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Who owns your block

1200 block of S 26th St

A mixed-ownership block: 40% owner-occupied, 31% investor-held, with 9 open code violations and 6 homes behind $58,334 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 154% since 2016, now about $196K. Property taxes are climbing about 8% a year.

Every parcel on the block, colored by who owns it. Tap a parcel for the owner and its city record.

By the Numbers

Median value
$196K
$71K–$806K
ZIP median $364K
Price / sq ft
$172
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.9×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$267K
4 sold in 2yr
assessed $196K
Tax / yr
$3K
typical · up to $11K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
8 of 45
$39K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
40%
18 of 45
city 41%
Rentals
24%
11 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
9
L&I code
▲ block 7% · city 5%
Back taxes
$58K
6 of 45 behind
▲ block 13% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
5
5 homes · ZBA & boards
block 11% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+18%
value · tax +$444
5 years
+101%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+154%
value · tax +$1K

Assessed-value change for the typical home. Philadelphia taxes a flat 1.3998% of value, so the bill moves with it.

The makeup of the block

Every home, plotted by size and assessed value — press play and watch the block reprice from 2016 to 2027. One bubble per house (area = lot size), colored by who owns it; a gold ring marks tax-abated new construction. Click a bubble for its report.

2027
  • Owner-occupied
  • Investor / LLC
  • Absentee
  • Vacant
  • Tax-abated
  • Bubble = lot size
  • → bigger interior  ·  ↑ higher value

Assessed values from the city's year-by-year assessment record — a proxy for price, lumpy in reassessment years.

How the block compares

The typical home here is $196K — about 0.9× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19146 median of $364K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19146 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19146Philadelphia
Median home value$196K$364K$223K
Owner-occupied13%29%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 152 reported crimes (24 violent) and 362 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
152
24 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
362
70 still open

Most reported crimes

All Other Offenses43
Thefts24
Motor Vehicle Theft18
Theft from Vehicle18
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief16
Other Assaults15

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection86
Maintenance Complaint51
Graffiti Removal33
Abandoned Vehicle32
Illegal Dumping32
Street Defect22

Philadelphia Police incident reports and 311 service requests within 200m, trailing 12 months. Reported location, not necessarily where an incident occurred.

Schools

The public schools this block is zoned for — its official School District of Philadelphia catchments.

Elementary & Middle
Universal Institute Charter School At Alcorn
High
Universal Institute Charter School At Audenried

Catchment assignments from the School District of Philadelphia via City of Philadelphia open data. Confirm with the District before enrollment decisions.

What it's worth, and where taxes are going

Median assessed value · 2016–2027

$0$250K$500K$196K2016: $77K2017: $77K2018: $77K2019: $91K2020: $98K2021: $98K2022: $98K2023: $146K2024: $146K2025: $166K2026: $166K2027: $196K2016202020232027

▲ +154% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$2,5212016: $1,0432017: $1,0432018: $1,0432019: $9382020: $1,0812021: $1,1052022: $1,1532023: $1,7952024: $1,7952025: $2,0772026: $2,0772027: $2,5212016202020232027

▲ +142% since 2016 · ~+8%/yr

8
8 properties on this block carry a tax abatement or major exemption. New construction and gut rehabs get the improvement value exempted for up to 10 years, so their tax bills sit far below their real value — block-wide, exemptions keep about $38,912 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

Who really pays

Philadelphia charges every home the same 1.40% of its assessed value. Abatements and exemptions shrink what some homes are taxed on — here's this block:

28 homes pay the full 1.40%17 pay less
$1,833pays now $9,166at the full rate

The starkest example: 1244 S 26th St is assessed at $655K but pays $1,833 a year — about 20% of the $9,166 it would owe at the full rate, because its new-construction value is abated for 10 years.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +8.9% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510050020162019202220252027This block 254 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $254 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+8.9%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+154%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+8.9%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+5.9%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+2.4 pts
market 6.5%/yr

Return is from assessed-value history (a proxy for market price, lumpy in reassessment years); rental yield is estimated from ACS area rents. Informational only, not investment advice.

