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Who owns your block

1500 block of W Erie Ave

A mixed-ownership block: 24% owner-occupied, 37% investor-held, with 24 open code violations and 8 homes behind $15,324 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 98% since 2016, now about $129K. Property taxes are climbing about 5% 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
$129K
$28K–$356K
ZIP median $108K
Price / sq ft
$69
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.6×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$13K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $129K
Tax / yr
$1K
typical · up to $5K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
1 of 41
$14K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
24%
9 of 41
city 41%
Rentals
24%
10 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
24
L&I code
▲ block 12% · city 5%
Back taxes
$15K
8 of 41 behind
▲ block 20% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
12
7 homes · ZBA & boards
block 17% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-22%
value · tax −$13
5 years
+48%
value · tax +$280
10 years
+98%
value · tax +$355

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 $129K — about 0.6× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19140 median of $108K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19140 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19140Philadelphia
Median home value$129K$108K$223K
Owner-occupied17%31%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 179 reported crimes (88 violent) and 197 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
179
88 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
197
59 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults54
All Other Offenses19
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief17
Aggravated Assault No Firearm15
Motor Vehicle Theft15
Fraud13

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint67
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection21
Illegal Dumping20
Construction Complaints13
License Complaint10
Sanitation Violation9

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
Mastery Charter School At Cleveland
High
Mastery Charter School At Gratz

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$129K2016: $65K2017: $65K2018: $65K2019: $48K2020: $87K2021: $87K2022: $87K2023: $131K2024: $131K2025: $165K2026: $165K2027: $129K2016202020232027

▲ +98% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$9002016: $5502017: $5452018: $5592019: $6502020: $6202021: $6202022: $6202023: $1,0582024: $9492025: $9912026: $9132027: $9002016202020232027

▲ +64% since 2016 · ~+5%/yr

1
1 property 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 $13,740 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:

32 homes pay the full 1.40%9 pay less
$900pays now $4,372at the full rate

The starkest example: 1533 W Erie Ave is assessed at $312K but pays $900 a year — about 21% of the $4,372 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 tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6.4% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

7310050020162019202220252027This block 198 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $198 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+6.4%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+98%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+6.4%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+3.4%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-0.1 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 41 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 20 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K20002005201020152020
41arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
6most sales for a single property
20homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 41 parcels

Owner-occupied: 9Investor / LLC: 8Absentee individual: 11Vacant: 13 41parcels
  • Owner-occupied 9
  • Investor / LLC 8
  • Absentee individual 11
  • Vacant 13

Value distribution today

14 parcels2 parcels8 parcels2 parcels8 parcels4 parcels3 parcels
$28K$297K+

The block's largest owner, Quatre Management LLC, carries 41 open violations across 18 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Quatre Management LLC118$4.4Mphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
L & M Homes LLC112$568Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Leo Homes INC210$944Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Berry Willis W Jr (individual)27$1.4Mphila.gov ↗
Erie Street Associates LLC35$870Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Hrm Properties LLC14$597Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
17th Street LLC13$130Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Chios Properties LLC12$434Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Davita Realty LLC12$509Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
1511 Erie LLC11$356Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Flores Rental & Managemen11$129Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Gsp Holding Group LLC Series 311$34Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗

