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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.

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
$420K
$348K–$1.8M
ZIP median $242K
Price / sq ft
$188
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.9×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$120K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $420K
Tax / yr
$6K
typical · up to $25K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1920
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
20%
1 of 10
city 41%
Rentals
20%
2 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
13
L&I code
▲ block 20% · city 5%
Back taxes
$42K
3 of 10 behind
▲ block 30% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
3
3 homes · ZBA & boards
block 30% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+2%
value · tax +$95
5 years
+57%
value · tax +$2K
10 years
+117%
value · tax +$3K

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 $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 blockZIP 19145Philadelphia
Median home value$420K$242K$223K
Owner-occupied10%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.

Crimes · 12mo
130
31 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
339
44 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts23
Fraud17
Theft from Vehicle17
Other Assaults14
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief13
All Other Offenses11

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection86
Salting41
Street Defect30
Maintenance Complaint25
Illegal Dumping23
Sanitation Violation17

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 · K-5
Stephen Girard
1800 Snyder Ave · 304 students
Middle
Eh Universal Institute Charter School At Vare
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$420K2016: $194K2017: $194K2018: $206K2019: $266K2020: $268K2021: $268K2022: $268K2023: $367K2024: $367K2025: $414K2026: $414K2027: $420K2016202020232027

▲ +117% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$5,000$10,000$5,8852016: $2,7092017: $2,7092018: $2,8892019: $3,7182020: $3,7542021: $3,7542022: $3,7542023: $5,1332024: $5,1332025: $5,7902026: $5,7902027: $5,8852016202020232027

▲ +117% since 2016 · ~+7%/yr

Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%

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

9510025020162019202220252027This block 217 Philadelphia 201

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.

Annualized return
+7.3%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+117%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+7.3%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+4.3%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+0.8 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 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

$0$250K$500K20052010201520202025
12arm's-length sales since 2001
1times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
3homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 10 parcels

Owner-occupied: 1Investor / LLC: 2Absentee individual: 6Vacant: 1 10parcels
  • Owner-occupied 1
  • Investor / LLC 2
  • Absentee individual 6
  • Vacant 1

Value distribution today

3 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels1 parcels2 parcels4 parcels
$348K$445K+

The block's largest owner, M R Realty Associates Lp, carries 1 open violation across 2 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
M R Realty Associates Lp12$2.5Mphila.gov ↗
Mir C2 Lp12$898Kphila.gov ↗
Tran Real Estate Llc11$359Kphila.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

$0$1.0M$2.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1501 SNYDER AVE Vacant $1.8M —/— 0
1516 SNYDER AVE Traded 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 Traded 2×: $94K in 2004 → $120K in 2026 (+28%). Absentee individual $406K —/— 2,106 1920 2
1522 SNYDER AVE Traded 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 Bought 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 Traded 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)

Where this comes from

City datasets are fetched live from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and cached briefly. AI-written passages are generated from these records only and rejected if they state a number the record doesn't hold.