Who owns your block
1200 block of Vine St
An investor-heavy block: 50% of the parcels are held by LLCs or companies, with 6 open code violations.
The typical home here is up 162% since 2016, now about $1.5M. Property taxes are climbing about 12% a year though the increases have eased lately.
- Owner-occupied
- Investor / LLC
- Absentee
- Vacant
- Has violations
- 01Abatements
Three homes receive $437K in annual tax abatements while taxes on the block rose 12% in the same period.
- 02Zoning
Eight homes generated 79 zoning appeals, averaging nearly 10 filings per home involved.
- 03Ownership
Fifty percent investor ownership and 58% rental share contrast with only 8% owner-occupied units.
By the Numbers
How fast it's moving
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.
- 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 $1.5M — about 6.8× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19107 median of $395K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19107 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19107 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $1.5M | $395K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 0% | 20% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 164 reported crimes (51 violent) and 181 resident 311 requests to the city.
Most reported crimes
Top 311 complaints
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.
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
- $1.5M typical home, up +162% since 2016
- Tax bill $3,218 to $10,965 a year, +12%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $62M assessed, $427,003/yr to the city, about $35,584 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +162% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +241% since 2016 · ~+12%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
1201 Vine St is assessed at $34M but pays $168,048 a year — about 35% of the $479,739 it would owe at the statutory rate, because its new-construction value is abated.
The block as an asset
Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +9.1% a year against the city's 6.5%.
Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market
Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $262 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.
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 10 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 6 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 12 parcels
- Owner-occupied 1
- Investor / LLC 5
- Absentee individual 3
- Vacant 3
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deng & Ys Llc | 1 | 3 | $2.8M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Meritis Group Llc | 1 | 1 | $34M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Lams Investment Group L P | 1 | 1 | $12M | phila.gov ↗ |
| W&Z Home Llc | 1 | 1 | $1.6M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Vine Management Llc | 1 | 1 | $1.5M | phila.gov ↗ |
| 1239 Vine Property Inc | 1 | 1 | $758K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 12 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
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1201 VINE ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $34M | 114,384 | 2024 | 0 | rentedabated6 viol |
| 1214-26 VINE ST | Vacant | $2.3M | — | — | 0 | |
| 1217-23 VINE ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2019 permit (tax-abated), sold for $2.5M in 2010. | Absentee individual | $4.7M | 24,150 | 1925 | 4 | abated |
| 1225-29 VINE ST HistoryAppeal granted (2015); Appeal granted (2017); 6 L&I violations (2022); 3 L&I violations (2026). | Investor / LLC | $12M | 42,540 | 1925 | 0 | rented |
| 1228-36 VINE ST | Vacant | $1.6M | — | — | 0 | |
| 1231 VINE ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2019 permit (tax-abated), sold for $695K in 2006. | Investor / LLC | $1.6M | 8,484 | 1925 | 1 | rentedabated |
| 1233 VINE ST ImprovedBought for $160K in 2001. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2020. | Absentee individual | $1.4M | 7,350 | 1925 | 2 | rented |
| 1235-37 VINE ST History9 L&I violations (2007); Appeal withdrawn (2008); 7 L&I violations (2008); Appeal city affirmed (2009); 2 L&I violations (2016); 2 L&I violations (2017). | Investor / LLC | $1.5M | 12,029 | 1925 | 0 | rented |
| 1239 VINE ST ImprovedBought for $205K in 2004. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2024. | Investor / LLC | $758K | 3,790 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 1241 VINE ST History6 L&I violations (2008); sold $218K (2012); Appeal granted (2013); L&I violation (2013); 2 L&I violations (2014). | Investor / LLC | $809K | 3,516 | 1925 | 1 | rented |
| 1243 VINE ST | Absentee individual | $561K | 2,804 | 1925 | 1 | rented |
| 1245 VINE ST HistoryL&I violation (2016); Appeal granted with conditions (2017). | Vacant | $200K | — | — | 0 |
Neighborhood
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)