513 S Mercer Ave

Hermitage, Pennsylvania, 16148

Tax DeedpendingSells Oct 20, 2026 · in 13 days

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Opening bid

$15,746

Assessed value

$3,000

Land $3,000Improvement $0

Market / AVM

$222,000

Taxes owed

—

Parcel number: 11 322 310
Case number: —
Land use: Residential
Building: —
Acreage: 0.23
Lot size: 10,170 sqft
Year built: —
Owner of record: Joanne Mcfarland

Legal description

VACANT LAND

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Summary(9)

Id	305,888,697
Free clear	Yes
High equity	Yes
Notice type	FOR
Property type	LAND
Equity percent	100
Estimated value	$222,000
Last update date	2026-09-30 00:00:00 UTC
Estimated equity	$222,000

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Mercer 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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Liens that survive

Upset sale: property typically remains subject to many liens. Judicial sale: designed to free the property of most liens. Federal tax liens can survive either path.

Quiet title

Judicial sale judgments often support marketable title; upset purchasers frequently need judicial sale or quiet title for insurable resale.

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Deal analysis

Your maximum bid

$132,142

Walk away above this. Projected profit at the ceiling: $66,600 (30% of ARV).

Opening bid $15,746

Room to bid $116,396

Confidence: medium — ARV from a provider market estimate, not comps.

History-guided suggestion

$57,019

Under max by $75,123

≤ oracle maxBid

Co-pilot target using recorded auction history. Never above your maximum bid.

History sample

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Median sold

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p(redeem) prior

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Your assumptions

After-repair value (ARV)

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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.

How that number is built

Provider market estimate of $222,000. This is an as-is valuation, not an after-repair one — enter your own comparable-sales figure if the property needs work.

After-repair value: $222,000
Selling costs on exitassumed 8.0% of ARV — agent commission plus seller-side closing.: −$17,760
Rehabassumed No rehab budget entered — assumed $0. Tax-sale parcels are sold unseen and un-inspected; this is rarely correct.: −$0
Quiet title (required)assumed Midpoint of the typical PA range ($1,500–$5,000, ~4 months).: −$3,250
Deed recording and transferassumed Typical PA recording and deed issuance cost.: −$250
Holding costs (6 months)assumed Taxes, insurance, and securing the property at ~$333/month.: −$1,998
Surviving liensassumed Assumed $0 — not verified. Municipal code-enforcement liens, special assessments, and federal tax liens can survive the sale.: −$0
Target profit (30% of ARV): −$66,600
Maximum bid: $132,142

Before you bid

Rehab is assumed to be $0. You cannot inspect these properties before bidding — budget for the worst plausible condition.
Surviving liens assumed $0. UPSET SALE vs JUDICIAL SALE is the single most important distinction in Pennsylvania and this row cannot express it. An upset sale (72 P.S. §§ 5860.601-609) conveys subject to existing mortgages, judgments and liens, which are NOT divested; a judicial sale (§§ 5860.610-612) is ordered free and clear. Establish which one a parcel is in before treating survivingLiens as zero.
Pennsylvania county assessments run against base years that can be decades stale, and the spread is extreme — Bucks assesses at about 5.6% of market and Schuylkill at 100%, an 18x range inside one state. The Common Level Ratio is a county MEDIAN published for realty transfer tax equalisation, not a per-parcel appraisal, so deriving ARV from it multiplies any error in that one parcel's assessment by the factor: in Bucks a $50,000 assessment derives an ARV near $893,000. Treat a derived ARV in a high-factor county as a research lead, not a valuation, and get comparable sales before bidding.
PA has 67 counties on a different assessment ratio (42001, 42003, 42005, 42007, 42009, 42011, 42013, 42015, 42017, 42019, 42021, 42023, 42025, 42027, 42029, 42031, 42033, 42035, 42037, 42039, 42041, 42043, 42045, 42047, 42049, 42051, 42053, 42055, 42057, 42059, 42061, 42063, 42065, 42067, 42069, 42071, 42073, 42075, 42077, 42079, 42081, 42083, 42085, 42087, 42089, 42091, 42093, 42095, 42097, 42099, 42101, 42103, 42105, 42107, 42109, 42111, 42113, 42115, 42117, 42119, 42121, 42123, 42125, 42127, 42129, 42131, 42133). No FIPS was supplied, so the statewide ratio was used — pass `fips` if this parcel is in one of them.

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305,888,697

Free clear

Yes

High equity

Yes

Notice type

FOR

Property type

LAND

Equity percent

100

Estimated value

$222,000

Last update date

2026-09-30 00:00:00 UTC

Estimated equity

$222,000

Deal analysis

Your maximum bid

$132,142

Walk away above this. Projected profit at the ceiling: $66,600 (30% of ARV).

Opening bid $15,746

Room to bid $116,396

Confidence: medium — ARV from a provider market estimate, not comps.

History-guided suggestion

$57,019

Under max by $75,123

≤ oracle maxBid

Co-pilot target using recorded auction history. Never above your maximum bid.

History sample

—

Median sold

—

p(redeem) prior

—

No historical bucket for PA|Tax Deed; suggestion uses oracle only.

Your assumptions

After-repair value (ARV)

Override the derived estimate with real comps

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.

How that number is built

Provider market estimate of $222,000. This is an as-is valuation, not an after-repair one — enter your own comparable-sales figure if the property needs work.

