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Who owns your block

1500 block of S Myrtlewood St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 65% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 4 homes behind $15,559 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 170% since 2016, now about $154K. Property taxes are climbing about 9% a year and the increases are speeding up.

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
$154K
$149K–$265K
ZIP median $364K
Price / sq ft
$149
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.7×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$265K
12 sold in 2yr
assessed $154K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $4K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
10 of 40
$36K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
65%
26 of 40
city 41%
Rentals
28%
11 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$16K
4 of 40 behind
▲ block 10% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+18%
value · tax +$340
5 years
+96%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+170%
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 $154K — about 0.7× 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$154K$364K$223K
Owner-occupied25%29%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 111 reported crimes (29 violent) and 179 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
111
29 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
179
52 still open

Most reported crimes

All Other Offenses25
Other Assaults15
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief15
Motor Vehicle Theft11
Thefts8
Fraud7

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection28
Maintenance Complaint26
Abandoned Vehicle20
Illegal Dumping18
Information Request11
Sanitation Violation10

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$125K$250K$154K2016: $57K2017: $57K2018: $57K2019: $73K2020: $78K2021: $78K2022: $78K2023: $105K2024: $105K2025: $125K2026: $130K2027: $154K2016202020232027

▲ +170% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,250$2,500$2,0902016: $7952017: $7952018: $7952019: $1,0062020: $1,0822021: $1,0822022: $1,0822023: $1,2532024: $1,0502025: $1,7262026: $1,7502027: $2,0902016202020232027

▲ +163% since 2016 · ~+9%/yr

10
10 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 $35,972 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:

20 homes pay the full 1.40%20 pay less
$1,703pays now $3,500at the full rate

The starkest example: 1538 S Myrtlewood St is assessed at $250K but pays $1,703 a year — about 49% of the $3,500 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 +9.5% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510050020162019202220252027This block 270 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $270 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+9.5%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+170%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+9.5%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+6.5%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+3 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 76 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 2 times in that window, while 3 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$1.0M$2.0M20052010201520202025
76arm's-length sales since 2001
2times the typical home has sold
7most sales for a single property
3homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 40 parcels

Owner-occupied: 26Investor / LLC: 2Absentee individual: 12 40parcels
  • Owner-occupied 26
  • Investor / LLC 2
  • Absentee individual 12

Value distribution today

24 parcels0 parcels1 parcels1 parcels1 parcels1 parcels12 parcels
$149K$250K+

The block's largest owner, Gelston Holdings LLC, carries 1 open violation across 11 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Gelston Holdings LLC111$2.1Mphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Murad Yacob (individual)28$1.5Mphila.gov ↗
Triple R Home Buyers LLC14$715Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
1240 West Ritner St LLC14$1.0Mphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Akd Property LLC13$632Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Athanasios Voulgaridis (individual)22$299Kphila.gov ↗

