes from how quickly the city republishes a given record, not a separate delay added by TaxSaleSignal.
Will TaxSaleSignal expand beyond Philadelphia?
Not yet — TaxSaleSignal is built around Philadelphia's public tax records today. Expansion to other cities is on ALKARTIS's aspirational roadmap, though not committed to a timeline. See the Company Roadmap for where expansion is currently under exploration.
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