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 41 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
1500 W ERIE AVE Bought for $3K in 2018. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2013. Investor / LLC $297K —/— 2,880 1930 2 12 violtax lien
1501 W ERIE AVE Traded 4×: $100K in 2005 → $254K in 2019 (+154%). Owner-occupied $185K —/— 2,864 1930 4
1502 W ERIE AVE Bought for $20K in 2020, built new under a 2021 permit, sold for $65K in 2024. Vacant $28K —/— 2 tax lien
1503 W ERIE AVE Owner-occupied $134K —/— 2,574 1930 0 tax lien
1504 W ERIE AVE Bought for $10K in 2010, built new under a 2011 permit, sold for $65K in 2024. Vacant $29K —/— 3
1505 W ERIE AVE sold $65K (2006); 6 L&I violations (2026). Absentee individual $221K —/— 2,594 1930 1 6 violtax lien
1506 W ERIE AVE Vacant $29K —/— 1 tax lien
1507 W ERIE AVE Vacant $36K —/— 0 tax lien
1508 W ERIE AVE Bought for $67K in 2005. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2008. Absentee individual $209K 5/— 2,352 1930 1 rented
1509 W ERIE AVE built new under a 2021 permit, sold for $29K in 2021. Vacant $36K —/— 1 tax lien
1510 W ERIE AVE Bought for $150K in 2018. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2023. Absentee individual $229K —/— 2,458 1930 1 rentedtax lien
1511 W ERIE AVE Bought for $85K in 2005, electrical permit in 2007, sold for $189K in 2022 (+122%). Investor / LLC $356K 3/3 2,594 1930 4
1512 W ERIE AVE 2 L&I violations (2016). Vacant $28K —/— 0 tax lien
1513 W ERIE AVE Owner-occupied $134K —/— 2,594 1930 0
1514 W ERIE AVE Bought for $41K in 2005, plumbing permit in 2009, sold for $145K in 2017 (+254%). Investor / LLC $209K —/— 2,352 1945 3
1515 W ERIE AVE Vacant $34K —/— 0
1516 W ERIE AVE Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2024. Owner-occupied $128K —/— 2,352 1930 0
1517 W ERIE AVE Vacant $34K —/— 0
1518 W ERIE AVE L&I violation (2012). Absentee individual $128K —/— 2,352 1930 0
1519 W ERIE AVE Vacant $34K —/— 0
1520 W ERIE AVE 2 L&I violations (2018). Owner-occupied $225K —/— 2,664 1930 0
1521 W ERIE AVE Bought for $40K in 2017, use permit in 2017, sold for $51K in 2017 (+629%). Absentee individual $195K —/— 2,820 1930 6 1 violtax lien
1522 W ERIE AVE Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2010. Absentee individual $77K —/— 2,609 1930 0
1523 W ERIE AVE Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2025. Investor / LLC $129K —/— 2,382 1930 0 rentedtax lien
1524 W ERIE AVE Owner-occupied $158K —/— 2,610 1930 0
1525 W ERIE AVE Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2023. Investor / LLC $193K —/— 2,382 1930 0 rentedtax lien
1526 W ERIE AVE 2 L&I violations (2017); sold $68K (2019). Absentee individual $134K —/— 2,442 1930 1 rented
1527 W ERIE AVE Bought for $150K in 2022. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2023. Investor / LLC $214K —/— 2,382 1930 1 rented2 viol
1528 W ERIE AVE Owner pulled a certificate of occupancy (co) (may inclu… permit in 2023. Absentee individual $216K 6/6 2,496 1930 0 rented
1529 W ERIE AVE Bought for $47K in 2000. Owner pulled a minor demolition permit in 2023. Vacant $34K —/— 2 tax lien
1530 W ERIE AVE 3 L&I violations (2013); 5 L&I violations (2020); sold $35K (2020); L&I violation (2021). Owner-occupied $144K —/— 2,352 1930 1 3 viol
1531 W ERIE AVE Bought for $65K in 2008. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2023. Vacant $34K —/— 2 tax lien
1532 W ERIE AVE Absentee individual $231K —/— 2,496 1930 1
1533 W ERIE AVE built new under a 2007 permit (tax-abated), sold for $32K in 2017. Investor / LLC $312K —/— 2,396 1930 1 abated
1534 W ERIE AVE Bought for $5K in 2019. Vacant $30K —/— 1 tax lien
1535 W ERIE AVE Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2019. Owner-occupied $129K —/— 2,396 1930 0
1536 W ERIE AVE Owner pulled a zoning admin review permit in 2019. Vacant $82K —/— 0
1537 W ERIE AVE Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2009. Owner-occupied $129K —/— 2,396 1930 0
1539 W ERIE AVE Bought for $43K in 2006, alteration permit in 2007, sold for $135K in 2018 (+214%). Investor / LLC $211K —/— 2,396 1940 2 rented
1541 W ERIE AVE built new under a 2007 permit. Absentee individual $49K —/— 3,005 2008 0 rented
1543 W ERIE AVE built new under a 2007 permit. Absentee individual $49K —/— 3,492 2007 0 rented

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Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

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