Who owns your block
1500 block of Snyder Ave
A mixed-ownership block: 20% owner-occupied, 30% investor-held, with 13 open code violations and 3 homes behind $41,647 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 117% since 2016, now about $420K. Property taxes are climbing about 7% a year though the increases have eased lately.
- 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 $420K — about 1.9× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19145 median of $242K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19145 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19145 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $420K | $242K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 10% | 46% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 130 reported crimes (31 violent) and 339 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
- $420K typical home, up +117% since 2016
- Tax bill $2,709 to $5,885 a year, +7%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $5.4M assessed, $74,524/yr to the city, about $7,452 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +117% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +117% since 2016 · ~+7%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
The block as an asset
Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +7.3% 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 $217 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 12 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 3 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 10 parcels
- Owner-occupied 1
- Investor / LLC 2
- Absentee individual 6
- Vacant 1
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, M R Realty Associates Lp, carries 1 open violation across 2 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M R Realty Associates Lp | 1 | 2 | $2.5M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Mir C2 Lp | 1 | 2 | $898K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Tran Real Estate Llc | 1 | 1 | $359K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 10 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 | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1501 SNYDER AVE | Vacant | $1.8M | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1516 SNYDER AVE TradedTraded 2×: $80K in 2003 → $38K in 2009 (-52%). | Absentee individual | $445K | —/— | 2,304 | 1920 | 2 | 6 violtax lien |
| 1518 SNYDER AVE | Investor / LLC | $445K | —/— | 2,304 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 1520 SNYDER AVE TradedTraded 2×: $94K in 2004 → $120K in 2026 (+28%). | Absentee individual | $406K | —/— | 2,106 | 1920 | 2 | |
| 1522 SNYDER AVE Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $64K in 2002 → $450K in 2020 (+603%). | Absentee individual | $422K | —/— | 2,184 | 1920 | 3 | rented |
| 1524 SNYDER AVE | Absentee individual | $419K | —/— | 2,236 | 1920 | 0 | |
| 1526 SNYDER AVE | Absentee individual | $445K | 4/2 | 2,400 | 1920 | 1 | rented |
| 1528 SNYDER AVE ImprovedBought for $200K in 2018. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2024. | Investor / LLC | $359K | —/— | 2,640 | 1920 | 1 | 7 viol |
| 1530 SNYDER AVE | Owner-occupied | $348K | 4/1 | 1,890 | 1920 | 0 | tax lien |
| 1532 SNYDER AVE TradedTraded 2×: $193K in 2007 → $169K in 2013 (-12%). | Absentee individual | $348K | 2/2 | 1,890 | 1920 | 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)