How often it changes hands

This block has recorded 42 arm's-length sales since 1997. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 19 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K19982004201020162022
42arm's-length sales since 1997
1times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
19homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 45 parcels

Owner-occupied: 18Investor / LLC: 12Absentee individual: 11Vacant: 4 45parcels
  • Owner-occupied 18
  • Investor / LLC 12
  • Absentee individual 11
  • Vacant 4

Value distribution today

8 parcels15 parcels8 parcels5 parcels3 parcels2 parcels4 parcels
$71K$530K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Philadelphia Land Bank (individual)32498$133Mphila.gov ↗
Knossos Development LLC122$11Mphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Jrg Properties LLC114$7.2Mphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Yel LLC15$1.5Mphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Paramount Property Invest25$1.5Mphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Pal Properties LLC14$764Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Carriage Investments LLC12$1.3Mphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Xcel Investment Group LLC12$810Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Knosson Development LLC11$73Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Titos Lot LLC11$71Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
1232 S 26th St LLC11$314Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Shields Innovations INC11$180Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗

The mailing address is where the assessor sends the tax bill — for an LLC, often the closest public record gets to the person behind it. "Registry" searches the owner's name in state incorporation records (OpenCorporates).

House by house

All 45 homes on the block — value and 12-year trajectory, ownership, and the paper trail on the ones that were bought, built, torn down, or flipped. Sorted up the street; each links to its full city record — or download the roster (CSV).