After-repair value: $222,000
Selling costs on exitassumed 8.0% of ARV — agent commission plus seller-side closing.: −$17,760
Rehabassumed No rehab budget entered — assumed $0. Tax-sale parcels are sold unseen and un-inspected; this is rarely correct.: −$0
Quiet title (required)assumed Midpoint of the typical PA range ($1,500–$5,000, ~4 months).: −$3,250
Deed recording and transferassumed Typical PA recording and deed issuance cost.: −$250
Holding costs (6 months)assumed Taxes, insurance, and securing the property at ~$333/month.: −$1,998
Surviving liensassumed Assumed $0 — not verified. Municipal code-enforcement liens, special assessments, and federal tax liens can survive the sale.: −$0
Target profit (30% of ARV): −$66,600
Maximum bid: $132,142

Before you bid

Rehab is assumed to be $0. You cannot inspect these properties before bidding — budget for the worst plausible condition.
Surviving liens assumed $0. UPSET SALE vs JUDICIAL SALE is the single most important distinction in Pennsylvania and this row cannot express it. An upset sale (72 P.S. §§ 5860.601-609) conveys subject to existing mortgages, judgments and liens, which are NOT divested; a judicial sale (§§ 5860.610-612) is ordered free and clear. Establish which one a parcel is in before treating survivingLiens as zero.
Pennsylvania county assessments run against base years that can be decades stale, and the spread is extreme — Bucks assesses at about 5.6% of market and Schuylkill at 100%, an 18x range inside one state. The Common Level Ratio is a county MEDIAN published for realty transfer tax equalisation, not a per-parcel appraisal, so deriving ARV from it multiplies any error in that one parcel's assessment by the factor: in Bucks a $50,000 assessment derives an ARV near $893,000. Treat a derived ARV in a high-factor county as a research lead, not a valuation, and get comparable sales before bidding.
PA has 67 counties on a different assessment ratio (42001, 42003, 42005, 42007, 42009, 42011, 42013, 42015, 42017, 42019, 42021, 42023, 42025, 42027, 42029, 42031, 42033, 42035, 42037, 42039, 42041, 42043, 42045, 42047, 42049, 42051, 42053, 42055, 42057, 42059, 42061, 42063, 42065, 42067, 42069, 42071, 42073, 42075, 42077, 42079, 42081, 42083, 42085, 42087, 42089, 42091, 42093, 42095, 42097, 42099, 42101, 42103, 42105, 42107, 42109, 42111, 42113, 42115, 42117, 42119, 42121, 42123, 42125, 42127, 42129, 42131, 42133). No FIPS was supplied, so the statewide ratio was used — pass `fips` if this parcel is in one of them.

Apn	11 322 310
Land use	Residential
Lot acres	0.23
Census block	1009
Census tract	031400
Property use	Residential (General/Single)
Lot depth feet	149.6
Lot width feet	68.5
Lot square feet	10,170
Property class	The general use for the property is for residential purposes
Apn unformatted	11322310
Census block group	9
Legal description	VACANT LAND

Year	2,026
Tax amount	$313
Property id	305,888,697
Market value	$3,000
Assessed value	$3,000
Assessment year	2,026
Market land value	$3,000
Assessed land value	$3,000

Owner1 type	Individual
Owner2 type	Other
Mail address · zip	16148
Mail address · city	Hermitage
Mail address · fips	42085
Mail address · zip4	6713
Mail address · house	513
Mail address · label	513 S Mercer Ave, Hermitage, PA 16148
Mail address · state	PA
Mail address · county	Mercer County
Mail address · street	Mercer
Mail address · address	513 S Mercer Ave
Mail address · carrier route	C026
Mail address · pre direction	S
Mail address · address format	S
Owner1 full name	Joanne Mcfarland
Owner1 last name	Mcfarland
Owner1 first name	Joanne

Fmr year	2023
Hud area code	METRO49660MM7610
Hud area name	Sharon, PA HUD Metro FMR Area
Median income	$57,107
Fmr efficiency	$700
Fmr one bedroom	$710
Fmr two bedroom	$910
Fmr four bedroom	$1,290
Fmr three bedroom	$1,230

Id	40789
Name	Buhl Park Village
Type	subdivision
Center	POINT(-80.467894090223 41.252462305671)

Address · zip	16148
Address · city	Hermitage
Address · fips	42085
Address · zip4	6713
Address · house	513
Address · label	513 S Mercer Ave, Hermitage, PA 16148
Address · state	PA
Address · county	Mercer County
Address · street	Mercer
Address · address	513 S Mercer Ave
Address · street type	Ave
Address · carrier route	C026
Address · jurisdiction	Mercer County
Address · pre direction	S
Address · congressional district	16
Deck area	0
Latitude	41.25583166066318
Pool area	0
Longitude	-80.47166407153709
Patio area	0
Porch area	0
Rooms count	0
Units count	0
Property use	Residential (General/Single)
Lot square feet	10,247
Parking spaces	0
Buildings count	0
Property use code	380
Garage square feet	0
Living square feet	0
Partial bathrooms	0
Basement square feet	0
Building square feet	0
Price per square foot	0
Plumbing fixtures count	0
Basement finished percent	0
Basement square feet finished	0
Basement square feet unfinished	0

Seq no	Notice type	Opening bid	Auction date	Auction time	Document type	Judgment date	Trustee phone	Foreclosure id	Recording date	Trustee address	Trustee full name	Estimated bank value	Auction street address
1	FOR	0	2024-05-13	10:00A AM	Notice of Foreclosure Sale	2024-05-13	212-471-5100	9,363,429	2024-04-16	85 Broad St #501 NEW YORK NY 10004	FRIEDMAN VARTOLO LLP	$164,000	205 South Erie St, MERCERPA
2	FOR	0	2024-07-08	10:00A AM	Notice of Foreclosure Sale	2024-07-08	212-471-5100	9,370,317	2024-04-26	85 Broad St #501 NEW YORK NY 10004	FRIEDMAN VARTOLO LLP	$164,000	205 South Erie St, MERCERPA