Who owns your block
12400 block of Sweet Briar Pl
A mostly owner-occupied block: 94% of homes are lived in by their owners.
The typical home here is up 82% since 2016, now about $339K. Property taxes are climbing about 5% a year and the increases are speeding up.
- Owner-occupied
- Investor / LLC
- Absentee
- Vacant
- Has violations
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 $339K — about 1.5× the citywide median, and in line with the ZIP 19154 median of $330K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19154 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19154 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $339K | $330K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 61% | 73% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 14 reported crimes (5 violent) and 71 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
- $339K typical home, up +82% since 2016
- Tax bill $2,184 to $3,738 a year, +5%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $6.2M assessed, $71,919/yr to the city, about $3,995 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +82% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +71% since 2016 · ~+5%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
The block as an asset
Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +5.6% 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 $182 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed 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 20 arm's-length sales since 2000. 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 18 parcels
- Owner-occupied 17
- Absentee individual 1
Value distribution today
No multi-home or corporate owners on this block — every home has its own owner.
House by house
All 18 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
Worth a look
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12436 SWEET BRIAR PL | Owner-occupied | $339K | 3/1 | 1,360 | 1973 | 0 | |
| 12438 SWEET BRIAR PL | Absentee individual | $339K | 3/1 | 1,360 | 1973 | 1 | rented |
| 12440 SWEET BRIAR PL | Owner-occupied | $339K | 3/1 | 1,360 | 1973 | 1 | |
| 12442 SWEET BRIAR PL Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $113K in 2002 → $289K in 2023 (+156%). | Owner-occupied | $334K | 3/1 | 1,360 | 1973 | 3 | |
| 12444 SWEET BRIAR PL | Owner-occupied | $343K | 3/1 | 1,360 | 1973 | 1 | |
| 12446 SWEET BRIAR PL | Owner-occupied | $339K | 3/1 | 1,360 | 1973 | 0 | |
| 12448 SWEET BRIAR PL | Owner-occupied | $339K | 3/1 | 1,360 | 1973 | 1 | |
| 12450 SWEET BRIAR PL TradedTraded 2×: $170K in 2012 → $250K in 2019 (+47%). | Owner-occupied | $387K | 3/1 | 1,360 | 1973 | 2 | |
| 12452 SWEET BRIAR PL | Owner-occupied | $339K | 3/1 | 1,360 | 1973 | 0 | |
| 12454 SWEET BRIAR PL | Owner-occupied | $339K | 3/1 | 1,360 | 1973 | 1 | |
| 12456 SWEET BRIAR PL | Owner-occupied | $339K | 3/1 | 1,360 | 1973 | 0 | |
| 12458 SWEET BRIAR PL TradedTraded 2×: $208K in 2010 → $245K in 2018 (+18%). | Owner-occupied | $365K | 3/1 | 1,360 | 1963 | 2 | |
| 12460 SWEET BRIAR PL Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $160K in 2006 → $224K in 2017 (+40%). | Owner-occupied | $339K | 3/1 | 1,360 | 1973 | 3 | |
| 12462 SWEET BRIAR PL | Owner-occupied | $339K | 3/1 | 1,360 | 1973 | 0 | |
| 12464 SWEET BRIAR PL | Owner-occupied | $339K | 3/1 | 1,360 | 1973 | 1 | |
| 12466 SWEET BRIAR PL | Owner-occupied | $339K | 3/1 | 1,360 | 1973 | 0 | |
| 12468 SWEET BRIAR PL TradedTraded 2×: $170K in 2014 → $240K in 2019 (+41%). | Owner-occupied | $369K | 3/1 | 1,360 | 1973 | 2 | |
| 12470 SWEET BRIAR PL TradedTraded 2×: $180K in 2006 → $258K in 2019 (+43%). | Owner-occupied | $372K | 3/1 | 1,360 | 1973 | 2 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)