Every house's assessed value, 2016–2027 — each line is one home

$0$500K$1.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1201 S 26TH ST 2 L&I violations (2017); 2 L&I violations (2021); 3 L&I violations (2022); 3 L&I violations (2023). Vacant $75K —/— 0 tax lien
1203 S 26TH ST 2 L&I violations (2021); 2 L&I violations (2022); 3 L&I violations (2023). Vacant $73K —/— 0
1205 S 26TH ST Bought for $55K in 2019, built new under a 2020 permit (tax-abated). Investor / LLC $417K 3/— 1,734 2022 2 abated
1207 S 26TH ST built new under a 2024 permit. Investor / LLC $73K 4/3 1,960 2026 1 tax lien
1209 S 26TH ST Bought for $40K in 2017, built new under a 2018 permit (tax-abated). Investor / LLC $401K 3/2 1,617 2020 1 rentedabatedtax lien
1211 S 26TH ST 2 L&I violations (2021); 3 L&I violations (2022); 3 L&I violations (2023); 2 L&I violations (2024). Vacant $71K —/— 0
1213 S 26TH ST 2 L&I violations (2021); 2 L&I violations (2022); 3 L&I violations (2023); 2 L&I violations (2024); sold $90K (2026). Vacant $71K —/— 1
1215 S 26TH ST Traded 2×: $5K in 2000 → $75K in 2010 (+1400%). Owner-occupied $139K 3/1 728 1923 2
1216 S 26TH ST Bought for $11K in 2010, built new under a 2013 permit. Investor / LLC $806K —/— 3,580 2014 1 rented
1217 S 26TH ST Absentee individual $276K 3/2 1,215 1923 0 tax lien
1219 S 26TH ST Owner-occupied $135K —/— 1,476 1945 0 abated
1220 S 26TH ST Owner-occupied $186K 3/1 1,128 1923 0
1221 S 26TH ST Absentee individual $108K —/— 1,178 1945 0 abatedtax lien
1222 S 26TH ST Bought for $7K in 2015, alterations permit in 2021, sold for $355K in 2026 (+4971%). Owner-occupied $335K 3/2 1,296 1923 3 tax lien
1223 S 26TH ST L&I violation (2018). Owner-occupied $192K 3/1 1,176 1923 0 tax lien
1224 S 26TH ST sold $16K (2002); L&I violation (2012). Absentee individual $238K 4/1 1,200 1923 1 rented
1225 S 26TH ST Bought for $68K in 2016, major alteration permit in 2016, sold for $270K in 2022 (+297%). Owner-occupied $272K 3/1 1,236 1923 3
1226 S 26TH ST Bought for $90K in 2016, addition and/or alteration permit in 2018, sold for $295K in 2021 (+228%). Owner-occupied $250K 2/1 1,128 1923 3
1227 S 26TH ST 2 L&I violations incl UNSAFE STRUCTURE (2021). Absentee individual $196K 3/1 1,176 1923 0 tax lien
1228 S 26TH ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2022. Absentee individual $186K 3/1 1,128 1923 0 tax lien
1229 S 26TH ST Absentee individual $211K 3/1 1,320 1923 1 tax lien
1230 S 26TH ST built new under a 2024 permit. Investor / LLC $221K 4/1 1,512 1923 2 7 viol
1231 S 26TH ST Bought for $250K in 2020. Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2018. Owner-occupied $211K 3/2 1,320 1923 1 rentedtax lien
1232 S 26TH ST Bought for $39K in 2013, alteration permit in 2013, sold for $300K in 2024 (+658%). Investor / LLC $314K 3/2 1,362 1925 2 rentedtax lien
1233 S 26TH ST Absentee individual $100K —/— 1,176 1923 0
1234 S 26TH ST Bought for $20K in 2010. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2010. Absentee individual $244K 2/1 1,048 1923 1
1235 S 26TH ST built new under a 2024 permit, sold for $100K in 2022. Investor / LLC $530K 4/4 1,824 1923 1 1 violtax lien
1236 S 26TH ST Bought for $179K in 2022. Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2015. Investor / LLC $180K 3/1 1,048 1923 2 rented
1237 S 26TH ST built new under a 2016 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $153K 3/1 784 1923 0 abated1 viol
1238 S 26TH ST Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2018. Owner-occupied $180K 3/1 1,048 1923 0
1239 S 26TH ST Owner-occupied $153K 3/1 784 1923 1
1240 S 26TH ST Bought for $85K in 2017. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2009. Investor / LLC $176K 3/1 1,048 1923 1 rented
1241-45 S 26TH ST 3 L&I violations (2016); L&I violation (2018). Absentee individual $194K —/— 2,046 2005 0
1242 S 26TH ST Owner-occupied $176K 3/1 1,048 1923 0
1244 S 26TH ST Bought for $100K in 2021, built new under a 2021 permit (tax-abated). Investor / LLC $655K 5/— 1,983 2022 2 rentedabated
1246 S 26TH ST Owner pulled a mechanical permit in 2008. Owner-occupied $214K —/— 1,512 1923 0
1248 S 26TH ST 3 L&I violations (2017); sold $130K (2018). Owner-occupied $181K 3/1 1,128 1923 1
1250 S 26TH ST Owner-occupied $181K 3/1 1,128 1923 0
1251 S 26TH ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2025. Investor / LLC $165K 3/1 896 1923 0 rented
1252 S 26TH ST Bought for $1K in 2014, built new under a 2015 permit (tax-abated), sold for $3K in 2014. Absentee individual $305K 3/2 1,272 1923 2 abated
1253 S 26TH ST Bought for $55K in 2017, addition and/or alteration permit in 2018, sold for $260K in 2018 (+373%). Owner-occupied $284K 3/1 1,136 1923 3 tax lien
1254 S 26TH ST Bought for $45K in 2015. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2015. Investor / LLC $252K 3/1 1,200 1923 1 rentedtax lien
1256 S 26TH ST Bought for $115K in 2019, built new under a 2019 permit (tax-abated), sold for $325K in 2019. Owner-occupied $353K 3/1 1,780 1923 2 abated
1257-59 S 26TH ST Owner-occupied $397K —/— 4,140 1940 0
1268 S 26TH ST Bought for $31K in 1997. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2020. Absentee individual $642K —/— 7,920 1923 1 rented

Neighborhood

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Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

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