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 40 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$250K$500K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1516 S MYRTLEWOOD ST Traded 2×: $12K in 2012 → $10K in 2014 (-17%). Owner-occupied $149K 3/1 1,004 1920 2
1517 S MYRTLEWOOD ST Owner-occupied $151K 3/1 1,031 1920 1 rented
1518 S MYRTLEWOOD ST Bought for $85K in 2019, built new under a 2019 permit (tax-abated), sold for $225K in 2019. Owner-occupied $245K 3/1 1,134 1920 2 abated
1519 S MYRTLEWOOD ST Owner-occupied $154K 3/1 1,076 1920 1
1520 S MYRTLEWOOD ST sold $105K (2023); L&I violation (2024). Owner-occupied $154K 3/1 1,076 1920 1
1521 S MYRTLEWOOD ST Absentee individual $149K 3/1 1,004 1920 1
1522 S MYRTLEWOOD ST Traded 6×: $18K in 2001 → $190K in 2025 (+956%). Absentee individual $149K 3/1 1,004 1920 6 rented
1523 S MYRTLEWOOD ST Bought for $78K in 2005. Owner pulled a mechanical permit in 2011. Absentee individual $149K 3/1 1,004 1920 2
1524 S MYRTLEWOOD ST Bought for $231K in 2002. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2012. Absentee individual $149K 3/1 1,004 1920 7 rented
1525 S MYRTLEWOOD ST Owner-occupied $154K 3/1 1,076 1920 0
1526 S MYRTLEWOOD ST Bought for $60K in 2006, built new under a 2019 permit (tax-abated), sold for $141K in 2024. Investor / LLC $234K 3/1 1,004 1920 3 rentedabated
1527 S MYRTLEWOOD ST Owner-occupied $149K 3/1 1,004 1920 0 tax lien
1528 S MYRTLEWOOD ST Traded 2×: $52K in 2006 → $84K in 2014 (+63%). Owner-occupied $187K 3/1 1,004 1920 2
1529 S MYRTLEWOOD ST Bought for $5K in 2001. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2010. Owner-occupied $149K 3/1 1,004 1920 1
1530 S MYRTLEWOOD ST Owner-occupied $149K 3/1 1,004 1920 1
1531 S MYRTLEWOOD ST Bought for $23K in 2002, alteration permit in 2018, sold for $180K in 2022 (+700%). Absentee individual $202K 3/1 1,004 1920 5
1532 S MYRTLEWOOD ST Bought for $125K in 2024. Owner pulled a addition and/or alterations permit in 2024. Investor / LLC $149K 3/1 1,004 1920 1 rented
1533 S MYRTLEWOOD ST Bought for $80K in 2005. Owner pulled a roof covering replacement permit in 2023. Owner-occupied $149K 3/1 1,004 1920 1 tax lien
1534 S MYRTLEWOOD ST Traded 2×: $55K in 2005 → $63K in 2008 (+14%). Absentee individual $149K 3/1 1,004 1920 2 rented
1535 S MYRTLEWOOD ST Traded 2×: $44K in 2010 → $50K in 2014 (+14%). Owner-occupied $149K 3/1 1,004 1920 2
1536 S MYRTLEWOOD ST Traded 2×: $25K in 2007 → $51K in 2008 (+104%). Absentee individual $149K 3/1 1,004 1920 2 rented
1537 S MYRTLEWOOD ST Bought for $49K in 2002, plumbing permit in 2011, sold for $100K in 2022 (+105%). Owner-occupied $240K 3/1 1,076 1920 3
1538 S MYRTLEWOOD ST built new under a 2021 permit (tax-abated), sold for $117K in 2020. Absentee individual $250K 3/1 1,432 1920 1 rentedabated
1539 S MYRTLEWOOD ST built new under a 2017 permit, sold for $25K in 2002. Absentee individual $149K 3/1 1,004 1920 1 rented
1540 S MYRTLEWOOD ST Bought for $14K in 2023, built new under a 2024 permit (tax-abated), sold for $265K in 2025. Owner-occupied $250K 3/— 1,008 2025 2 abated
1541 S MYRTLEWOOD ST Traded 2×: $88K in 2010 → $203K in 2023 (+131%). Owner-occupied $149K 3/1 1,004 1920 2
1542 S MYRTLEWOOD ST Bought for $14K in 2023, built new (tax-abated), sold for $265K in 2025. Owner-occupied $250K 3/— 1,008 2025 2 abated
1543 S MYRTLEWOOD ST Bought for $30K in 2011. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2020. Owner-occupied $250K 3/1 1,432 1920 3
1544 S MYRTLEWOOD ST Bought for $14K in 2023, built new (tax-abated), sold for $265K in 2025. Owner-occupied $250K 3/— 1,008 2025 2 abated
1545 S MYRTLEWOOD ST Bought for $50K in 2004. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2021. Owner-occupied $149K 3/1 1,004 1920 1
1546 S MYRTLEWOOD ST Bought for $14K in 2023, built new under a 2024 permit, sold for $265K in 2025. Owner-occupied $265K 3/— 952 2025 2
1547 S MYRTLEWOOD ST Absentee individual $154K 3/1 1,076 1920 1 rented
1548 S MYRTLEWOOD ST Bought for $14K in 2023, built new under a 2024 permit (tax-abated), sold for $265K in 2025. Owner-occupied $250K 3/— 1,008 2025 2 abated
1549 S MYRTLEWOOD ST Owner-occupied $149K 3/1 1,004 1920 0
1550 S MYRTLEWOOD ST Bought for $14K in 2023, built new (tax-abated), sold for $265K in 2025. Owner-occupied $250K 3/— 1,008 2025 2 abated
1551 S MYRTLEWOOD ST Bought for $30K in 2003. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2016. Absentee individual $161K 3/1 1,076 1920 3
1552 S MYRTLEWOOD ST Bought for $14K in 2023, built new under a 2024 permit (tax-abated), sold for $265K in 2025. Owner-occupied $250K 3/— 1,008 2025 2 abated
1553 S MYRTLEWOOD ST Bought for $45K in 2010. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2013. Absentee individual $161K 3/1 1,076 1920 1 rented
1554 S MYRTLEWOOD ST Bought for $14K in 2023, built new under a 2024 permit (tax-abated), sold for $265K in 2024. Owner-occupied $250K 3/— 1,170 2024 2 abated
1555 S MYRTLEWOOD ST Owner-occupied $216K 4/1 2,242 1920 1

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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